medicinal plant no 3

Abies spectabilis (D.Don) Mirb. (=A.webbiana Lindl.) Pinaceae (देवदारु-कुलम्)

Eng : East Himalayan silver fir Hin : Talispatra, Talispatri (arc 31, aithf) Kan : Talisapatri (347013) Mal : Tälisapatram (meno).) San : Tālisam. Tälīsapatram (arti, athy) Tam: Tālisapatri (Gofrugifl) Tel : Taļīsapatri (cima)

Distribution :Upper Himalayan tracts The plant: A very tall evergreen tree attaining a height of 60 m with

strong horizontally spreading branches, young shoots covered with. short brown hair, leaves simple, densely covering the twigs spreading in all directions, but more or less distichous when the twigs are viewed from below, each leaf 1.5-2.3 cm long; the cones are bluish in

colour, seeds winged. Parts used : leaves Properties and uses : The leaves are bitter, sweet, acrid, thermogenic,

aromatic, anodyne, expectorant, digestive, carminative, stomachic, antispasmodic, diuretic, febrifuge and tonic. They are useful in vitiated conditions of kapha and vāta, cough, asthma, bronchitis, dyspepsia, flatulence, colic, diarrhoea, epilepsy, phthisis, vomiting, ureteritis, strangury, hoarseness, hiccough, fever nd emaciation.

'तालीसपत्रं तालीसं कासघ्नं च शुकोदरम् । प्रोक्तं तामलकीपत्रं पर्यायैः पर्णमञ्जरी ॥" (अ.म.) [Talisapatſam tālísam kāsaghnam ca sukodaram Proktam tāmalakipatram paryāyaiņ pamamañjari" (A.ma.)]

'तालीसपत्रं तालीसं पत्राख्यं च शुकोदरं । धात्रीपत्रं चार्कबेधं करीपत्रं घनच्छदम् ।। नील नीलाम्बरं तालं तालीपत्रं तलाह्वयम् । तालीसपत्रकस्येति नामान्याहुस्त्रयोदश । (रा. नि.) ['Talísapatram tālísam patsākhyam ca sukodaramDhätripatram cärkabēdham karipatram ghanacchadam Nilam nilambaram tālam tālipatram talāhvayam Talisapatrakasyeti namanyahustrayodasa" (Ra.ni.)]

"तालीसं लघु तीक्ष्णोष्णं श्वासकासकफानिलान् । निहन्त्यरुचिगुल्मामवह्निमान्द्यक्षयामयान् ॥ (भा.प्र.) ["Talisam laghu tikşnöşņain śvāsakāsakaphānilān Nihantyarucigulmāmavahnimändyakşayāmayān" (Bhā.pra)]

'तालीसं श्वासकासनं दीपनं श्ळेष्मपित्तजित् । मुखरोगहरं हृद्यं सुपत्रं पत्रसंवृतम् ॥ (ध.नि.) ["Talisam svāsakāsaghnam dipanam śļēşmapittajit Mukharogaharam hrdyam supatram patrasamvrtam" (Dha.ni.)]

तालीसपत्रं तिक्तोष्णं मधुरं कफवातनुत् । कासहिक्काक्षयश्वासच्छर्दिदोषविनाशकृत् ॥ (रा.नि.) ["Talispatram tiktoşnam madhuram kaphavātanut Kasahikkaksayasvasacchardidosavinasakrt" (Ra.ni.)]

तालीसपत्रं मधुरं तिक्तं चोष्णं लघु स्मृतम् । तीक्ष्णं स्वर्यं च हृद्यञ्च अग्निदीप्तिकरं मतम् ॥ श्वासं कासं कर्फ वातं क्षयगुल्मारुचिस्तथा । रक्तदोष वामिंचाममग्निमान्द्यञ्च नाशयेत् ॥ मुखरोगं च पित्तं च नाशयेदिति कीर्तितम् । (नि.र.) ("Talisapatram madhuram tiktam coşnam laghu smrtam Tiksnamn svaryam ca hrdyanca agnidiptikaram matam Svāsam kāsam kapham vātam kşayagulmārucistathā Raktadóşam vamimcämamagnimăndyanca näśayēt Mukharogam ca pittam ca nāśayēditi kistitam" (Ni.ra.)]

Remarks: Very often the tällsapatra bought from the market contains in addition

to the leaves a lot of twigs as well as leaves of Taxus baccata. It is reported that in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Rajasthan leaves of T. baccata are in use as tāllsapatra.