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English Name |
Sanskrit Name |
Onosma bracteatum
Wall. (Boraginaceae) |
Sedge |
Gojihva, Gaozaban |
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| History |
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According to the early
literature, the dried leaves and flowers of this plant constitute
the drug Gaozaban, which was imported from Iran.
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| Habitat |
Found abundantly in Northwestern
Himalayas from Kashmir up to 3,500 - 4,500 meters in height.
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| Morphology
Description (Habit) |
The stem is simple,
hairy, arising from a cluster of radical leaves, which are lanceolate
and with conspicuous hairy pallid bases. The leaves are with evident
veins. The cauline leaves are lanceolate. The flowers are blue or
purple, trumpet-shaped, in dense, silky, glomaerate clusters. The
nut-lets are grey, coarsely rugose and tuberculate.
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| Toxicology |
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No adverse effect
was reported on use of this plant as medicine.
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| Indications |
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The drug is used
as tonic, alterative, demulcent, diuretic and is considered cooling.
It is useful as a spasmolytic.
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| Product
Range |
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Cystone (UriCare),
Diakof (CoughCare Sfree), Koflet (CoughCare), Nefrotec.
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