Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Qjure
Type:
Picture
Chapter:
3-662.11.01
Dillenia indica
English: Dillenia.
Names: Chalta; Sanskrit: Bhavya, Bharija; Assam: Chalita, Qutenga; Bengali: Chalta; Gujarati: Karambel; Hindi: Chalta; Kan: Betta kanijala; Marati: Mota karmal; Mal: Chalita, Punna; Man: Heigri; Ori: Qu, Uvu; San: Korbhatta; Tam and Tel: Uva.
Content: betulin, betulinaldehyde, betulic acid, flavonoids, dillentin, dihydroisorhamnetin, lupeol, myricetin, glucosides, B-sitosterol; betulinic acid, lupeol, β-sitosterol; Leaf: betulinic acid, cycloartenone, flavonoids, n-hentriacontanol, Bsitosterol; arabinogalactan, betulinic acid, β-sitosterol.
Mind
Aphrodisiac.
General
Food: < food poison.
Body
General: astringent.
Energy: weakness.
Fever.
Infection: fungi, bacteria.
Lungs: cough.
Heart: weak.
Chest: burning.
Stomach: disorders.
Abdomen: bile, phlegm, foetid and flatulence; colic with mucous.
Rectum: dysentery; cholera.
Male: semen scanty.
Female: milk scanty.
Limbs: sprains.
Skin: dandruff; falling of hairs; sores, << mercury poisoning; suppuration of boils, carbuncle; wounds, burns; spider bite.