Onosma bracteatum Health Dictionary

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Onosma Bracteatum: From 1 Different Sources

Wall.

Family: Boraginaceae.

Habitat: Kashmir and Kumaon.

English: Borage.

Ayurvedic: Gojihvaa, Kharpatraa, Darvipatraa, Vrishjihvaa.

Unani: Gaozabaan (related species).

Siddha/Tamil: Ununjil.

Action: Cooling, astringent, diuretic, cardiac tonic. Used for cold, cough, bronchial affections; insomnia, depression, mental exhaustion; constipation, misperistalsis, jaundice; dysuria, urethral discharges; fevers.

The name Gaozaban is applied to six different plants, belonging to five genera. According to The Wealth ofIn- dia, Gaozaban is derived not from this plant but from Anchusa strigosa Labill, which occurs in Iran. Kashmiri Gaoz- aban is derived from Macrotomia ben- thamii. Coccinia glauca is also used as Gojihvaa.

Borage has been equated with Bora- go officinalis Linn. (Boraginacea.).

Dosage: Dried leaves and stems, flowers—3-6 g powder.
Health Source: Indian Medicinal Plants
Author: Health Dictionary

Onosma Echioides

C. B. Clarke non Linn.

Synonym: Onosma hispidum Wall. ex D. Don.

Family: Boraginaceae.

Habitat: Kashmir and Kumaon up to 1,000-1,500 m.

Unani: Ratanjot (equated with Onosma echioides Linn., according to National Formularly ofUnani Medicine).

Action: Astringent and styptic. Root—bruised and used as application to eruptions. An ingredient of ointments for ulcers, scrofula, burns. Flowers—stimulant, cardiac tonic.

Ursolic acid and naphthoquinones, onosone A and B have been isolated from the root. Shikonin acetate is obtained from callus cultures of the plant.

The species, distributed in western Himalayas, is Onosma echioides C. B. Clarke non Linn.; Onosma echioides Linn. is an European species. A variety of this species, var. kashmiricum Johnson, is found in Kashmir. Onosma hookeri C. B. Clarke occurs in Sikkim and Bhutan.

Maharanga emodi (Wall.) DC., synonym Onosma emodi (Wall.) DC. (the Himalayas from Garhwal to Bhutan at altitudes of 3,500-4,000 m) is also known as Ratanjot and Shankhuli.

(Ratanjot is used in a generic sense to cover a range of red dye-yielding roots, rather than the root of a single species. As many as 15 plant species belonging to four different families are known as Ratanjot; five of them do not yield red dye. General properties and colour reactions attributed to Ratanjot resemble Alkanet from Alkanna tinctoria Tausch.)... onosma echioides

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