(French) Of the forest; woodland dweller
Talliss, Tallisse, Tallys, Tallyse, Taliss, Talis, Talise, Talyss, Talyse, Taleese, Taleyse, Taleise, Taliese, Talease, Taleece, Taleace, Taliece, Taleice, Talice, Taleyce, Talissa, Talisa, Tallysa, Talysa, Talisia, Talissa, Talysia
Lindl.
Synonym: A. spectabilis (D. Don) Spach.Pinus webbiana Wall.
Family: Pinaceae.
Habitat: The Himalayas from Kashmir to Assam at altitudes of 1,600-4,000 m.
English: Indian Silver Fir, The West-Himalayan High-Level Fir, The East-Himalayan Fir.
Ayurvedic: Taalisa, Taalisapatra, Taalisha, Patraadhya, Dhaatriparni, Dhaatripatra.
Unani: Taalisapattar.
Siddha/Tamil: Taalispatri.
Folk: Badar, Chilrow, Morinda, Raisalla, Taalispatra. (Tallispatra, Taalispatri and Talespattre are also equated with the leaves of Cinnamomum tamala Nees.)
Action: Expectorant, bronchial sedative, decongestant, anticatarrhal, antiseptic, carminative.
Key application: Fir (Abies alba Miller) needle oil—in catarrhal illness of upper and lower respiratory tract (internally and externally); externally in rheumatic and neuralgic pains. Contraindicated in bronchial asthma and whooping cough. (German Commission E.)A biflavonoid, abiesin, n-triaconta- nol, beta-sitosterol and betuloside are present in the leaves.The essential oil from leaves contains alpha-pinene, l-limonene, delta- carene, dipentene, l-bornyl acetate and l-cardinene as major constituents.
Dosage: Needles—2-6 g powder. (API Vol. IV.)... abies webbiana
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