Roxb.
Family: Burseraceae.
Habitat: The drier parts of Peninsular India.
English: Indian Frankincense, Indian Olibanum.
Ayurvedic: Shallaki, Susravaa, Gajabhakshyaa, Salai. Gum— Kunduru.
Unani: Kundur (gum).
Siddha/Tamil: Parangisambirani, Kungli.
Folk: Salai Guggul.
Action: Gum-resin—antiseptic, anti-inflammatory, antiatheroscle- rotic, emmenagogue, analgesic, sedative, hypotensive. Also used in obesity, diarrhoea, dysentery, piles, urinary disorders, scrofulous affections. Oil—used topically in chronic ulcers, ringworm.
Nonphenolic fraction of gum-resin exhibited marked sedative and analgesic effect in rats. It produced a marked and long-lasting hypotension in anaesthetized dogs.Many derivatives of 3-keto-methyl- beta-boswellic ester, isolated from the gum-resin., have been prepared; a py- razoline derivative exhibited maximum anti-inflammatory activity. (Gum-resin is used in osteoarthri- tis, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, soft tissue fibrositis and spondylitis, also for cough, bronchitis, asthma, mouth sores.)Essential oil from gum-resin—anti- fungal.Gum-resin contains triterpenes of oleanane, ursane and euphane series. Stem and fruit—hypoglycaemic.
Dosage: Gum-resin—1-3 g (API Vol. IV.)... boswellia serrata
(Greek) Resembling a little bear Ursulla, Ursela, Ursella, Ursala, Ursalla, Ursola, Ursolla, Ursila, Ursilla, Urzula, Urzulla, Ursel, Ursule, Ursulina, Ursillane, Ursulyna, Ursylyn, Urzuli, Ursule, Ursanne, Ursa, Ursey, Ursy, Ursi, Ursie, Ursee, Ursea, Uschi... ursula
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