by U Hla Maw, B.Sc., Research Officer, Pharmaceuticals Section, Applied Chemistry, Research Department, Union of Burma Applied Research Institute, 1959.
Copied from the original (typewriter copy) by U Kyaw Tun (UKT) in 1985 August. HTML version by UKT, and staff of TIL for staff and students of TIL. Edited by UKT for incorporating into Myanmar Medicinal Plant Database. Not for sale.
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17• Blumea balsamifera
18• Boerhaavia diffusa
19• Brassica alba
20• Brassica juncea
21• Butea monsperma
Synonyms: Ngai camphor, Shan camphor
Vernacular name: Hpon-ma-thein
Botanical origin: Blumea balsamifera DC
Family: Compositae
Part used: Leaves
Distribution: Kachin States, Kyaington, Shan States, Tharawaddy
Plant: An evergreen shrub sometimes growing out into a small tree, all softer parts densely appressed-villous
Constituents: 1. Saturated ketone C9H16CO (1)
Uses: Stimulant, antispasmodic, externally it is antiseptic and rubefacient
Synonyms: Spreading Hog-weed
Vernacular name: Payan-nawa
Botanical origin: Boerhaavia diffusa Linn
Family: Nyctaginaceae
Part used: Fresh or dried leaves
Distribution: Pegu, Magwe, Minbu, Meiktila, Kado-Kawhnat, Yawnghwe range (Southern Shan State), a common weed in both fallow and cultivated land Plant: A diffuse, herbaceous plant, root fusiform, root stalk woody, stem prestate or ascending reaching 0.6-0.9 m. long, divaricately branched, slender, cylindric, thickened at nodes, minutely pubescent or nearly glabrous often purplish
Constituents:
1. Alkaloid - punarnavine C17H22NO2 (15)
Uses: Possess very good diuretic properties and is used in cases of oedema and ascites i.e. those due to early cirrhosis and chronic peritonitis
Preparation: Extractum Punarnavae Liquidum (I.P.)
Synonyms: White mustard
Vernacular name: Mon-hnyin-phyu
Botanical origin: Brassica alba Hook F & T
Family: Cruciferae
Part used: Dried ripe seed
Distribution: Throughout Burma, wild and planted
Plant: An annual herb attaining a height of 0.6 m with pinnatifid leaves arranged in alternate fashion along bristly branches
Constituents:
1. Fixed oil 20-25 %
2. Glcoside - sinalbin
3. Enzyme - myrosin (7)
Uses: Rubefacient, emetic and condiment
Synonyms: Black mustard, Brown mustard
Vernacular name: Mon-hnyin-ni
Botanical origin: Brassica juncea Hook F. & T.
Family: Cruciferae
Part used: Ripe seeds
Distribution: Wa State, Kachin State
Plant: An erect annual herb possessing a great variety of forms, leaves radical, large oval or obovate, toothed, tapering into a narrow petiole with leafy appendages, stem leaves, sessile, entire, oblong lanceolate above, petioled and toothed below, small yellow flowers and elongated, slender rounded silique fruits
Constituents:
1. Fixed oil 30-35%
2. Glucoside - sinigrin (Potassium myrenate)
3. Enzyme - myresin
4. Acid sinapine sulphate
5. Proteids
6. Mucilage (7)
Uses: Externally, as a rubfacient and counter-irritant. Internally, as a condiment and emetic.
Preparation: Emplastrum Sinapis (I.P.C.)
Synonyms: Kino tree
Vernacular name: Pauk
Botanical origin: Butea monsperma O. Ktze syn. B. frondosa Keen, ex Roxb
Family: Papilionaceae
Part used: Dried juice obtained from the trunk
Distribution: Widely distributed, Pyinmana, Toungoo, Insein, Tharawaddy, Rangoon, Kyaikmaraw, Seikkyi (Moulmein), Taunglelon, Shwenyaung (Southern Shan State)
Plant: An erect tree 12-15 m high with crooked trunk, irregular branches and rounded trifoliate leaves
Constituents:
1. Flowers contain 1.5 % glucoside butrin,
0.3 % butein, 0.04 % butin (16)
2. Kinotannic acid 15-60 % (17)
Uses: Pulvis Buteae Compositus, Pulvis Buteae Seminum (I.P.C.)
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