Sapindus laurifolius Health Dictionary

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Vahl.

Synonym: S. trifoliatus auct. non Linn.

Family: Sapindaceae.

Habitat: South India; also cultivated around villages in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal.

English: Soapnut tree of South India.

Ayurvedic: Arishtaka, Pheni- la, Raktabeeja, Reethaakaranja, Garbhapaatana.

Unani: Reethaa.

Siddha/Tamil: Puvamkottai, Mani pungu.

Action: Fruit—astringent, emetic, detergent, anthelmintic. Pulp— aqueous solution used as nasal drops in migraine, epilepsy and hysteria. Root—used for gout, rheumatism and paralysis.

Saponin from pericarp of nuts yielded the genins, methylhedragenate, sap- indic acid and methyl oleanolate.

Dosage: Fruit—3-6 g powder. (CCRAS.)
Health Source: Indian Medicinal Plants
Author: Health Dictionary

Sapindus Mukorossi

Gaertn.

Family: Sapindaceae.

Habitat: Native to China and Japan; distributed in the Himalayas from Himachal Pradesh eastwards and in Assam.

English: Chinese Soap Berry, Soap Nut tree of North India.

Ayurvedic: Arishtaka, Phenila.

Folk: Reethaa.

Action: Fruits—emetic and expectorant; used in excessive salivation, chlorosis and epilepsy. The plant yielded triterpenoid glycosides, sapindosides, derived from hederagenin. Saponins exhibit hypotensive, anticholesterolemic, spermicidal and antimicrobial properties.

Saponin A and C sapindoside A and B, extracted from the fruit rind, showed antifungal activity. Hederagenin, isolated from the fruit rind or pericarp, is used in skin-lightening and anti- inflammatory cosmetics.

Other constituents from the plant are flavonoids—quercetin, kaempferol, apigenin and rutin.... sapindus mukorossi

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