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Botanical Name |
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Pinus roxburghii Sarg. |
English
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Chir Tree |
Synonym(s) |
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Pinus longifolia Roxb. |
Family |
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Pinaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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A tall tree, with a spreading crown. Branches more or less whorled; bark dark grey, often reddish, deeply fissured, rough, exfoliating in longitudinally elongated plates; leaves in clusters of three, 20-30 cm long, triquetrous, finely toothed, light green, persisting on an average for a year and a half; male flowers about 1.5 cm long, arranged in the form of cones; female cones, solitary or 2-5 together, ovoid, 10-20 cm. x 7.5-13.0 cm. when ripe, brown, woody; seeds winged; without wing 7.5-13.0 mm.x 5.0-6.5 mm.; wings long, membranous. |
| Herb Effects |
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Rubefacient, expectorant, antiseptic, diuretic and vermifuge (oil); diaphoretic and stimulant (wood) |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Alpha-pinene, beta-pinene, camphene, delta-3-carene (resin) |
| Chemistry
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CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| alpha-Pinene |
80-56-8 |
2,7,7-trimethylbicyc
lo[3.1.1]hept-2-ene |
C10H16 |
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| beta-Pinene |
23089-32-9 |
6,6-dimethyl-2-methy
lidene-norpinane |
C10H16 |
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| Camphene |
5794-04-7 |
2,2-dimethyl-3-methy
lidene-norbornane |
C10H16 |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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In lumbago, rheumatism, in chronic bronchitis, neuralgia, arthritis, skin complaints, wounds, sores, burns, boils etc and is used in the form of liniment plasters, poultices, herbal steam baths and inhalers (oil). |
| Reference |
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 The Himalaya Drug Company.
Sharma, Classical Uses of Medicinal Plants.
Uniyal et al., Medicinal Flora of Garhwal Himalayas. |
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