Volume : X, Issue : IV, April - 2020

Golden Shower: A Wonder Medicinal Plant and its Processing Technology

Lalit Raj Singh

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These investigations were conducted on Golden Shower [Cassia fistula L./ Jwarantak/ Amaltaas] which is highly medicinal but still underutilized. Investigations involve pharmacognostic studies and processing of the plant. The pulp obtained from yellowish–own pods was processed for approximately 72 hours at 600 C in oven. The processed product so obtained was a black colored amorphous mass. This product finds multifarious uses in human ailments like detoxification of toxins of ambiguous origin, amoebiasis, chest pains, in piles, nose bleeding, tracheitis, pharyngitis, laryngitis, onchitis, skin problems, feifuge, vermifuge, especially effective in the weakness of intestine and other neuromuscular dysfunctions. Further, it is considered as safest preparation against acute and chronic constipations. Apart from wonderful medicinal usages it is successfully used as pharmaceutical aid for preparation of tablets. It is used as binder and disintegrating agent in Vatti formulations. The experimental Shama Vattis were prepared from this unique pharmaceutical agent to avert the problems of constipation that is most commonly seen in all Vattis due to traditional acacia gum binders. It was concluded that species should be explored further for making processed products in different systems of healing.

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GOLDEN SHOWER: A WONDER MEDICINAL PLANT AND ITS PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY, Lalit Raj Singh INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-10 | Issue-4 | April-2020

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