KAKOLI (Tuberous Root)
Kakoli consists of dried tuberous root of Lilium polyphyllum D.Don (Fam. Liliacem); a plant found growing in Western temperate Himalayas from 1800-3600 m from Kumaon to Kashmir.
SYNONYMS
Sansk. : Vayasoli, Svadumanisi
Assam. : —
Beng. : Kakoli
Eng. : —
Guj. : Kakoli
Hindi. : Kakoli
Kan. : Kakoli
Kash. : —
Mal. : Kakoli
Mar. : Kakoli
Ori. : Kakoli
Punj. : —
Tam. : Kakoli
Tel. : Kakoli, Kakoli Moola, Kandhambu
Urdu. : Kakoli
DESCRIPTION
a) Macroscopic
Roots straight or curved, dark brown and occur in bunches of 4-15; each root about 2-10 cm long, upto 0.7 cm thick; external surface rough due to presence of longitudinal wrinkles; odour, slightly aromatic; taste, acrid.
b) Microscopic
Tuberous root shows ridges and furrows in outline; cork 8-10 layered, consisting of thin-walled, tangentially elongated, almost radially arranged cells, upper cells filled with reddish-brown content; secondary cortex consisting of oval to elongated, thinwalled, parenchymatous cells filled with abundant, simple, ovoid to ellipsoidal starch grains, measuring 5-11μ in dia.; vascular bundles composed of usual elements, vessels arranged alternatively with phloem patches, vessels mostly solitary with spiral thickening; pith composed of oval to polygonal, thin-walled, parenchymatous cells.
Powder – Greenish-yellow; slightly aromatic in smell; shows spiral vessels, fragments of cork cells and simple, ovoid to ellipsoidal starch grains, measuring 5-11 μ in dia.
IDENTITY, PURITY AND STRENGTH
Foreign matter Not more than 1 Per cent, Appendix 2.2.2
Total ash Not more than 7 Per cent, Appendix 2.2.3
Acid-insoluble ash Not more than 1 Per cent, Appendix 2.2.4
Alcohol-soluble extractive Not less than 5 Per cent, Appendix 2.2.6
Water-soluble extractive Not less than 7 Per cent, Appendix 2.2.7
T.L.C. –
T.L.C. of the alcoholic extract on Silica gel ‘G’ plate using Toluene: Ethylacetate (9 : 1) shows in visible light two spots at Rf. 0.84 (yellow) and 0.97 (light yellow). Under UV (366 nm) five fluorescent zones visible at Rf. 0.23, 0.31 (both yellow), 0.44 (light yellow), 0.54 and 0.97 (both blue). On exposure to Iodine vapour thirteen spots appear at Rf. 0.15, 0.22, 0.23, 0.25, 0.31, 0.44, 0.54, 0.68, 0.78, 0.84, 0.88, 0.92 and 0.97 (all yellow). On spraying with Vanillin-Sulphuric acid reagent and heating the plate for ten minutes at 110°C five spots appear at Rf. 0.44, 0.54, 0.78, 0.84 and 0.97 (all violet).
CONSTITUENTS – Sugars.
PROPERTIES AND ACTION
Rasa : Madhura
Guna : Sita, Guru
Virya : Sita
Vipaka : Madhura
Karma : Brmhana, Pittahara, Vatahara, Sukrala
IMPORTANT FORMULATIONS – Brhat Asvagandha Ghrta, Brhat Chagaladya Ghrta, Dasmularista, Siva Gutika, Amrtaprasa Ghrta.
THERAPEUTIC USES – Raktapitta, Sosa, Jvara, Svasa, Kasa, Ksaya, Daha.
DOSE – 3-6 g.
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