MULAKA (Root)
Mulaka consists of fresh root of Raphanus sativus Linn. (Fam. Brassicacem); an annual or biennial bristly herb, cultivated throughout the country upto an altitude of 3,000 m in the Himalayas and other hilly regions.
SYNONYMS
Sanskrit : Salamarkataka, Visra, Saleya, Marusambhava
Assamese : Mula
Bengali : Mula
English : Radish
Gujrati : Mulo, Mula
Hindi : Muli
Kannada : Moolangi, Moclangi gadde, Mullangi, Mugunigadde
Kashmiri : —
Malayalam : Mullanki
Marathi : Mula
Oriya : Mula, Rakhyasmula
Punjabi : Mula, Mulaka, Muli
Tamil : Mullangi
Telugu : Mullangi
Urdu : Muli
DESCRIPTION
a) Macroscopic
Root fleshy, fusiform, cylindrical, having a few lateral fibrous roots, variable in size, usually 25-40 cm in length, sometime cultivated species 75-90 cm in length and 50-60 cm in girth; white in colour; taste, slightly or strongly pungent, rarely sweet.
IDENTITY, PURITY AND STRENGTH
Foreign matter Not more than 2 per cent, Appendix 2.2.2.
Total Ash Not more than 24 per cent, Appendix 2.2.3.
Acid-insoluble ash Not more than 2 per cent, Appendix 2.2.4.
Alcohol-soluble extractive Not less than 36 per cent, Appendix 2.2.6.
Water-soluble extractive Not less than 33 per cent, Appendix 2.2.7.
T.L.C.
T.LC. of alcoholic extract of drug on Silica gel ‘G’ plate using Benzene: Ethylacetate (9: 1) Under U.V. (366 nm) two fluorescent zones appear at Rf. 0.04 & 0.09 (both blue). On exposure to Iodine vapour five spots appear at Rf 0.04. 0.09, 0.34, 0.49 & 0.69 (all yellow). On spraying with Vanillin-Sulphuric acid reagent and heating the plate for ten minutes at 110° C three spots appear at Rf. 0.04, 0.09 & 0.47 (all violet)
CONSTITUENTS – Glucoside, Methylmercaptan and Volatile Oil.
PROPERTIES AND ACTION
Rasa : Katu, Tikta
Guna : Laghu, Tiksna
Virya : Usna
Vipaka : Katu
Karma : Dipana, Hrdya, Kaphahara, Pacana, Pittahara, Rucya, Svarya, Vatahara
IMPORTANT FORMULATIONS – Candanabalalaksadi Taila, Mulaka Ksara
THERAPEUTIC USES – Agnimandya, Arsa, Svasa, Gulma, Jvara, Kasa, Netraroga, Pinasa, Galaroga, Vrana, Dadru, Udavarta
DOSE – 15-30 ml. of the drug in the juice form
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