RUMIMASTAGI (Resin)
Rumimastagi is a resin obtained from Pistacia lentiscus Linn. (Fam. Anacardiacem), a shrub or small tree indigenous to the countries bordering on the Mediterranean.
SYNONYMS
Sanskrit : —
Assamese : —
Bengali : Rumi-Mastungi
English : Mastic
Gujrati : Rumi Mastagee
Hindi : Rumi Mastagee, Rumi Mastiki, Mastagee
Kannada : —
Kashmiri : —
Malayalam : —
Marathi : Rumaa Mastakee
Oriya : —
Punjabi : —
Tamil : —
Telugu : Jeevakamu
Urdu : Rumee Mastagee
DESCRIPTION
a) Macroscopic
The resin occurs in small, hard, pear shaped, ovoid or nearly globular, sometimes elongated tears, about 2 to 8 mm in diameter; pale yellow in colour; brittle, breaking into clear glossy fracture, interior transparent, crushing to a sandy powder, taste, slightly agreeable; odour, aromatic.
IDENTITY, PURITY AND STRENGTH
Foreign matter Not more than 2 per cent, Appendix 2.2.2.
Total Ash Not more than 2.6 per cent, Appendix 2.2.3.
Acid-insoluble ash Not more than 0.34 per cent, Appendix 2.2.4.
Alcohol-soluble extractive Not less than 94 per cent, Appendix 2.2.6.
Water-soluble extractive Not less than 0.5 per cent, Appendix 2.2.7.
ASSAY
The drug on steam distillation yields colourless oil (1.5-2.0% v/w), which is heavier than water. (Method in Appendix 2.2.10.).
T.L.C.
T.L.C. of alcoholic extract on Silica gel ‘G’ precoated plates (Merck), using Toluene : Methanol (95:5); under UV (254nm) shows one spot at Rf. 0.17 (blue fluorescence): on spraying with Vanillin-sulphuric acid and heating the plate at 110oC for 30 minutes, twelve spots appear at Rf. 0.12, 0.17, 0.23 (all violet), 0.40 (blue), 0.41 (purple), 0.44, 0.46, 0.49, 0.56, 0.69, 0.80 and 0.86 (all blue).
CONSTITUENTS – Resin, volatile oil, a bicyclic terpenoid and fatty acids.
PROPERTIES AND ACTION
Rasa : Madhura
Guna : Laghu, Ruksa
Virya : Usna
Vipaka : Madhura
Karma : Dipana, Kaphahara, Mutrala, Vrsya, Varnya, Vajikarana, Rakta Sangrahika, Mukhadurgandhanasaka, Dasansthiratakara
IMPORTANT FORMULATIONS – Eladi, Kameda, Sukrama Vati
THERAPEUTIC USES – Agnimandya, Sotha, Svasa, Adhmana, Grahani, Kasa, Mutrakrcchra, Raktasrava, Vatapittaja Vikara
DOSE – 1-2 g.
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