Journal of Gyansagar Science Foundation 2013 04 01

Author(s): Sanjeev Sogani, Vimal Jain
Publisher: Gyansagar Science Foundation

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Dr. Shuchita Jain, Volume 1 Issue 1 April 2013
colour. Fruit type is drupe which is fleshy and of various size. Flowering season is December and fruiting from February to July.
Tirthankar Mallinath Ashok Botanical Name Saraca indica (Linn.) Family
Leguminoseae Evergreen shrub or tree. Leaves unipinnate, leaflets opposite and elliptic oblong, flowers are scarlet red in color. Bark astringent used in uterine affections and in menorrhea in scorpion sting. Bark contains tannin and catechol.
Tirthankar Parshwanath Dhau Botanical Name Anogeissus latifolia Family
Combretaceae Deciduous trees, 15-20 meters tall, bark smooth, whitegrey. Leaves obtuse and silky. Flowering and fruiting season is March to July. The gum obtained from tree is used as medicine. Fresh bark is crushed with water to prepare a paste which is applied on sores to heal.
Tirthankar Mahaveer Sal Botanical Name Shorea robusta Family
Dipterocarpaceae A large semi-deciduous tree. Leaves are alternate, flowers cream coloured. Resin-astringent and used in dysentery and for fumigations and plasters. Also given for weak digestion, gonorrhea and as aphrodisiac. Resin contains 62% essential oil.
Tirthankar Munisuvratnath Nag Champa Botanical Name Michelia champaca Linn. Family
Magnoliaceae Habit tree. Bark febrifuge, stimulant, expectorant, astringent, dried root and root bark is purgative and in the form of infusion useful emmolient and-mixed with curdled milk, can be applied to abcesses. Flowers and fruits considered to be stimulant, antiseptic tonic, stomach carminative, bitter and cooling used in dyspepsia, nausea and fever, also useful as diuretic in renal diseases, gonorrhea. It is used in the mixture form with sesamum oil for external application in vertigo. Oil Extracted from flowers is used in ophthalmia, cephalagia and gout. Juice of leaves is given with honey in colic. Seeds and fruits are used for healing the cracks in feet. Flowers contain essential oil too.
In the Govt. J.D.B. P.G. Girls College, Kota, where I am teaching, we have raised “TIRTHANKARA VATIKA" (grove) and planted saplings of these trees.
Conclusion I conclude with fervent appeal to all those present here and all Jains through this forum that to keep up Jain tradition of relying on Ayurvedic medicines, it is necessary to make an ardent, systematic and organized effort to preserve, propagate, collect, store and manufacture according to prescribed methods only. This alone will be compatible with Jainism.
Tirthankar Naminath Bakula Botanical Name Mimusops elengi Linn. Family
Sapotaceae Medium sized tree. Bark of the plant is astringent tonic useful in fevers. Leaves are used in snake bite. Pulp of ripe fruit is used to cure chronic dysentery. Seeds bruised and locally applied within the anus of children suffering from constipation. Seeds contain saponin, kernels yield oil.
Tirthankar Neminath Kokam Botanical Name Garcinia indica Family
Guttifereae Small to medium sized tree, leaves simple, dark green and elliptic ovate. Fruit is antiscorpionic. Bark useful as an astringent. Oil is soothing and used in several skin diseases. A drink of infusion and its local application all over the body is prescribed in urticaria.