TALISA (Leaves)
Talisa consist of dried needle like leaves of Abies webbiana Lindl (Fam. Pinaceae), plant is a tall, evergreen tree with thick, spreading, horizontal branches attaining a height of 60 m found in Himalayas at an altitude of 2800-10000 m.
SYNONYMS
Sanskrit : Patradhyam
Assamese : Talish
Bengali : Talish Pala, Taleesh Patra
English : Himalayan Siver
Gujrati : Talish Patra
Hindi : Talish Patra
Kannada : Tales Patra, Talisapathra, Shukodara
Kashmiri : —
Malayalam : Talisapatra, Taleesapatri
Marathi : Laghu Taleespatra
Oriya : Talis
Punjabi : —
Tamil : Talispatra, Taleesapatri
Telugu : Taleesapatri
Urdu : Zarnab
DESCRIPTION
a) Macroscopic
Leaves flat, 1 to 5.5 cm long, about 2 mm broad; shining, midrib in the upper surface channelled down the middle but raised beneath; with two faint white lines on either side of the midrib beneath, petiole very short, greyish-brown; odour, terebinthinelike; taste, astringent.
b) Microscopic
Mature leaf shows single layered epidermis on either side covered with thick cuticle; upper epidermis followed by single layered sclerenchymatous hypodermis, lower epidermis shows papillate projections at some places followed by 1 or 2 layers sclerenchymatous hypodermis; palisade 2 layered; spongy parenchyma 4-6 layered; vascular bundle single, situated centrally, consisting of xylem and phloem, enclosed by a single layered endodermis; xylem on upper side and phloem on lower side; cambium inconspicuous; secretory cavities two in numbers, located on either side of vascular bundle, stomata sunken type, present only on the lower surface.
Powder – Greenish-brown; shows sclerenchymatous cells, palisade, spongy parenchyma and a few epidermal cells.
CONSTITUENTS – Essential Oil & Alkaloid.
PROPERTIES AND ACTION
Rasa : Madhura, Katu, Tikta
Guna : Laghu, Tikshna
Virya : Ushna
Vipaka : Katu
Karma : Dipana, Hridya, Vatakaphapham, sleshmapittajit
IMPORTANT FORMULATIONS – Drakshadi Churna, Talisadi Curna, Bhaskara Lavana, Pranada Gutika, Jatiphaladi Churna, Puga Khanda, Talisadi Modaka
THERAPEUTIC USES – Kasa, Agnimandya, Hikka, Krimi, Kshaya, Mukharoga, Swasha, Gulma, Amadosha, Chhardi(vomiting), Aruci
DOSE – 2-3 gm of the drug in powder form.
