Published
new chapter on “Holarrhena antidysenterica (L.) Wall.ex A. DC.-
Kurchi” in Medicinal
Plants in India
Importance
and Cultivation Volume – II, edited by S.N.
Ghosh, Paras Jain and Amit Nath publisher JAYA PUBLISHING HOUSE; 2019: pP:
229-243.
Holarrhena
antidysenterica, commonly known as ‘Kurchi’, ‘Kurai’,
‘Inderjab’, ‘Kuda’, ‘Kautaja’, Indrajav, (Sanskrit),‘Kudaiya’, Bitter Oleander,
Connessi Bark,, Dysentery Rose Bay, Tellicherry Bark. It is a glabrous tree or
large shrub that is found throughout the year in low elevation Indian forests. Its
bark, seeds, leaves, and flowers are widely used for several serious complaints
such as anti-diabetic, dysentery, diarrhea, diuresis, dropsy and other
diseases. The bark is anti-dysenteric, anthelminthic, febrifuge, astringent and
stomachic while seeds are Antiperiodic and carminative.
