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E-HERBARIA
- Name : Chiraunji Oil
- English Name :Chirauli Oil, Chironji Oil
- Scientific Name :Buchanania latifolia
Habitat:
Buchanania lanzan Spreng. Syn. B. latifolia Roxb. (Farn, Anacardiaceae); an evergreen tree upto 15 m high, found throughout the country in dry deciduous forests.1
Morphology Description (Habit):
Seed laterally much compressed, creamish-brown, mottled with darker brown lines, 0.4-0.6 cm long, 0.3-0.5 cm wide, occasionally separate cotyledons also occur, funicle stout, micropyle superior, linear, hilum present at the apex of round edge; slight pressure separates oily cotyledons; odour, pleasant; taste, sweetish-oily.1 The oil is often used as a substitute of almond oil and olive oil.
Parts Used:
Oil extracted from the seeds
Phytochemistry:
As per Ayurveda:
Rasa (Taste) : Sweet
Guna (Property) : Heavy unctuous
Veerya (Potency) : Cold
Vipaka (End Result) : Sweet
Pharmacological Actions:
Chiraunji Oil is Vatapittahara. The primary pharmacological actions of this soothing oil are summarized as under:
Skin and Hair:
i. The cooling oil helps mitigate marks and blemishes over skin.
ii. The oil is used in the manufacturing of skin cosmetics and has similar properties like almond and olive oil.
Indications:
Blemishes and hyperpigmentation
Superficial skin injuries
Premature skin aging
Prickly heat, rashes
References:
1. The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India, Part-1, Vol-2.