{"id":273,"date":"2014-12-04T06:46:09","date_gmt":"2014-12-04T06:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shaafiherbalcare.com\/blog\/?p=273"},"modified":"2014-12-19T08:57:03","modified_gmt":"2014-12-19T08:57:03","slug":"colchicum-luteum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shaafiherbalcare.com\/blog\/colchicum-luteum\/","title":{"rendered":"Colchicum Luteum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Description of Colchicicum:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is generally found at the height of 2000 to 9000 feet. Its tuberous root is oval in shape and bears a dark brown color. Leaves are 6 to 12 inch in length and 1\/3 to \u00bd inch in length. It is rounded in shape and small when it flowers. Flowers are 1to 2 inch in length and 1 to 1 \u00bd inch broad. This plant leaf\u2019s from late summers to early summers. The flowers are hermaphrodite i.e. possess both male and female parts in same flower. Fruit is \u00bd to 1 inch in length and bears seeds. Seeds are 2 to 3 millimeter in diameter and are ovate shape. These are light brown to white in color and are bitter to taste.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Principal Constituents:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Suranjan contains an alkaloid named colchicines which is 0.21 to 0.25 %. Besides this it contains starch in limited amounts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pharmochology:<\/strong><br \/>\nIt is kapha and vata suppressant. It is a good pain reliever and helps in healing of wounds. It helps in preventing indigestion. It is also a mild laxative and helps in relieving from constipation. It is helpful in liver and spleen related ailments. It is also a good blood purifier. Saurananjan also acts as diuretic, thus is helpful in urine related problems.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Toxicology:<\/strong><br \/>\nIt is harmful if taken in high doses as it has narcotic actions and suppresses brain activities. If taken in larger doses it may even cause death.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Medicinal Uses: \u00a0<\/strong>Joint pains, Sciatica, Rheumatoid arthritis, Osteoarthritis, Liver and spleen related problems, Gouty arthritis, Blood infection, Dysurea, Skin related problems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Description of Colchicicum: It is generally found at the height of 2000 to 9000 feet. Its tuberous root is oval in shape and bears a dark brown color. Leaves are 6 to 12 inch in length and 1\/3 to \u00bd inch in length. It is rounded in shape and small when it flowers. Flowers are &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":274,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[98,413,411,415,412,13,9,414,223,1172],"class_list":["post-273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-herba","tag-anatomy","tag-arthritis","tag-colchicaceae","tag-colchicine","tag-colchicum","tag-health_medical_pharma","tag-medicinal-plants","tag-rheumatoid-arthritis","tag-spleen","tag-suranjan","latest_post"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.shaafiherbalcare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Colchicum-Luteum.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shaafiherbalcare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shaafiherbalcare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shaafiherbalcare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shaafiherbalcare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shaafiherbalcare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shaafiherbalcare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":275,"href":"https:\/\/www.shaafiherbalcare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273\/revisions\/275"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shaafiherbalcare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shaafiherbalcare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shaafiherbalcare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shaafiherbalcare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}