Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop.
| Synonym : | Urginea indica (Roxb.) Kunth. Albuca reflexa K.Krause & Dinter Drimia nagarjunae (Hemadri & Swahar |
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| Bangla Name : | Gorasum, Ban Piaj, Jangil Piaj. |
| English Name : | Indian Squill, True Squill, Sea Onion. |
| Family : | Liliaceae |
| Disease : | diuretic,cardiac, cough, chronic bronchitis,asthma, and cancer . |
| Description : | A bulbous herb, with truncate bulbs, 5-10 cm long, ovoid. Leaves radical, appearing after the flowers, 15-45 cm long, linear, acute. Scape erect, 30-45 cm long. Flowers small, dingy brown, very distant, on slender, laxly flowered racemes, 15-30 cm long. Capsules 1.3-2 cm long, ellipsoid, tapering to both ends. |
| Distribution : | Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Bulb, which constitutes the drug, contains cardiac glycosides. It also contains various flavonoids including quercetin derivatives and kaempferol polyglycosides, sinistrin, mucilage and calcium oxalate (Ghani, 2003). Fresh squill yields at least two glyc |
| Uses : | : Bulb is diuretic and cardiac stimulant, used chiefly as a powerful expectorant in the treatment of cough, especially in chronic bronchitis and asthma, in large doses it is emetic and cathartic and may cause cardiac depression. Its cardio–tonic activity |
| Habit : | Herb |