Witnessed by: Ayurveda
Tree turmeric (Coscinium fenestratum), of the Menispermaceae family. Large woody climbing liana of wet forest; native range: evergreen forests of the Western Ghats and South-East Asia. Globally recognized as daruharidra in Sanskrit, daruhaldi in Hindi, and tree turmeric, false calumba, yellow-wood in English. The part used is stem, root. Thick stem with vivid chrome-yellow wood and a persistent, mouth-drying bitterness.
In this cross-tradition database, we analyze how this substance operates across world medicine systems — tracking its traditional tastes, temperatures, tissue affinities, post-digestive effects, and planetary correspondences across Ayurveda, Unani, and Western herbalism.
TREE TURMERIC
IDENTITY
Name
- Common
- tree turmeric
- Scientific name
- Coscinium fenestratum (Goetgh.) Colebr.
- Family
- Menispermaceae
Form
- Part used
- stem, root
PROPERTIES
Nature
Taste
how the plant declares itself on the tongue
- Ayurveda
- bitter (tikta) · astringent (kashaya)
Temperature
- Ayurveda
- heating (ushna virya)
PRACTICE
Virtue
Actions
- Ayurveda
- wound-healing (vranaropana), anti-inflammatory (shothahara), anti-diabetic (pramehaghna), eye-tonic (chakshushya), hepatoprotective and bile-clearing (pittasaraka)
Cautions
- Contraindications
- heating and drying; avoid in pregnancy and in marked vata depletion
- Toxicity
- no significant toxicity at customary doses
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