- Common name: Indian rosewood
- Hindi: Shisham शीशम
- Manipuri: Sissu
- Bengali: Sitral
- Persian: جگ
- Gujrati: સીસમ
- Kannada: ಬೀಟೆ Beete
- Malayalam: വീട്ടി Viitti, കരിവീട്ടി Karivittti
- Marati: शिसवी
- Punjabi: ਟਾਹਲੀ
- Sanskrit: शिंशपा Shimshapa
- Tamil: சிசே மரம், தோதகத்தி Totakatti, நூக்கம் Nukkam
- Telugu: ఇరుగుడు, Irugudu
- Urdu: شیشم
- Hebrew: סיסם הודי
Used in Ayurveda and Sidha. Powdered wood, leaves and seed oil to treat skin diseases, leprosy, boils; heartwood of Dalbergia sissoo stem is boiled in Guizotia abyssinica oil and this oil applied to cure eczema. Bark juice given to treat inflammation, cholera and burning urination; stem barks of Ficus virens, Ficus benghalensis, Dalbergia sissoo, Mangifera indica and Tamarindus indica boiled and the extract given to cure leucorrhea. Leaves insecticide, antimalarial, used as a stimulant and to treat gonorrhea and wounds; fresh leaf decoction for gonorrhea, vomiting, impotency, spermatorrhea; juice of leaf with jaggery taken in case of dysuria; leaves juice mixed with sugar and curd given to cure blood dysentery. Stem pulp mixed with sugar and given to cure dysentery and headache. [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]
Charaka used the expressed juice of the leaves or tender bark, in prescriptions, internally, for senility and debility. Sushruta prescribed the drug in obesity, seminal weakness, urethral discharges, urinary calculi; in scabies and chronic skin diseases, internally as well as externally. According to Sushruta, the decoction of the drug was a specific remedy for leucorrhoea and other vaginal discharges. Concentrated extract of the heartwood in milk was prescribed in fevers (Sushruta Samhitaa, Ashtaanga Hridaya); extract of leaves in jaundice; bark extract as an anti inflammatory agent in piles, sciatica, and as a blood purifier (Sushruta Samhitaa, Bangasena, Bhaavaprakaasha). The oil was used externally in skin diseases and inflected ulcers (Dhanvantari Nighantu). In Unani medicine, the drug is used for treating wounds, cutaneous affections and burning syndrome. The liquid, collected by burning the wood, is applied over ringworm. The drug is also used as an anthelmintic and emmenagogue. [Indian Herbal Remedies ]
Charaka used the expressed juice of the leaves or tender bark, in prescriptions, internally, for senility and debility. Sushruta prescribed the drug in obesity, seminal weakness, urethral discharges, urinary calculi; in scabies and chronic skin diseases, internally as well as externally. According to Sushruta, the decoction of the drug was a specific remedy for leucorrhoea and other vaginal discharges. Concentrated extract of the heartwood in milk was prescribed in fevers (Sushruta Samhitaa, Ashtaanga Hridaya); extract of leaves in jaundice; bark extract as an anti inflammatory agent in piles, sciatica, and as a blood purifier (Sushruta Samhitaa, Bangasena, Bhaavaprakaasha). The oil was used externally in skin diseases and inflected ulcers (Dhanvantari Nighantu). In Unani medicine, the drug is used for treating wounds, cutaneous affections and burning syndrome. The liquid, collected by burning the wood, is applied over ringworm. The drug is also used as an anthelmintic and emmenagogue. [Indian Herbal Remedies ]
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Two varieties of Simsapa are mentioned in Ayurveda (Dhanvantari Nighantu, prior to the thirteenth century). The second variety is
equated with D. latifolia Roxb. In Kerala, heart wood of Xylia xylocarpa Roxb. Taub. is used as Śimśapā.
Stem bark: obstinate skin diseases including leprosy, leucoderma, worms, urinary diseases, non-healing ulcers, peripheral neuritis, pruritus, hiccough, swelling, erysipelas, and sinusitis. Heart wood: additionally for urinary gravel, diabetes, piles, abdominal lumps, lithiasis, diarrhea, blood diseases, cachexia, anemia, emesis, lipuria, and all types of fevers. [Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeial Plant Drugs: Expanded Therapeutics]
Fevers, pyuria, skin diseases and worm infestation. [Compendia of World’s Medicinal Flora]
Uses: leaves - bitter stimulant, decoction of leaves-useful in gonorrhoea. Roots-astringent. Wood-alterative, useful in leprosy, boils, eruptions and allay vomiting. [Medicinal Plants of Iraq]
Leaves are used against hotness of body. [Medicinal Plants of Sindh : Indigenous Knowledge and Scientific Facts]
equated with D. latifolia Roxb. In Kerala, heart wood of Xylia xylocarpa Roxb. Taub. is used as Śimśapā.
Stem bark: obstinate skin diseases including leprosy, leucoderma, worms, urinary diseases, non-healing ulcers, peripheral neuritis, pruritus, hiccough, swelling, erysipelas, and sinusitis. Heart wood: additionally for urinary gravel, diabetes, piles, abdominal lumps, lithiasis, diarrhea, blood diseases, cachexia, anemia, emesis, lipuria, and all types of fevers. [Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeial Plant Drugs: Expanded Therapeutics]
Fevers, pyuria, skin diseases and worm infestation. [Compendia of World’s Medicinal Flora]
Uses: leaves - bitter stimulant, decoction of leaves-useful in gonorrhoea. Roots-astringent. Wood-alterative, useful in leprosy, boils, eruptions and allay vomiting. [Medicinal Plants of Iraq]
Leaves are used against hotness of body. [Medicinal Plants of Sindh : Indigenous Knowledge and Scientific Facts]