![]() ![]() – autumn crocusĬolchicum autumnale, a flowering plant commonly known as autumn crocus, meadow saffron or naked lady, is found wild in Europe, and Africa, and cultivated in North America is used in West for medicinal purpose. Division: Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants.Superdivision: Spermatophyta – Seed plants.Subkingdom: Tracheobionta – Vascular plants.The drug was recommended in Arabian writings for use in gout.īelow is given taxonomical classification of the plant. The genus derives its name from Colchis on the Black Sea, one of the places where this plant is found. The botanical name of Suranjan is Colchicum luteum. Style filiform, much longer than the perianth. Filaments very much shorter than the long yellow anthers. perianth golden yellow, tube 7.5-10 em., segments oblong or oblanceolate, obtuse, many-nerved. by 8-13 mm., tip rounded.įlowering takes place in spring. Leaves are few, lorate, linear-oblong or oblanceolate, obtuse, appearing with the flowers, short at flowering time, at fruiting IS-3~ em. Vascular bundles are numerous conjoint, collateral or bi-collateral, and scattered in the ground tissue. A well marked central hilum, which is irregularly oval in smaller granules, and triangular to sttelate in larger granules. Starch granules are simple spherical, and are of 4.5-23.0 μ in size but usually compounded with 2-4 or more components which are often muller shaped. Cells of ground tissue are polygonal to oval to spherical, slightly thick walled, compact, and filled with starch granules. Cross section of corm shows the single layered epidermis which consists of rectangular to squarish, slightly thick walled parenchymatous cells filled with starch granules, and coated with thick cuticle. The corm is nearly odourless with bitter, and starchy taste. The smooth surface is marked by indefinite, and irregular longitudinal striations. The apex is marked by dark depression representing the position of flowering shoot, and a prominent dark brown scar at the base, marking the point of attachment with parent corm. The corm is flattened on one side, and the other side has a longitudinal groove in the middle extending throughout the length. It is off white to brownish white in color. The corm is enlarged underground stem bearing foliage leaves, sheathing leaves, and fibrous roots. Suranjan is the conical or gibbously avoid corm of Colchicum luteum Baker. It is available in Homeopathy as tincture. Colchicine is frequently prescribed in tablet form, and transdermal preparations containing colchicine are the subject of a Japanese patent. ![]() ![]() Colchicine is considered best remedies for acute gout pain. It can be used as an option to relieve gout attacks for people who cannot take nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for some reason. This phytochemical has anti-gout, and anti-inflammatory activities. It is a weak base, and readily dissolves in water, alcohol or chloroform but is only slightly soluble in ether or petroleum spirit.Ĭolchicine is effective in the treatment of gout, and periodic diseases though the exact mechanism of action by which it works is not known. The alkaloid, Colchicine present in the form of bitter variety of Colchicum luteum, and Colchicum autumnale, is an amorphous, yellowish-white alkaloid, which darkens on exposure to light, and gives a yellow coloration with strong mineral acids. It is toxic plant due to the presence of from several alkaloids (mainly colchicine, demecolcine, and colchicoside), which are present in all plant parts. Suranjan is included in list of poisonous plants of India. Suranjan is indicated in arthritis, gout, rheumatism, and constipation. Suranjan Talkh is preferred for external use in gout whereas Suranjan Shireen (Meetha Suranjan) is used for internal purpose. Suranjan Talkh, is differentiated from Suranjan Shireen by its bitter taste, smaller size, and darker color. Both varieties are pain relieving, anti-gout, anti-rheumatic, purgative, and emetic. The bitter variety contains alkaloid Colchicine in fairly large amount whereas Sweet variety contains traces of this alkaloid in physiologically inactive form. There are two varieties of Suranjan available in the market, Sweet, and Bitter. In Afghanistan, the roots were used in preparation of a medicine Harantutiha. It is a traditionally used for headache, gout, rheumatism, diseases of the liver, and spleen. The corm or rhizome of the plant are used for therapeutic purpose. ![]()
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