Corchorus, Huang Ma –> Corchorus, Huang Ma 黄麻 Jute, Jew’s Mallow (C. olitorius)   Korkoros (Dioscorides) Chunchu, Chanchu; Kalasaka (C. capsularis) (Ayurveda) Huang Ma, Huang Ma Ye (leaf) (C. capsularis); Sha Ma (C. olitorius) (TCM) Chang Shuo Huang Ma (C. olitorius, TCM) Baqla, Mlokheyeh (C. olitorius) (Arabic) Corchorus olitoriusCurtis, W., Curtis’s botanical magazine (1800-1948) C. aestuans (syn. C. acutangulus) C. capsularis Blanco, M., Flora de Filipinas, ed. 3 (1877-1883) Jacquin, J.F. von, Eclogae plantarum rariorum (1844) Corchorus trilocularis(Photo by J.M.Garg) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Corchorus spp. C. olitorius (Greater variety) (Ayurveda, TCM) C. capsularis (Lesser variety) (Ayurveda, TCM) C. aestuans (syn. C. acutangulus) (Ayurveda) C. depressus (Unani) C. trilocularis (Unani) In Unani (Pakistan) C. depressus is used. According to Indusyunic Medicine, C. capsularis and C. trilocularis are accepted substitutes, meaning that it and C. trilocularis are synonymous species. Parts used: Whole Herb; also the Seed Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter, Pungent Constituents: Cardioactive Glycoside (Digitoxigenin): Seed (4120ppm), Stem (230ppm), Root (110ppm), Leaf (20ppm) (Duke) Uses: 1. Clears Wind-Heat, Resists Poison:-Cold or Flu with Fever and Cough-Fever (TCM, Unani); Heatstroke (TCM)-Acute Sore Throat, Tonsillitis (TCM); Hoarseness (Unani)-Pain of the Head and Eyes (traditional Jewish use)-Dysentery (TCM, Unani, Ayurveda)-Gonorrhea (Unani)-Sores, Boils, Abscesses…

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