Pterocarpus, Red Sandalwood Raktachandana, Raktasaara (Ayurvedic)Sandal Surkh, Sandal-e-Ahmar (Unani)Tsan dan dmar po  ཙན་དན་དམར་པོ  (Tibetan)Shivappu-Chandanam (Siddha) Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, Vol. 3, 1832 Red Sandalwood(Adam, 2017) Botanical name: Pterocarpus santalinus (syn. Santalum rubrum) Parts used: Wood Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter, Sweet. Classifications: 2F. PURIFYING.   2P. HEMOSTATICS3B. FEBRIFUGE & ANTIPYRETIC Uses: 1. Clears Heat from the Blood, Resists Poison:-Fevers, Burning feeling and Inflammations.2. Clears Heat, Stops Bleeding:-heat-type Bleeding3. Clears Heat, Astringes to Stop Leakage:-Diarrhea-Catarrh, Burning Urine4. Clears Heat from the Heart:-Heart debility associated with Heat, Palpitation.5. Coloring:-Often used as a coloring matter for tinctures, spirits and decoctions etc.6. Externally:-powder, paste or infusion is applied to all types of inflammation; applied to Headache, Skin irritations, Fever and Boils.-topically to strengthen the Sight and reduce selling of the Eyes including conjunctivitis.-paste applied with milk has been applied to Bleeding Piles.-paste to skin spots and freckles Dose: Powder: 2–5 grams;Decoction: 3–9 grams Corrective: Honey Substitute: 1. White Sandalwood; Camphor (Unani)2. Dragons Blood3. TCM sources often cite Dalbergia in formulas where Red Sandalwood is used, for example in Tibetan formulas.4. Adenanthera pavonina has also been used as a substitute.5. Caragana jubata is used as a substitute in Tibetan Medicine, and Caragana gerardiana is used…

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