Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants
Abies spectabilis
Family: Pinaceae (Pine family)
Genus: abies
Botanical name: Abies spectabilis
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Sanskrit: Talisam, Talisapatra, Talisapatram
Hindi: Talispatra, Talispatri, Tapis patra, Kanda morinda
English: Himalayan Silver Fir, East Himalayan Fir, Common Yew
Malayalam: Talisapatram
Genus: abies
Botanical name: Abies spectabilis
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Sanskrit: Talisam, Talisapatra, Talisapatram
Hindi: Talispatra, Talispatri, Tapis patra, Kanda morinda
English: Himalayan Silver Fir, East Himalayan Fir, Common Yew
Malayalam: Talisapatram
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Himalayan Silver Fir is a pyramidal tree, growing up to 50 m or more tall. Upper branches are horizontal. Bark is dark grey, deeply grooved. Leaves are linear, up to 4 cm long, flattened with incurved margin. Young branchlets have hairy grooves. Cones are erect, cylindrical, 10-20 cm long, dark purple. Himalayan Silver Fir is found in the Himalayas, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand and NE India, at altitudes of 2800-4000 m.
The leaves are astringent, carminative, expectorant, stomachic and tonic. The leaf juice used in the treatment of asthma, bronchitis etc. An essential oil obtained from the leaves is used to treat colds, rheumatism and nasal congestion. The leaf juice is antiperiodic.