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'''Kṣīrakākolī''' consists of the dried whole bulb of Fritillaria roylei. It is a glabrous herb 6-24 m in height. It is found in Western temperate Himalayas from Kumaon to Kashmir at an altitude of 2500-4000 m; processed by boiling.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Asthma}}, {{Uses|Tubrculosis}}, {{Uses|Fever}}, {{Uses|Burning sensation}}, {{Uses|Rheumatism}}, {{Uses|Eye disease}}.

==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Bulb}}, {{Parts Used|Roots}}.

==Chemical Composition==
Alkaloids Kashimirine (imperialine), peimine, Peimisine, Propeimine, Peimiphine and Peimitidine.<ref name="chemical composition"/>

==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=|ta=Kshira, Kakoli|te=Kshira, Kakoli|hi=Kshira, Kakoli|en=Fritillary}}

==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Madhura
===Guna===
Snigdha, Guru
===Veerya===
Śīta
===Vipaka===
Śīta
===Karma===
Vātahara, Pittahara, Rasāyana, Stanyajanana, Kaphakara
===Prabhava===

==Habit==
{{Habit|Shrub}}

==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Paripinnate|Oblong|Leaf Arrangementis Alternate-spiral}}<ref name="Leaf"/>

===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|Pink||Flowering throughout the year and In terminal and/or axillary pseudoracemes}}

===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Oblong pod|Thinly septate, pilose, wrinkled|||Seeds upto 5|Fruiting throughout the year}}

===Other features===

==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==

==Where to get the saplings==

==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}

==How to plant/cultivate==
Alpine slopes and in shrubberies, 2700 - 4000 metres, from Pakistan to Uttar Pradesh.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>

==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Alpine slopes}}, {{Commonly seen|Western Himalaya}}, {{Commonly seen|Shrubberies}}, {{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}.

==Photo Gallery==
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==References==
<references> 
<ref name="chemical composition">The Ayuredic Pharmacopoeia of India Part-1, Volume-5, Page no-13</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[Morphology]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://www.naturalmedicinalherbs.net/herbs/f/fritillaria-roylei.php"Cultivation detail"]</ref>
</references>

==External Links==
*[https://scialert.net/fulltext/?doi=rjmp.2016.375.381 Fritillaria royelei Hook on scialert.net]
*[https://herbpathy.com/Uses-and-Benefits-of-Fritillaria-Roylei-Cid787 Fritillaria royelei Hoo on herbpathy.com]
*[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283712695_Habitat_Preference_Ecological_Parameters_and_Conservation_of_Fritillaria_roylei_Hook_an_Endangered_Medicinal_Herb_of_the_Astavarga_Group Fritillaria royelei Hoo on researchgate.net]
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