ABROMA AUGUSTA or A. Fastuosum.

Sunday, 02 July 2006

Remedy for gonorrhia . Bom.----Olaktambol. Ben.----Ulutkambal. Eng.----Devil?s Cotton. Habitat.----Bengal. Throughout the hotter parts of India from U. P. to Sikkim, Khashia Mts., and Assam. Parts Used.----The root-bark, leaves & stems. Constituents.----The root-bark contains gum, wax, non-crystalline extractive matter & ash (11 p. c.) Action.----The leaves & stems are demulcent. The root-bark is emmenagogue. Preparations.----Infusion of leaves and Sap of the root-bark. Uses.----An infusion of fresh leaves and stems in cold water is very efficacious in gonorrh?a. The root-bark is a reputed remedy for congestive and nervous dysme-norrh?a. The fresh viscid juice abounding in the thick easily separable bark of the root is given in half-drachm doses in varieties of dysmenorrh?a. A single adminis-tration during the menses is said to cure the disease and bring on conception in young married women. The viscid sap is insoluble in water. It is generally given from the first day of the flow for 7 days successively. In cases where the pain precedes the flow, it is given two days previous to its appearance.

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