ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS.

Sunday, 02 July 2006

Home remedies for Chronic Diarrhea, Dysentery and Fever Sans----Saptaparna; visaltvak: brihatvaka. Eng.----Dita Bark. Hind.----Datyuni; Chatian. Ben.----Chhatin. Mah.----Satveen. Tel.----Palagaruda; Aedakularitichettu. Tam.----Aelil-appalai; wodrasi. Can.----Hale. Mal.----Daivapal, aerilampal. Kon.----Santhni-rooku; Kadusalle-rooku. Habitat.----Common throughout India. Parts Used.----Leaves and bark; milky juice. Constituents.----The bark contains alkaloid ?ditam-ine,? two bases:----echitamine and echitanine, also echicaout-chin, an amorphous yellow mass. Echicerin in acicular crystals; echitin in crystallized scales echitein in rhombic prisms and echiretin an amorphous substance. Action.----Stimulant, carminative, stomachic, bitter tonic, astringent, aphrodisiac; expectorant, febrifuge and anti-periodic. Ditamine or ditanin possesses anti-periodic properties equal to the best sulphate of quinine without its disagreeable secondary symptoms; but its febrifuge effect is not lasting. Preparations and their doses.----Of the infusion, 1 to 2 ounces; of the tincture, 1 to 2 drachms diluted in water and of ditanin 5 to 10 grains given two or three times a day. An extract is prepared from the fresh bark and given in milk in cases of leprosy. It is also used as an anthelmintic. Preparation of Amritashtakapachana----Take of the bark of Alstonia scholaris, gulancha, leaves of Adha-toda vasica and Trichosanthes dioica (patola), tubers of Cyperus rotundas, Calamus rotung (vatesa or vatra), catechu and nim leaves and prepare a decoction in the usual way. Dose----One to two ounces two or three times a day. Uses.----The bark is valuable in debility and after-effects of fever, also in chronic diarrhea, dysentery and in catarrhal fever. The milky juice is applied to ulcers and to rheumatic pains; mixed with oil and dropped into ear it relieves earache. The tincture of the bark acts in cert-ain cases as a powerful galactagogue. The juice of the leaves with that of fresh ginger-root or zedoary is administered to women after confinement.

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