BALSAMODENDRON MYRRHA.

Sunday, 02 July 2006

Treatment for Cronic Bronchitis and Asthma Sans.----Vola; Rasagandha; Saindhava; Samudraguggul Eng.----Myrrh. Hind, and Pers.----Bol. Mah. and Ben.----Hirabol. Bom.----Bhensa Bol. Ben. Duk and Guz.----Bol Tam.----Vellaippam. Tel.----Balintrapolum. Habitat.----Collected in Arabia and Abssyinia and sold in Indian Bazaars. Parts Used.----The gum from the bark of the tree Constituents.----A volatile oil called myrrhol, an oxygenated ethereal volatile oil 2 p.c, resin, myrrhin 25 to 40 p.c, which by fusion becomes converted into myrrhic acid, gum 40 to 60 p.c, bitter principle----a glucoside, salts as Calcium phosphate and carbonate etc. Action.----Stimulant, expectorant and emmenagogue; externally it is astringent. Myrrh is in a soft oily state which soon hardens by exposure to air. It is aromatic, of balsamic odour and bitter in taste. Dose:----5 to 15 grains. Uses.----Myrrh mixed with equal parts of honey and rectified spirit and dissolved in rose water or infusion of rose petals (50 parts) is good for mouth-wash and also for internal administration, in stomatitis. With borax it makes an application for parasitic stomatitis or thrush. It has been used from time immemorial as an incense. Medicinally it is useful in dyspepsia and mixed with molasses or preferably with iron and vegetable bitters it is given in amenorrhea, chlorosis and other atonic uterine affections. It is also useful as an expectorant in chest affections, especially in chronic bronchitis and asthma. Externally it is used as an astringent, stimulating appli-cation in ulcerated conditions and a gargle for spongy gums and in ulcerated sorethroat. Dissolved in human or ass?s milk it is dropped into the eye to cure purulent ophthalmia. It is useful as a dentifrice in caries of the teeth, either alone or mixed with other drugs. It is said to prevent the hair from falling off. In diphtheria the tincture of myrrh combined with glycerine is given internally every one or two hours with benefit. Three grains each of powdered myrrh and rhubarb with five grains of Kaladana (Ipom‘a Hederacea) is a good stomachic and laxative.

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