BAMBUSA ARUNDINACEAE & B. Apous & B Orientalis & B. Spinosa

Sunday, 02 July 2006

Herbal treatment Leprosy, Fevers and H‘moptysis Sans----Tavakshiri (silicious concretion or the milky bark or bamboo); Vonsa-lavanum; Vansa. Eng. and Mah.----Bamboo. Hind. Ben. & Duk.----Bhans. Guz.----Wans; Kapura. Tel.----Veduru. Tam. & Mal.----Moongil, Can.----Bedru. Kon.----Vaso. Arab.----Tabashira. (concretion). Fr.----Bambou-Commun. Ger.----Gemeiner Bambos. Habitat.----Common in Central and South India, cultivated in Bengal & North-Western India. Parts Used----The stalks of female plant containing silicious concretions called tabashir, young shoots, arti-culations, seeds, and roots. Constituents.----Tabashir contains silica 90 p.c, or silicum as hydrate of silicic acid, peroxide of iron, potash, lime, aluminia and vegetable matter. Action.----Leaves are emmenagogue and anthelmintic. Tabashir is said to be stimulant, astringent, tonic, cooling, antispasmodic and aphrodisiac. Preparations.----Decoction of leaves and of bamboo joints (1 in 20), dose.----1 to 2 ounces. Compound powder, dose.----l drachm. Pickles and Poultice. Uses.----The young shoots of the Bamboo made into a poultice is a most efficacious application for dislodgement of worms from ulcers. The juice is poured on the vermin and the liquid mass applied and secured by a bandage The leaf-bud is administered in decoction to encourage the free discharge of the menses or lochia after delivery when it is scanty. It is also used in leprosy. fevers and h‘moptysis. It is also useful in cases of children suffer-ing from thread-worms. Pickles or curry prepared out of the tender shoots give much benefit to persons suffering from lack of digestion as it is said to promote appetite and digestion. The silicious concretion found in the joints of the female bamboo is useful in cough, consumption, asthma, etc. A compound powder containing long pepper, cardamoms, cinnamon, sugar in « ¬ 1/8 & 2 parts, respec-tively for 1 of Tabashir as an alterative in phthisis and cachexia; dose is 1 drachm. The root is given as a specific in eruptive affections. The grain is eaten by poor classes. The older drier stems make very efficient splints for fractures etc. The seeds resemble rice and are eaten by the poor. The tender shoots are also eaten like asparagus. Barleria Longifolia----See Hygrophila Spinosa.

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