BARLERIA PRIONITIS.

Sunday, 02 July 2006

Home Cure for Fever and much Phlegm Sans.----Vajradanthi, Kurantaka, Koranta-Hind,----Catseri-na. Ben.----Kantajati Guz.----Kantaasherio. Mah.----Pivala-koranta or koreta. Tel. and Can.----Mullu goranta. Tam. & Mai:----Chemmulli. Kon.----Gorti. Varieties.----White, red, yellow and blue coloured flowers. Habitat.----This small spiny bush is met with in tropical India, abundant in Bombay, Madras, Ceylon, Assam and Sylhet. Parts Used.----The leaves and root. Preparations.----Paste, decoction of leaves and medi-cated oil. Properties & Uses.----The juice of the leaves admini-stered in a little honey or sugar and water is a favourite medicine in the catarrhal affections of children accompa-nied with fever and much phlegm; the dose is two table-spoonfuls twice a day. The juice of the leaves of the white variety mixed with jeera is given in spermatorrhea; the juice applied to feet in the rainy season prevents their cracking or laceration. The juice mixed with honey is applied to the bleeding teeth. It is also dropped into the ear in otitis. The leaves of the yellow variety bruised or their juice with or without pellitory root is kept in the hollow of the aching tooth. The paste of the root is applied to boils and glandular swellings with benefit. The medi-cated oil is applied to unhealthy wounds.

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