CLEOME VISCOSA or C. Icos-andra.

Sunday, 02 July 2006

Ayuervedic herbs for Recant Wounds and Ulcers Sans.----Karnaspota; Arkakanta; Adityabhakta. Eng.----Wild or Dog. mustard. Sticky Cleome. Sind.----Kathori. Arab.----Bazar-ul-Banja; Chamara, Hind.----Jangli Hurhur. Ben.----Tilparnil; Hurhuria. Tel.----Naelavaminta; Kukka-va-Tninta. Tam.----Nayi-velai. Punj.----Bogra, Bom.----Pivla Tilivana. Mah.----Kanphuta. San.----Kadusasiva. Mal.----Aryaval. Kon.----Sirikala. Duk.----Chowriajwan. Guz.----Til-van; Tinmani. Fr.----Herbe puante; Brede-puante. Port,----Bredo-mamma. Habitat.----A common weed found all over India and plentifully in Bengal, the Gangetic valley. Parts Used.----The whole plant.----seeds, leaves and root. Action.----The seeds are carminative, anthelmintic and antiseptic like mustard. The juice of the leaves is sudorific. The leaves have a pungent flavor. The bark is irritant and acrid. When cooked it loses its acrid properties. Externally it is rubefacient and vesicant. Preparations.----Infusion (1 in 10), dose « to 1 ounce, The juice of leaves; poultice or paste of seeds or of the plant. Uses.----These seeds are a remedy for infantile convulsions. They are regarded as an efficient substitute for mustard internally and externally. In the form of infusion they are employed topically to kill maggots in unhealthy sores. As anthelmintic they are used in doses of from 10 grains to 1 drachm in powder with sugar twice a day for two days and then followed by a dose of castor oil; they are specially useful in cases of round worms. The seeds ground into poultice or paste or being bruised with vinegar, lime-juice or hot water are applied for their rubefacient action and the leaves applied to boils prevent the formation of pus; and their juice pressed out with hot water is used as ear-drops in earache; but in cases of otorrhoea its instillation produces smar-ting pain; when mixed with oil (equal parts) it is a popular remedy, for purulent discharges from the ear; it also forms an application for recant wounds and ulcers; for this purpose leaves boiled in ghee are used., The juice is given internally in small quantities fre diluted with water and acts as a sudorific in fevers.

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