HEDYSARUM ALHAGI or Alhagi Maurorum.

Sunday, 02 July 2006

Home remedy for Chebulic myrobalans, Alhagi taarorum Sans.----Duraiabha; Eng.----Camels thorn; Khorasan----Thorn. Ben.----Juwasa. Hind.----Vavasa. Mah.----Belikamuli. Bom.----Jabusa: Dhamasa. Tel.----Pilaregati. Tam.----Tul----gonri. Can.----Ballidurubi. Arab.----Sankula----jamala; Ha ja Akkula. Pers.----Khar----e----Shutra. Arab. Pers. Hind. St Bom.----Turanjabin (the manna or the sugary exudation). Habitat.----Indigenous to the forest regi )ns of Africa and Western Asia met with from Egypt to Persia and N. India as far south as the Deccan and Concan. Parts Used.----The thorny flower----stalks and branches of the plant and the manna (the sweaty exudation from the leaves and branches which occurs in small brownish granular tears mixed with impurities). Constituents.----The manna contains a crystalline principle which is readily converted into glucose on boiling with an acid. It also contains cane sugar, Action.----Laxative, diuretic and expectorant. The manna is cholagogue; it is used as a demulcent and aphrodisiac. The fresh juice is used as diuretic. Uses:----The plant is used in the form of decoction; it is useful as a laxative, specially for children. The follow ing electuary is recommended for the cough of children.----Take of the extract of Alhagi taarorum (extract obtained by evaporating a decoction of the plant or the sugary manna), raisins, chebulic myrobalans and long pepper in equal parts, powder and mix with honey and clarified butter to make a pill mass. It is given in the form of pills in doses of 5 to 10 grains. The fresh juice is given generally in combination with, aromatics in suppression of urine. In suppression of urine and constipation, the following compound decoction is recom mended in Sharangdhar.:----Take of Alhagi manrorum, Cbebulic myrobalans, pulp of Cassia fistula, fruits of Tribulus terrestris and root of Coleus aromaticus; prepare a decoction in the usual way and administer it with honey; dose to l ounce. The manna is given with milk as a restorative. Externally the plant is used in the form of poultice as an application for piles; a ,fumigation of it is also useful in such cases. The expressed juice of the plant is dropped into the eyes to remove opacities; the juice is also sniffed up as a remedy for megrim. "In the Concan the plant is smoked alr4ng with black Datura, Tobacco and Ajwan seeds as a remedy for asthma "----(Dymock.). An oil prepared with the leaves is used in rheumatism.

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