HEDYSARUM GANGETICUM.

Sunday, 02 July 2006

Remedies for Catarrhal fever, Cough, Other diseases Sans .----6alaparni; Daye. Hind----Sarivan. Ben.----Sal----,. pani,. Born. hlah. Lion, & Guz,----Salvan. Tel,----Gitanaram; Kolaku----ponna. Habitat.----The lower Himalayan region and through out the plains of India. Parts Used.----The whole plant----the root and bark. Constituents.----The root contains extractives, a yellow resin, oil, an alkaloid and ash 6 p. c. Action,----Bitter tonic, febrifuge, digestive and anti catarrhal. Sanskrit writers describe it as alterative and tonic. Uses.----A decoction (1 in 10) of the root is used in fevers; dose----2 ito 6 drachms. A compound decoction made of Salaparni, Balabija (seeds of Abutilon lindicum ) or root of Sida Cordifolia, raisins, Cocculus cordifolia, Hemidesmus Indicus, taken in equal parts, is useful in remittent fever in doses of J to 1 ounce. It is an ingre dient of Dasamula kvatha which is considered to be antipyretic, alterative and bitter tonic, in doses of 1 to 2 ounces twice a day. The dasamula or ten roots are: Hedysarum Gangeticum, Uraria Lagopodioides (prisni. parni), Solanum Jacquinii, Solanum Indicum, Tr ibulus Terrestris, Aegle Marmelos, Colosanthes Indica, Gmelina Arborea, Stereospermam (patala) and Premna Spinosa (ganikarika). The first five in the above list, are collecti vely called hrasvapancha mula or the five mii r plants, and the last five are called vrihat pancha mula or the five major plants. A decoction of the hrasva panchamula is used in catarrhal fever, cough and other diseases sup posed to be caused by deranged ku fa. The vrihat pancha mule is used in fever and other diseases supposed to be caused by deranged vata. The ten drugs together are used in remittent fever, puerperal fever, inflammatory affections within the chest, affections of the brain and many other diseases supposed to be caused by derange. maul of vats, pitta and kafa. Another combination called Ahtadasanga pachana consists of the ten drugs above mentioned, with the addition of the eight following namely, chiretta, devadaru, ginger, tubers of Cyperus rotundus (mustaka), root .of Picrorrhiza Kurroa (katuki), indrajana seeds, coriander, and fruits of Pothos oficinalis. A decoction of these eighteen drugs is used in fevers of a severe type with drowsiness, delirium, picking of bed clothes, insensibility and difficult breathing. A prepa ration of aconite and arsenic is generally given along with it----(Chakradatta.) Dasamula taila:----This is an oil prepared with a decoction of the ten drugs above mentioned, and is much used as a cooling application in headache and other dis eases. To prepare it take of the ten drugs, in all twelve seers and a half, water sixty faur seers. Boil down to 16 seers and strain. To the strained decoction add four seers of lemon juice, 4 seers of prepared sesamum oil and a seer of the usual aromatics and colouring agents in the form of a paste; nd boil them together----(Chakradatta).

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