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Sunday, 02 July 2006 |
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Ayurvedic cure for Skin diseases
a plant with fragrant flowers, is generally met with all over India, especially in the temperate regions, and on the temperate Himalaya, The leaves and flowers have long been known in Hindu medicine. The leaves contain a resin, salicylic acid, an alkaloid named jasminine and an astringent principle. The leaves are astringent in action. The whole plant is considered to be anthelmintic, deob. struent, diuretic and emmenagogue. From the frwerx a perumed oil or otto is prepared, which is greatly esteemed as cooling and used by the rich for anointing their bodies before bathing, also used as a perfume. It is cooling when applied externally, in skin diseases, headache and weak eyes. According to Bhavaprakash the leaves are chewed in aphthae and ulcers in the mouth and the leaf----juice or the oil obtained from h is drop ped into the ear, according to Chakradatta, in cases of otorrhoea etc, and the fresh jrsice of the leaves is a valu. able application for soft corns between the toes. In ul cerations in the mouth, throat and gums, the leaves fried in ghee are recommended to be applied. Mahomedan writers mention the use of flowers applied as a plaster to the loins, genitals and pubes as an aphrodisiac. A poultice of the leaves is also used similarly. |
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