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Lavendula Stoechas of the genus Labiatae |
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Sunday, 02 July 2006 |
Remedies for Colic & Chest affections
is a native of Arabia and Mediterranean Coasts to Asia Minor. The drug has an agreeable odour resembl-ing that of lavender. Mahomedan physicians regard it as " cephalic, resolvent, deobstruent and carminative and prescribe it in colic and chest affections"; they also think that it assists in " expelling pitta and kafa." In Makhzan-EL-Adwiya it is called the broom of the brain, it is said to sweep away all kafa impurities, remove obstructions, strengthen brain powers, expel brain crudities and clarify the intellect. It is a good stimulant, aromatic, general carminative, diaphoretic, expectorant, antispasmodic and emmenagogue. An essential oil is distilled from the
flowers and is used in colic and chest affections and to relieve biliousness; locally to relieve nervous headache. Fomentation with the flowers relieves rheumatic and neuralgic pains. |
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