NARDOSTACHYS JATAMANSI-

Sunday, 02 July 2006

Herbal cure for Jaundice, leprosy Sans. Can. Duk, Tel. & Ben.----Jatamansi, ("Shock" head of hair). Eng.----Musk-root; Indian Spikenard. Fr----Nard Indien-Ger.----Achte Narde. Gr.----Narde Indike, Hind. & Punj.----Jatamashi; Bal-chir. Cash.----Bhut-jatt; Kukilipot. Arab.----Sumbul-hind. Pers.----Sunbuluttib. Tam.----Jatamashi, Mah.----Jatamavshi. Mal,----Jatamanchi. Cing.----Jaramanshi. Habitat,----This herb is growing at great elevations up to 17000 feet on the Alpine Himalaya, in Nepal, Butan and Sikkim. Parts Used----The Rhizome and Oil from the rhizome. Constituents.----A volatile oil 0.5 p. c. (oleum Jata-mansi, the active principle), resin, sugar, starch, bitter extractive matter and gum. Action----Aromatic, tonic, nerve stimulant, carmi-native, antispasmodic, deobstruent, diuretic, and emmena-gogue; sedative to the spinal cord. It promotes appetite and digestion. Preparations.----Oil, dose is 2 to 6 minims. Tincture or fluid Extract, dose is « to 2 drachms. Infusion, dose Is 1 to 2 ounces. Uses----Jatamansi is generally used as an aromatic adjunct in the preparation of medicinal oils and in per-fumery. Jatamansi is a good substitute for the official Valerian. It is employed in the treatment of hysterical affections, especially palpitation of the heart, nervous headache, chorea, flatulence, etc. It is said to be useful also in menopause disturbances, hystero-epilepsy and similar nervous and convulsive ailments. The dose is 80 to 40 grains in powder. It may be usefully combined with a few grains of camphor and cinnamon. Susruta recommends the following decoction in epilepsy:----Take of the pulse of Phaseolus Roxburghii, Barley, Jujube fruit, seeds of Crotolaria juncea, Bdellium, Jatamansi root, the ten drugs collectively called dasamula and chebulic myrobalan, equal parts and prepare a decoction in the usual way. This decoction is to be administered with the addition of clarified butter and goats urine. The volatile oil from the rhizome can be used in these diseasest It is used in very many diseases of the digestive and respiratory organs, and in jaundice. It is said to be use-ful also in leprosy. It is also employed mixed with sesamum oil for rubbing on the head as a nerve sedative It is said to promote the growth and blackness of hair. A fluid extract prepared with an ammoniacal menstruum or tincture (1 in 10) is suitable for administration. In all cases it may be advantageously combined with cam-phor, ammonia and other remedies of the same class. It may also be given in infusion (1 in 40) in doses of a wine-glassful twice or thrice daily. The following are a few very useful home remedies:----(1) Take of Jatamansi 4, Cin namomum tamala 1, Cubeba officinalis 1, Anise seeds 1, Dry ginger 1 and sugar 2 parts. Reduce the ingredients to a fine powder and mix. Dose is « to 1« drachms. Used in flatulence, colicky pains, gastrodynia, and hysterical affections. (2) Take of Jatamansi 2 drs.< Pistacia khinjuk « dr, Polyporus officinalis 1« drs, and aloes 20 grains. Reduce the whole to a fine powder and mix. Dose is 15 to 20 grains. Used in epi-lepsy, hysteria, and convulsions. (3) Take Jatamansi 5, Cloves 6, Cardamoms 8, Cinnamomum cassia 8, Koshta (Saussurea Auriculata) 6, Alpinia galanga 6, Cyperus perte-nuis 6, Dry ginger 6, Saffron 4, White pepper 6, Balsa-medendron opobalsamum 5, Valeriana wallichi 5, Chiret-ta 10 and Castoreum 4 parts. Mix and make a decoction. Dose is 1 to 1« ozs. Used as a tonic in general debility and seminal weakness. (4) Take of Jatamansi, Sulinjat Balsamodendron opobalsamum, Valeriana wallichi, Ud (Aquilaria Agallochum), Pistacia khinjuk, Cinnamomum and saffron each 3 mashas, salt, Hanzil 1 ¬ tolas, Ipomoea turpetham 1? tolas, Ailwa 4 tolas and water. Make pills about the size of wild plum. Used in tubercular adenitis----(Jauhar Hikmat).

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