Nymph‘ Lotus; N-Rubra; N. Stellata, belonging to Nymphaeceae,

Sunday, 02 July 2006

Quick treatment for Piles & menorrhagia exist in three varieties, the white, red and blue, and is found to grow in tanks and marshes throughout the warmer parts of India. The root contains gallic and tannic acids starch, gum etc. In action it is demulcent, diuretic and and nutrient. The flowers of N, Stellata are called Utpala and the whole plant is called Utpalini. The flowers are said to be "refrigerant and alleviative of cough, bile, vomiting, giddiness, worms and burning of the skin" (N. N. Sen Gupta). A syrup of the flowers (1« ozs. if fresh or « oz. if dried) made with 1 ounce of sugar and 5 ounces of water is useful in doses of 2 to 3 drs., in re-mittent and other high fevers, heat apoplexy and inflam-matory diseases of the brain. The flowers of N. Stellata are used in coughs and dysuria. The medicinal uses of these plants are the same as those of the corresponding parts of Nelumbium Speciosum already described. The filaments of these plants are considered astringent and cooling and useful in burning of the body, bleeding piles and menorrhagia. In menorrhagia the filaments of N. Stellata are given with the addition of Sanchal salt, Nigella seeds, Liquorice powder, curdled milk and honey.----(Chakradatta). The roots and seeds are edible, the latter forming the diet known as Dhapar.koki. The small seeds of N, Lotus called bheta are fried in heated sand and used as a light, easily digestible food. The seeds of N. Stellata are used in diabetes. The tubers of the red variety when boiled form a very beneficial diet in oases of piles. The root-stock is eaten after boiling and mixing it with milk and sugar. Its powder is given in dyspepsia, diarrhea and piles. A decoction of flowers is given in palpitation. A compound decoction called Utpaladi Sritam is recommended in Bhavaprakash; it is made up of the filaments of N. Lotus, N. Stellata and N. Rubra, of the white variety of Nelumbium Speciosum and Liquor-ice root, equal parts, in all two tolas. This decoction is said to be useful in thirst, burning of the body, fainting, vomiting, haemorrhage from the internal organs and bleeding from the womb during gestation.

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