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Paederia Foetida or Convolvulus Foetidus or Apocynum Foetidum is a twining plant of the genus Rubia |
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Sunday, 02 July 2006 |
Treatment for colic & gout
found in the Central and Eastern Himalaya, Western India and Bengal and Assam. It contains a volatile oil of an offensive odour, two alkaloids vie,
Alpha paederine and Beta paederine. The plant gives off, when bruised, a marked odour of carbon disulphide. The fruit is said to blacken the teeth and is said to be a specific against toothache. The leaves and root are con-sidered wholesome and tonic and are used to a considera-ble extent in Bengal as a constituent of a food given to the sick and the convalsescent. The leaves are boiled and made into a soup. The offensive odour is removed in the process of cooking. The root is said to be an emetic; it is also described as emollient and carminative, useful in colic, spasms, rheumatism and gout,----(Dymock), The entire plant, including stem, leaves and root, is used both internally and externally in rheumatic affections for which it is regarded as a specific. Externally it is used as liniment. Bhavaprakash gives the composition of an electuary named Prasarini Leha, which is made by boiling two seers of the leaves, root and stem of this plans in 82 seers of water till reduced to one-fourth, and adding to the strained decoction two seers of treacle and again boiling till it is reduced to the consistence of a thick syrup, and lastly adding, powdered ginger, long pepper, black pepper, plumbago root and the root of Piper chaba (chavika) equal parts, in half a seer; dose is one tola in acute rheumatism. Several oils or liniments for external application are prepared with this plant, e. g, the following called Kubja Prasarini Taila recommended
by Chakradatta and made up of 16 substances. It is used externally in rheumatism with contraction and stiffness of the joints. After the application of the oil the affect-ed parts should be fomented with dry heat. |
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