Pandanus Odoratissimus or P. Sativa or Anthrodactylis Spinosa of Pandaneae family

Sunday, 02 July 2006

Ayurvedic cure for Earache, Rheumatism is a shrub with fragrant flowers found wild in Southern India, Burma and the Andamans; cultivated in gardens in Bengal. There are two varieties----the white and the yellow. The white is plentiful in Shravan month; the yellow in Magh and Phalgun. A perfumed oil called Kevda Oil is extracted from the floral bracts, by means of sesamum oil, and a fragrant otto and aqua Keorra-ka-arak (prepared by distilling flowering tops or bracts in water 20 parts to 1 of Ketaki) are also prepared. Both are employed medicinally. Dose of the aqua is « to 1 drachm, used as stimulant, diaphoretic and antispasmodic. The oil and the otto are considered stimulant and an-tispasmodic and are used in headache and rheumatism. The oil is also useful in earache. In epilepsy a powder made of the anthers and the tops of the bracts is recom-mended to be frequently sniffed like snuff and in sore--throat and other throat-affections cigarettes made of the interior of the anthers are smoked. The root brayed in milk is used internally in sterility and threatened abortion. A medicinal oil is prepared from the roots. In Prameha i. e., extreme heaty constitution the root-juice two tolas, mixed with sugar is given; or the expressed juice of the bracts with Jeera and sugar is given for 7 days. Diet is rice and curds or butter-milk; all salines should be avoided. The fruit or seed is a remedy for Vata, Kaffa and Meha. It acts like saffron in action. Panicum Dactylum----See Cynodon Dactylon.

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