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Ranwolfia Serpentina is a climbing shrub
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Sunday, 02 July 2006 |
Herbal treatment Cholera, fever
found in the
tropical Himalaya and at moderate altitudes in Sikkim, Assam, Pegu and Tenasserim. The root contains an alka. loid "Ophioxylin" an orange-colored crystalline principle, resin, starch and wax. The ash contains iron and manganese. The root is a bitter tonic. It is long known as an antidote to the bites of poisonous reptiles and stings of insects. It seems to act also as febrifuge. The decoction of the root is employed to increase uterine contractions. The juice of leaves is instilled into eyes as a remedy for the opacities of the cornea. The root is a valuable remedy in painful affections of the bowels; with Aristolochia Indica it is given in cholera; in colic one part of the root with two parts of the root of Holarrhena antidysenterica and three parts of Jatropha curcas is given in milk. In fever the root with Andrographis paniculata, ginger and black salt is used. The dose of the combined drugs is from 1 to 2 tolas. |
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