AMOMUM SUBULATUM.

Sunday, 02 July 2006

Ayurvedic cure for Teeth and Gums . Sans.----Brihat-upa-kunchika; Ela. Hind and Ben.----Bari-Elachi. Guz.----Moto-elachi. Mah.----Moto-eldori. Tam.----Peri-elakkay. Tel.----Pedda-elakkay; Adavi-ellakkay. Mal.----Peri-elav. Habitat:----Eastern Himalayas. Parts Used:----Seeds and Oil. Action & Uses.----The seeds yield a medicinal oil. It is an agreeable aromatic stimulant. It acts as a stomachic used to allay irritation of the stomach produced either by cholera or some other affections. The decoction of curd-amoms is used as a gargle in affections of the teeth and gums. In combination with the seeds of melon it is used as a diuretic in cases of gravel of the kidneys. It is said to be invaluable in certain disorders of the digestive system, marked by scanty and vesical secretion from the intes-tines; promotes elimination of bile, and is useful in liver affection such is congestion of the liver, especially where abscess threatens. Dose is 10 grains. It is also useful in neuralgia, in large doses i.e., 30 grains in conjunction with quinine; in gonorrhoea, it is used as an aphrodisiac.

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