AMORPHOPHALLUS CAMPANULATUS or A. Sylvatacus

Sunday, 02 July 2006

Ayuervedic herbs for Dyspepsia, Debility etc Sans.----Arsaghna, (curer of piles); Kunda. Eng.----Telugu potato or Amorphophallus Bom, Mah, Hind.----Jangli suran or alu; Madana masta Ben.----Ol. Burm,----Wa, Tam.----Karuna kalang Mal.----Suran. Teh----Poti-kunda; Manchi-kunda-guddae. Mal.----Kizhanna; Can.----Suvarna-guddah. Habitat.----India. Parts Used.----The corm or tubers. Preparations.----Powder, dose:----5 to 10 grains. Confection known as Laghu Suruna Madaka or Brihat Sur an Madaka containing madanmust, treacle, trikatu and plumbago-root, equal parts; dose:---- « to 2 drachms in dys-pepsia. (Trikatu is a compound of equal parts of pipli, miri and sunta). Action & Uses.----Stomachic and tonic; used in piles and given as a restorative in dyspepsia, debility etc. It is a hot carminative in the form of a pickle. The root is used in boils and ophthalmia, also an emmenagogue. Tubers contain an acrid juice which should be got rid of by thorough boiling and washing lest it otherwise irritate the mouth and fauces; they are regarded good in h‘mor-rhoids. Amyris Commiphora.----See Balsamodendron Rox-burghii.

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