ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA

Sunday, 02 July 2006

Home remedy for Neuralgia, Dyspepsia and Fever Sans.----Bhunimba; Mahateeta; Kirata. Eng.----The Creat; king of bitters; Chiretta. Hind.----Kiryat. Ben.----Kalmegh. Pers.----Nainehavandi. Guz.----Kiryato. Duk.----Kalafnath. Mah.----Olenkirayet. Tel.----Nalavemu. Tam.----Nilavambu. Can----Nelabaevu. Mal----Nilav‘pu; Kiriyat. Habitat----This annual is common in hedge-rows throughout the plains of India, cultivated in gardens in some parts, especially in Bengal. Parts Used.----The herb, dried stalks and root. Constituents.----A bitter principle and a considerable quantity of Sodium Chloride. The plant is very rich in Chlorophyle. Action.----The root is stomachic, tonic, antipyretic, febrifuge and cholagogue; The leaves are anthelmintic. Preparations----Succus (concentrated expressed juice of the fresh leaves and stalks, l in 4 of the drug), dose.----10 to 60 minims. Compound infusion (1 in 20) containing orange peel and coriander, each 1 to 4 of the drug; dose.----1 to 2 ounces. Compound tincture (3 in 20) containing myrrh and aloes, each 1 to 6 of the drug; dose.----1 to 4 drachms. Compound Pill containing Cumin, aniseed, cloves and greater cardamoms all in equal parts mixed in the juice of Kalmeq; dose.----2 to 5 grains. Uses.----The whole plant is intensely bitter and yields its properties readily to water or spirit. Tincture of the root is said to be stimulant and gently aperient. The expressed juice of the leaves is a domestic remedy in flatu-lence and diarrhea of children; is also anthelmintic;. useful in sluggish liver, neuralgia, dyspepsia, in general debility, in convalescence after fevers and in advanced stages of dysentery. During epidemics of influenza a tincture of the plant is highly efficacious in arresting the progress of the disease; very useful in intermittent and remittent fevers, especially when combined with arsenic. Decoclion or strong infusion of the root-stalks is a household bitter tonic and antiperiodic useful in ague or intermittent fevers.

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