APIUM GRAVIOLENS

Sunday, 02 July 2006

Ayurvedic cure for Bronchitis, Asthma, Spleen iseases Sans.----Ajmoda. Eng.----Wild celery. Hind. and Bom.----Badi ajmud; Karap. Ben.----Chanu; Randhuni. Punj.----Bhutghata. Habitat.----Base of the N. W. Himalaya and outlying hills in the Punjab, and in western India. Parts Used.----Roots and seeds. Constituents.----It is said to contain sulpher. It also contains apiol----a poisonous principle, a volatile oil, albu-men, mucilage and salts. Preparations.----Powder; Decoction and distilled medicated water. Action and Uses.----Celery is a known preventive of rheumatism and gout. It is described by Hakims as deobstruent and resolvent and used internally as pectoral and as tonic and carminative adjunct to purgatives also as diuretic, emmenagogue lithontriptic and alexipharmic. The officinal root is considered alterative and diuretic and given in anasarca and colic. The seeds are given as stim-ulant and cordial. As antispasmodic they are used in bronchitis, asthma and to some extent for liver and spleen diseases. It is used as a diet by cooking celery root into a variety of preparations, stew, soup etc. Celery coffee made from the root is supposed to give strength to the brain and nerve. The following home-remedies have been found beneficial.----(1) Take of Apium graveolens (Badi Ajmod) 2, Cyperus Rotundas (Mustaka) l «, Anise seeds 1« and Indian Valerian or Valeriana Wallichi (Tagara) 1 part. Mix and reduce them to a powder. Dose.---- « t0 1 drachm; or (2) Take of Apium graveolens 2, Anise seeds. 1 and sugar 1 part. Mix and reduce the whole to a powder. Dose.---- « to 1 drachm. Used in flatulence and colicky pains. (3) Take of Wild Celery 1, Ptychotis Ajwan (omum seeds) 1 and Water 20 parts. Distil the whole. Dose----1 to 2 ounces. Given in flatulent colic and used as an adjunct to antispasmodic and carminative medicines. Apium Petroselinum----See Petroselinum Sativum. Aplotaxis Auriculata.----Saussurea Auriculata.

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