The Indigenous Drugs of India ...Thacker, Spink, 1896 - 387 pages |
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... internally in nervous affections , but their use is attended with extreme danger . A 3 per cent . solution of the decorticated seeds - prepared by macerating in water for 24 hours - has lately been used to produce purulent ophthalmia ...
... internally in nervous affections , but their use is attended with extreme danger . A 3 per cent . solution of the decorticated seeds - prepared by macerating in water for 24 hours - has lately been used to produce purulent ophthalmia ...
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... Internally used as a demulcent in the form of emulsion . It may be used in pharmacy like olive oil . The acrid oil possesses rubefacient and vesicant properties . The active principle is Anacardic Acid . It has been used as a local ...
... Internally used as a demulcent in the form of emulsion . It may be used in pharmacy like olive oil . The acrid oil possesses rubefacient and vesicant properties . The active principle is Anacardic Acid . It has been used as a local ...
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... internally as a gentle stimulant , and the essence or otto is similarly used in small doses . ANDROPOGON NARDUS . CITRONELLA . Vern . - Beng . - Kamá - Khér ; Hind . — Ganjní ; Sing . — Maana . This grass is quite common in the North ...
... internally as a gentle stimulant , and the essence or otto is similarly used in small doses . ANDROPOGON NARDUS . CITRONELLA . Vern . - Beng . - Kamá - Khér ; Hind . — Ganjní ; Sing . — Maana . This grass is quite common in the North ...
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... internally . Mixed with honey it is given in white leprosy . It is also considered useful in dropsy . Macerated with black pepper - corns it is given in cases of cholera and diarrhoea with much benefit . The fresh LEAVES applied . to ...
... internally . Mixed with honey it is given in white leprosy . It is also considered useful in dropsy . Macerated with black pepper - corns it is given in cases of cholera and diarrhoea with much benefit . The fresh LEAVES applied . to ...
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... internally in diarrhoea . ASAFŒTIDA . See FERULA NARTHEX . ASPARAGUS ADSCENDENS . Vern . - Hind . - Sufed musli , Satáwar . A plant of the natural order Liliaceae , found in North- ern India . Medicinal uses , ―The tuberous ROOT of this ...
... internally in diarrhoea . ASAFŒTIDA . See FERULA NARTHEX . ASPARAGUS ADSCENDENS . Vern . - Hind . - Sufed musli , Satáwar . A plant of the natural order Liliaceae , found in North- ern India . Medicinal uses , ―The tuberous ROOT of this ...
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acid aconite aconitine active principle adulterated alcohol alkaloid anthelmintic applied aromatic Assam astringent bazárs belonging Bengal bitter Bombay British British Pharmacopoeia Burma Calcutta carminative catechu cent Ceylon chemical chiefly cinchona cloth colour commerce common constituents contains Crown 8vo crystalline cultivated in India decoction demulcent diarrhoea distilled diuretic doses dried Edition emetic emmenagogue emollient employed essential OIL expectorant exported extent externally exudes Fcap febrifuge fixed OIL flowers fluid extract found wild fresh fruit glucoside grains herb Himálaya Hindús important Indian Medical indigenous drugs infusion juice Kashmir known Leguminosa Linn Madras Medicinal uses.-The Medicinal uses.-The RooT Medicinal uses.-The SEEDS mucilage named native natural order Leguminosa obtained odour official OLEO-RESIN opium Pharmaceutical Pharmacopoeia plant poisonous powder prepared properties Punjab purgative quantity regarded remedy resembling resin rheumatism RHIZOME ROOT-BARK Roxb shrub Southern India species SPINK stimulant sugar tannin taste THACKER throughout India tincture tonic tree valuable variety Vern.-Beng yield
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