Medicinal Plants of India and Pakistan: A Concise Work Describing Plants Used for Drugs and Remedies According to Ayurvedic, Unani [and] Tibbi Systems and Mentioned in British and American Pharmacopoeias |
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30 grains abortifacient alterative anthelmintic antiperiodic antispasmodic aphrodisiac aromatic asthma astringent bark is given black pepper boils bowels bracts bronchitis calyx carminative catarrh chronic colic corolla cough decoction decoction is given demulcent Description diaphoretic diarrhoea disorders Distribution diuretic drachm drachm doses dried dropsy drug dysentery dyspepsia efficacious emetic emmenagogue emollient English Name expectorant Family febrifuge fevers flatulence flowers fresh juice fresh leaves galactagogue given in doses given with honey given with milk gonorrhoea grain doses hairs hairy herb India and Pakistan inflammation infusion is given intestinal jaundice juice is given laxative leaf juice leaves is applied leaves is given Leguminosae Leguminosae Local Names leprosy leucorrhoea LINN menorrhagia ounce doses ovate pains Pakistan paste plant poultice powder is given purgative racemes relieve rheumatism ringworm root-bark rubefacient seeds is given skin diseases sores stalks stem stimulant stomachic sugar swellings Throughout India Tree ulcers urinary worms wounds yellow