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Actions : Cholagogue, hepatic, anti-emetic, stimulant, laxative,
antheimintic, aperient, cholagogue, tonic.
It Is beneficial for a weak stomach and indigestion, general
debility, constipation, and torpid liver, it also stimulates
the appetite, and in small doses is a good tonic during convalescence.
In addition, balmony is an effective antheimintic. Externally,
it is used for sores and eczema. The ointment is valuable
to relieve the itching and irritation of piles.
Indications : Balmony is an excellent agent for liver problems.
It acts as a tonic on the whole digestive and absorptive system.
It has a stimulating effect on the secretion of digestive
juices, and in this most natural way its laxative properties
are produced. Balmony is used in gall stones, inflammation
of the gall-bladder and in jaundice. It stimulates the appetite,
eases colic, dyspepsia and biliousness and is helpful in debility.
Externally it has been used on inflamed breasts, painful ulcers
and piles. It is considered a specific in gall stones that
lead to congestive jaundice.
Herbalists consider this herb a useful remedy for gastro-intestinal
debility with hepatic torpor or jaundice. Dyspeptic conditions
attending convalescence from prostrating fevers are often
aided by it, and should be studied particularly for vague
and shifting pain in the region of the ascending colon.
Kings Dispensatory describes it as being tonic, cathartic,
and anthelmintic. Especially valuable in jaundice and hepatic
diseases, likewise for the removal of worms, for which it
may be used in powder or decoction, internally and also in
injection. Used as a tonic in small doses, in dyspepsia, debility
of the digestive organs, particularly when associated with
hepatic inactivity, and during convalescence from febrile
and inflammatory diseases. It is valuable after malarial fevers
as a tonic and to unlock the secretions when checked by quinine.
Recommended in form of ointment as an application to painful
and inflamed tumors, irritable and painful ulcers, inflammed
breasts, piles, etc. Kings gives the following specific indications:
Gastro-intestinal debility, with hepatic torpor or jaundice;
worms.
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