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Action
Small doses-bitter stomachic and laxative.
Large doses - anti-periodic, cathartic, cholagogue
emmenagogue, emetic, abortifacient
Uses
constipation
epilepsy
improves eye sight
fever
malaria
paralysis
scorpion sting
skin diseases
The following are examples of remedies where this herb is
used in Ayurveda:
Two drachms of powdered root with sugar and warm water is
useful as a mild purgative.
Ten to twenty grains of the powder with aromatics or herbs
such as pepper, asafoetida, triphala and salts is useful in
constipation due to scanty intestinal secretions.
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