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of sdrivddvaya or the two sdrivds. They are often used together. 

 When however sdrivd is used in the singular number it is the 

 usual practice to interpret it as sydmalatd (Ichnocarpus frutescens). 

 The roots of these plants are said to be sweet, demulcent, 

 alterative ajid useful in loss of appetite, disinclination for food, 

 fever, skin diseases, sjphilis and leucorrhoea. They are generally 

 used in combination with a number of other medicines. The 

 following are a few illustrations. Take of anantamula, root of 

 Pavonia odqrata (bald), tubers of Cyperus rotundus (mustaka), 

 ginger, and the root of Picrorrhiza kurroa ( katuki ), equal parts, 

 in all two tolas, and reduce them to a paste with water. This 

 dose administered with warm water in the morning, is said to 

 clear the bowels and relieve fever. 



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A decoclion of the roofs of colocyntb, anaufarnirfa, sdrivd and 

 Hedyotis biflora (parparta), prepared in the usual way, is 

 administered with the addition of powdered long pepper and 

 bdellium in chronic skin diseases, syphilis, elephantiasis, Joss of 

 sensation and hemiplegia. 2 % 



CALOTROPIS GIGANTEA AND PROCERA, £. Br. 



Syn. Asclepias gigantea, Roxb. 



Sans, ^ptf, Arka, ^r*pR, Alarka. 



Vern. Akanda, Beng. Mdddr % Hind. 



Calotropis procera and C- gzgantea, both pass by the native 

 name of mddar. §t G. proeera the smaller of the two, prefers 

 the drier climate of the Deccan, the Upper Provinces of Bengal, 

 the Punjab and Scinde ; G gigam r a lower Bengal, the Madras 



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