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SANSKRIT MATERIA MEDICA. 



CLERODENDROX SIPHONANTHUS, 



R 



Br. Syn. ^ 



Siphonanthus Indica, Lam. Sans. wURffe^ft, BrahmayashtiTcdf wif, 

 Bhdrgi. Vern. Bdrnanhdlf, Beng. Bhdrangi, Hind. The root of 

 Clerodcndron Siphonanthus is considered useful in asthma, cough 

 and scrofulous affections. The root beaten to a pulp is given with 

 ginger and warm water in asthma. 1 It enters into tho composition 

 of several compound decoctions for diseases of the lungs, A 

 confection called Bhdrgiguda is prepared with a decoction of this 



root and the ten drugs called dasamula, chebulic myrobalan, 

 treacle and the usual aromatic substances. It is used in asthma. 

 An oil, prepared with a decoction and paste of the root of 

 Clerodendron Siphonanthus in the usual proportions, is recom- 

 mended for external application in the marasmus of children. 



PREMNA SERRATIFOLIA, Linn. Syn. Premna spinosa, 



nrft«rr 



Hind 



as bitter, stomachic* and useful in fever, anasarca, urtioaria, etc 

 The leaves are bitter and carminative. A soup made of the 

 leaves is occasionally used as a stomachic and carminative. The 

 root forms an ingredient of dasamula (s B< modium gangclicum), 

 and is thus largely used in a variety of affections. 



The root rubbed into a paste with water is recommended to be 



urticaria 









NAT, ORDER LABIATE 



OOIMUM SANCTUM, Linn. 



<F?r*ft, Tulasi, xpm 



Sanskrit writers make two varieties of this plant ( founded 

 upon some difference in the colour of their leaves) namely, w 1 *" 



i. 





facH 



**fa?W 



Riff «ta* 



2. ^fontf & fttf^l iffa I «lrfW1^lHPl WW* "^ ' 



^p^; ' 



