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used in chronic chest affections, such as asthma, and also in 

 colic and diuresis. They also attribute tonic and aphrodisiac 

 properties to the seeds (Dymock.) 



The seeds combined with honey and saffron are made into 

 pessaries which are supposed to favor conception. They are 

 also used after delivery, (Pharmacographia Indica, Vol. II, 

 p. 393). 



11 The bark constitutes the principal medicine for dysentery 

 in the Hindu Pharmacopooeia. Before the discovery of the 

 efficacy of Ipecacuanha in this disease, many chronic cases 

 which did not get well under European medical treatment, 

 used to be cured by the Kavirajes, by their preparation of this 

 bark. The seeds are also used in medicine, they being regarded 

 as astringent, febrifuge and useful in fever, dysentery, diarrhoea 

 and intestinal worms. The bark is administered in a variety 

 of ways. The expressed juice of the bark is given with honey. 

 A fluid extract is given with the addition of ginger and abis. 

 A compound decoction is also prepared. 



" An oil for external application is prepared with sesamum 

 oil, decoction of kutaja bark and a number of astringent and 

 aromatic substances in small quantities. 



" The seeds enter into good many prescriptions for fever, 

 bowel complaints, piles, intestinal worms, &c." (Dutt, Mat. 

 Med.) 



" When in the Goa territory, I observed that the natives 

 used the root-bark only. This is also the case in the Concan, 

 where the root is given in infusion with Tinospora cordifolia 

 for fevers of long standing ; its juice is also extracted and 

 made into pills with aromatics, as a remedy for diarrhoea and 

 dj'sentery " (Dymock). 



11 The bark, dried and ground, is, by the Santals, rubbed 

 over the body in dropsy. The fruit is applied in snake-bite, 

 to alia} 7 swelling and irritation, and the seeds yield a medicinal 

 oil" (Revd. A. Campbell). 



" Dr. Warden writes that a solution containing the partly 

 purified alkaloid has been used with success in the treatment 

 of fevers and dysentery. Should it even in a smaller degree 

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