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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. 11, 
p. 393). 
“ The bark constitutes the principal medicine for dysentery 
in the Hindu Pharmacopoceia. 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 atis. 
A compound decoction is also prepared. 
“ An oil for external application is prepared with sesamum 
oil, decoction of hiitaja 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 
dysentery” (Dymock). 
“ The bark, dried and ground, is, by the Santals, rbbbed 
over the body in dropsy. The fruit is applied'in snake-bite, 
to allay swelling and irritation, and the seeds yield a me> icinal 
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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