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Madhusnuhi

Names:- Latin Smilax china

Tamil Parangi pattai

Telugu Pharangichekka

Canarese Chinipavu

Malayal Pavu

Urdu Chopcheeni

Dweepaantara Vacha Kinchit

Tiktoshna Vahnideeptikrit

Vibandhaadhmaana soolaghnow

Sakrit mootra Visodhinee

Vaatavyaadheena pasmaara

Munmaadam tanuvedanaam

Vyapohati Viseshena

Phirangaamaya naasanee

Bhaavaprakaasa.

Dweepaantaravacha (Madhushnuhi) is slightly bitter and slightly heating. It improves the appetite. It removes
constipation (Vibandha), checks distention of the abdomen and colic. It purifies faecal matter and urine. It is
useful in the treatment of Vaata Vyaadhis, Apasmaara (Epilepsy). Insanity, pains in the body (tanuvedana). It
is specially useful in the treatment of Syphilis (Phirangaamaya).

Dose:- ¼ to 1 tola of the powder with ghee and sugar or in combination with other drugs.

Action:- General tonic.

Uses:- It is very much used in late stages of syphil is and leprosy as a tonic and alternative. It enters into the
composition of lehams intended for tissue-building and as aphrodisiacs. It is also used in scrofula and chronic
rheumatism.

13. Brahmi

Names:-

Latin Hydrocotyle asiatica

Tamil Vallarai
Telugu Saraswataaku

Canarese Timare

Malayal Brahmi

Urdu Bereli, Brahmamanduki

Braahmyaa Yushaa himaa medhyaa

Kashaayaa tiktakaa laghuh

Swaryaa Smrit pradaa Kushta

Paandu Mehasraa Kaasajit.

Brahmi is astringent, bitter and light. It is cooling and improves intellect. It also improves Voice and Memory.
It is useful in the treatment of Kushta, Paandu, Meha, blood diseases and Cough.

Dose:- The green leaf, ¼ to 1 tola, with tamarind or lemon juice, salt and other condiments as a chutney.
A teaspoonful to 1.2 ounce of swarasam with honey or ½ to 2 ounces of the infusion of the dried leaf made in
proportion of 1 to 8 parts of hot water.

A teaspoonful of the dried leaf made into an infusion like tea with a cup of boiling water and taken with milk
and sugar.

Ghritam or syrup prepared in the usual manner – dose 1/4 tola.

Action:- Milk diuretic and brain tonic.

Uses:- It is a reputed tonic for tiresomeness after mental work and is specially used for loss of memory. It has
also a reputation for developing the power of speech in those who have defective speech and to improve the
power of poetic imagination (Appakaveeyam). It is also used in epilepsy and mental disorders.

52. Kutaja Thwak

Names:- Latin Holarrhena antidysentrica

Tamil Veppaalai

Telugu Kodisapaala

Canarese Kodasige

Malayal Kutakapaala

Urdu Indrajav

Kutajah Katuko Rooksho

Deepanah tuvaro himah

Arsoteesaara Pittaasra
Kapha Tristnaama Kushta jit.

Kutaja is pungent and also astringent. It is dry and cooling. It improves appetite and checks Kapha. It is useful
in the treatment of Piles, Diarrhoea, Raktapitta, thirst, Aama and Kapha.

Dose:- 10 to 60 grains of the powder of the bark with honey or sugar or thakram (buttermilk) or ½ to 1 tola of
the bark boiled with 8 times the quantity of water, reduced to one-fourth, filtered and taken with honey. Seeds
– same as above.

Action:- Antiperiodic and anidysenteric.

Uses:- It has earned much reputation as a specific in cases of dysentery and is used in the place of
Ipecacuanha. It is also said to be very useful in cases of Raktapitta. Chakradutta recommends a paste of the
bark to be used in cases of kushta.