Friday, 1 March 2013

Achyranthes aspera. Kader Kochi.


Synonyms

Prickly chaff flower, Devil’s horsewhip, Apamarg, Aghata, Kadalaadi.


Constituents

Perennial plant. Height 2 meters. Seeds, leaves and root. Plant contains triterpenoid, saponins, achyranthine, pentatriacontane, and oleanolic acid.


Therapeutics

This is medicine for psychosis, and anxiety state.

It is medicine for irritable bowel syndrome.

It is medicine for fever.

It is medicine for hydrophobia.

It is medicine for dropsy.

It is medicine for haemorrhoids.

It is medicine for snake bite, and scorpion sting.

It is medicine externally for earache.

It is remedy for diarrhoea, and dysentery.

It is remedy for chronic renal disease.

It is remedy for menorrhagia.

It is remedy for herpes.

It had been used for making vegetable salt (Potassium), toothbrush, tooth powder, and for washing clothes.


Dose 

1 to 6 drops.

Dilution. 





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