Saturday, 2 March 2013

Aristolochia Indica. Kader Kochi.


Synonyms

Birthwort, Garudakodi, Eshwaramooli, Duck flower, Sunanda.


Constituents

Twining perennial plant. Young leaves are purplish. Flowers resemble a curved foetus or snake. Fruits are oblong. Plant contains volatile oil, aristolochic acid, aristolindiquinone, aristolide, resin, gum, starch, and albumen.


Therapeutics

This is medicine for wound healing.

It is medicine in snake poisoning (Leaves).

It is medicine for hypertension. 

It is medicine for difficult labour, and post-delivery infections.

It is medicine for vitiligo, psoriasis, and pellagra (Root).

It is medicine for fever. 

It is gastric stimulant.

It is a blood purifier (Root).

It is remedy breast tumor. 

It is remedy for infertility.

It is remedy for hypotension.

It is remedy for convulsion.

It is remedy is chronic kidney disease.

It had been used as an abortifacient.

Toxicity may be developed even by drinking milk from the goat eaten the plant (Veratrum album).

Word “arist0” means perfect, and noble. Word “Ishwar” means anti-snake.

Dose

1 to 2 drops.

Dilution.






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