Saturday, 2 March 2013

Asarum canadensis. Dr. Kader Kochi.


Synonyms

Canada wild ginger, Canadian snakeroot.


Constituents

Perennial plant. Height 20 cm. Leaves are kidney shaped. Root has ginger like taste. Rhizome contains toxic aristolochic acid, asarone, volatile oil, resin, asarin, mucilage, sugar, and a substance like camphor. Bitter.


Therapeutics

This is gastric stimulant.

It has carminative, diuretic, and diaphoretic properties.

It is remedy for dropsy, albuminuria, and chronic kidney disease.

It is remedy for impaired digestion.

It is remedy for painful spasms of stomach and bowel. 

It is remedy for nasal catarrh due to amenorrhea. 

It is remedy for cancer, and tuberculosis. 


Dose

1 to 4 drops.

Dilution.


 

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