Sunday 3 March 2013

Cactus grandiflorus. Kader Kochi.


Synonyms

Night blooming cereus, Queen of night, Lunar flower, Sweet scented cactus, Selenicereus grandiflorus, Desert cactus, Ancient plant.


Constituents

Perennial plant. Height 3 meters. Roots have length to 10 meters. Flower blooms in night only once in year. Stem contains resin. Tincture is unstable.


Therapeutics

It is cardiac stimulant. It has tonic action on ventricular muscles (Adonis, Iberis, Camphor, Coffea, Ginkgo biloba, Sinapis, Lobelia, Myrrha, Nux vomica, Arsenic album, Allium sativa, Zingiber, Capsicum, Convallaria, Kola, Aspidosperma, Granatum, Sulphur, Natrum Mur, Ammonia, Warmth)

It is medicine for coronary spasm.

It is medicine for congestive cardiac diseases, stasis oedema, and haemoptysis.

It is not irritant on stomach, and cardiac muscle. It acts on aorta through nerves. It increases blood pressure, and produce hot flushes. 

It is medicine for diabetes.

It is medicine externally for rheumatism.

It is remedy for anxiety, and dementia.

It is a nerve stimulant (Nux vomica, Camphor, Cimicifuga, Capsicum).

It is remedy for constrictive feeling in chest.

It is remedy for palpitation, and functional tachycardia with cold hand.

It is remedy for motion sickness.

It is remedy for dysmenorrhoea.


Dose

3 to 10 drops.

Dilution.



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