Monday 4 March 2013

Cinnamomum zeylanicum. Kader Kochi.


Synonyms

Ceylon cinnamon, Karuvapatta, Karuva, Cinnamomum verum.


Constituents

Evergreen tree. Height 15 meters. Inner bark and leaves. Bark contains essential oil, eugenol, cinnamic acid, cinnamaldehyde, coumarin, tannin, inulin, sugar, starch, fibre, minerals and mucilage. Sweet and pungent.


Therapeutics

This is medicine for gastric atony, flatulence, and diarrhoea.

It is medicine for dental pain.

It is medicine for bronchitis.

It is medicine for rheumatic pain.

It is medicine for snake bite.

It is remedy for dementia.

It is remedy for cold, and allergic disorder. 

It is remedy for oral cancer. 

It is remedy for anorexia, and weakness.

It is remedy for hyperglycaemia, and hypercholesterolemia.

It is remedy for chronic renal diseases.

It is remedy for liver cirrhosis.

It is remedy for dengue haemorrhagic fever, and bleeding disorders.

It is remedy for dysfunctional uterine bleeding. It can promote strong uterine contraction in menstrual period. Thus, it reduces the duration of bleeding period (Erigeron, Secale cor).

It is remedy for psoriasis.

It promotes micro circulation in skin and brain (Arsenic album, Ginkgo biloba).

It had been called as vegetable mercury (Mezereum).

It had been used for embalming dead person (Camphor).

It has antimicrobial and insect repellent activities. It had been used for burning in Egypt (Myrrha).

It is one of oldest medicines (Myrrha, Ricinus communis, Veratrum album, Cactus, Ginkgo biloba, Thuja).

Word “Kirf” (Arabic) means aristo.


Dose

2 to 10 drops.

Dilution.



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