Saturday 9 March 2013

Lycopodium clavatum. Kader Kochi.


Synonyms

Club-moss, Ground pine, Creeping cedar, Wolfs claw (root), Vegetable sulphur, Witch meal, Stag's horn moss, Fox tail, Nagbeli (Hindi).


Constituents

Perennial creeping plant. It contains lycopodine, clavadine, fixed oil, sugar, alumina, and phosphoric acid. Chinese herb contains selagine (Huperzine A).


Therapeutics

This is remedy for epilepsy, schizophrenia, dyslexia, Alzheimer disease, and dementia.

It is remedy for anxiety state.

It has para sympathomimetic action (Pilocarpus, Trigonella, Physostigma).

It is remedy for post viral fatigue syndrome, tinnitus, and dry cough.

It is remedy for early senility.

It is remedy for flatulence.

It is remedy for gastric complaints from eating cabbage and bread.

It is remedy for diabetes, uric acid stone, prostate congestion, and impotence. 

It is remedy for cancer in right lobe of liver.

It is remedy for female infertility.

It is remedy for gout. Pain is ameliorated by warmth.

It is remedy for myasthenia gravis, and muscular dystrophy.

It is medicine externally for wound.

Spores had been used as dusting powder.

Its smoke had been used for healing diseases of eyes and lungs.

It is used in cinema industry, photo flash purpose, and finger printing.

It is one of oldest plants (Taxus baccata, Ginkgo biloba, Myrrha, Ricinus communis, Thuja).

Word “Lyco” (Greek) means wolf. Word “pod” means foot.


Dose

1 to 4 drops.

Dilution.





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