GYNANDROPSIS PENTAPHYLLA
description & usage
This annual plant (weed) commonly on cultivated land , is met with in the warm parts of India. This plant much resembles in odour of asafoetida, but comparatively delicate, and the small kidney-shaped black seeds resemble that of Cleome viscosa.
Uses:
Fever, Snake-bite
How to Use:
Powered seeds in doses of 30 grains to one drachm, are administered internally, for the expulsion of round worms, combined with sugar, twice a day for two days and followed on the third morning with castor oil. For this the seeds are boiled or roasted in about two table-spoonfuls of ghee and the whole added to 1/4 seer of water mixed with a pinch of salt, and taken in a single draught. Bruised with vinegar, lime juice or hot water, they can be made into a plaster or poultice for external application. Leaves are applied to boils to prevent the formation of puss ; also used in scorpion-sting and snake-bite.
Parts Used:
Seeds, roots, leaves
Taste:
Pungency
Action:
Expectorant, carminative
Uses:
Fever, Snake-bite
How to Use:
Powered seeds in doses of 30 grains to one drachm, are administered internally, for the expulsion of round worms, combined with sugar, twice a day for two days and followed on the third morning with castor oil. For this the seeds are boiled or roasted in about two table-spoonfuls of ghee and the whole added to 1/4 seer of water mixed with a pinch of salt, and taken in a single draught. Bruised with vinegar, lime juice or hot water, they can be made into a plaster or poultice for external application. Leaves are applied to boils to prevent the formation of puss ; also used in scorpion-sting and snake-bite.
Parts Used:
Seeds, roots, leaves
Taste:
Pungency
Action:
Expectorant, carminative