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Salt Petre (Pottassium Nitrate)

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OTHER NAMES

Tamil: Pottiluppu
English: Salt petre
Telugu: Surekaramu
Malayalam: Vediyuppu
Kannada: Pattluppu
Marathi:
 Hindi: Sarakalmi
Sanskrit: Surakshara

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description & usage

This is Potassium nitrate. It has diuretic, refrigerent and diaphoretic properties. It reduces the frequency of pulse. In large doses, it is irritant. Useful in dropsy, small pox, measles, influenza, catarrh, gonorrhoea, acute rheumatism and bleeding from lungs and other internal organs caused by fever.

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