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HEMIDESMUS INDICA

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HEMIDESMUS INDICA (Indian Sersaperilla) Plant Introduction: It is a creeper and available in Bengal and various states of India; kinds of tropical-American smilax esp. the Jamaica "sersaperilla" is the chief sourse of the medicinal sersaperilla. Germination takes place from the old root during ra...

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HEMIDESMUS INDICA (Indian Sersaperilla) Plant Introduction: It is a creeper and available in Bengal and various states of India; kinds of tropical-American smilax esp. the Jamaica "sersaperilla" is the chief sourse of the medicinal sersaperilla. Germination takes place from the old root during rain fall. Leaves are hairy, ovate and 1-1 inch in size having a stain. Stalk is inch in size. Broken root is aromatic. Florescence and fructi-fication take place in rainy season and winter respectively. Name: Sanskrit-Sariba, Shyama, Gopbadhu Ananta Mul; Hindi Sarmıa, Kalishar, Dudhi;  Marathi-Ananta Mool;  Gujrati-Kapri Oriya-Gupapanmul;  Tamil-Nannari;  English Indian Sersaperilla;  Latin-Hemidesmus Indica.   Family: Asclepiadaceae. Pharmaceutical uses: the bark an...

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HEMIDESMUS INDICA

(Indian Sersaperilla)

Plant Introduction:

It is a creeper and available in Bengal and various states of India; kinds of tropical-American smilax esp. the Jamaica "sersaperilla" is the chief sourse of the medicinal sersaperilla. Germination takes place from the old root during rain fall. Leaves are hairy, ovate and 1-1 inch in size having a stain. Stalk is inch in size. Broken root is aromatic. Florescence and fructi-fication take place in rainy season and winter respectively.

Name:

Sanskrit-Sariba, Shyama, Gopbadhu Ananta Mul;
Hindi Sarmıa, Kalishar, Dudhi; 
Marathi-Ananta Mool; 
Gujrati-Kapri Oriya-Gupapanmul; 
Tamil-Nannari; 
English Indian Sersaperilla; 
Latin-Hemidesmus Indica.
 
Family: Asclepiadaceae.
Pharmaceutical uses: the bark and root.
Time of collection: Autumn.
Chemical composition: Volatile oil, alkaloid, a crystalloid, bitter principle. Alkaloid-Hemidesmine.
 
Therapeutic uses:
It is a blood purifier and there is no such other medicine in Ayurvedic system of therapy.
According to Charak, anantamul is best among the medicines for haematemesis. It is diuratic. refrigerant and perspiring agent. The sweet extract is a remedy for cough, flatulence, blood-poisoning, rheumatism, leucorrhoea, leprosy and fever. It is a mild laxative. Shusrut has described it as an infallible remedy for asthma.

Opinions of different Physicians

  1. Charak - It is an effective medicine in the treatment of haematemesis.
  2. Chakradutta-It removes all kinds of piles and boils.
  3. This drug has been accepted in the British Pharmacopoeia (Dutt's Materia medica).
  4. Dymock - It is applied to the eyes in case of swelling.
  5. Watt - Compound prescription of this drug with milk or sugar serves febrifugal pupose for boys. It is a tonic.

Symptoms

Mind: Disappointment; hot-temper.
 
Head: Weariness or morbid condition marked by pain. Headache after turning a cover from gonorroea; sensitiveness of the vertex.
 
Mouth: Salivation, pale tongue, tastelessness; bad breath or halitosis; wound in the mouth or tongue.
 
Stomach and abdomen: Flatulence; rumbling at the bowels; colicky pain; constipation; back-ache.
 
Uretic organ: Scanty and albuminous discharge of urine; painful micturition; trickling discharge containing uric acid. straining is necessary.
 
Male Gen. Organ: Bloody semenal emission. Small tumour or wound like ring-worm on penis or vagina. Itching of the testes; exudation of fetid juice.
 
Female Rep. Organ: Itching of the vagina small eruptions on the vaginal passage prerceding or following menstruation. Breasts shrink. Burning sensation during urination.
 
Skin: Itching of the vagina. Small eruptions on dry and harsh skin of the body attended with ring worms, eczema or scabs. The affected part of the skin turns blak on itching. Relief in cold weather. Allergic symptoms; the skin cracks; leprosy; any kind of skin eruption.
 
Limbs: Shooting pain with paralytic sensation in the hip or knees. Pain in the finger; whitlow; aggravation at night; rheumatic pain-preceded by gonorrhoeal suffering; shivering sensation; irritation; weakness.

Dose:

10-40 minims 4 times a day.

Remedy Profile

  • Type Plant
  • Common Name N/A
  • Origin Source Natural
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