HYGROPHILA SPINOSA

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Remedy Origin / Source
Natural

Clinical Applications

HYGROPHILA SPINOSA Plant Introduction This is a thorny plant yielding bluish or, pinkish flowers, reddish seeds, grown in the marshy lands. This drug occupies an important position in the Indian Science of Medicine. Many physicians have mentioned its properties in the 'Pharmacopoeia of India.' Na...

General Description

HYGROPHILA SPINOSA Plant Introduction This is a thorny plant yielding bluish or, pinkish flowers, reddish seeds, grown in the marshy lands. This drug occupies an important position in the Indian Science of Medicine. Many physicians have mentioned its properties in the 'Pharmacopoeia of India.' Name: In Sanskrit-Ikshugandha; Marathi-Talimkhana; Bengali-Kule khara; Hindi-Talmakhana: Nirguviveru; Urdu-Talimkhana; Telegu-Oriya-Kuilirokha, Makherung; Gujarati-Ekharo; Tamil-Neremulli Nirmulli.   Family: Acanthaceae. Medicinal uses: Root, leaves and seeds.    Physiological responses may be experienced in all parts of the body.   Therapeutic uses: Decoction of the root diuretic. Seeds Helpful in removing gonorrhoea (to be taken with sugar). Leaves: Diuretic, anti-allergic; r...

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HYGROPHILA SPINOSA

Plant Introduction

This is a thorny plant yielding bluish or, pinkish flowers, reddish seeds, grown in the marshy lands. This drug occupies an important position in the Indian Science of Medicine. Many physicians have mentioned its properties in the 'Pharmacopoeia of India.'

Name:

In Sanskrit-Ikshugandha;
Marathi-Talimkhana;
Bengali-Kule khara;
Hindi-Talmakhana: Nirguviveru;
Urdu-Talimkhana;
Telegu-Oriya-Kuilirokha, Makherung;
Gujarati-Ekharo;
Tamil-Neremulli Nirmulli.
 
Family: Acanthaceae.
Medicinal uses: Root, leaves and seeds. 
 
Physiological responses may be experienced in all parts of the body.
 
Therapeutic uses:
Decoction of the root diuretic.
Seeds Helpful in removing gonorrhoea (to be taken with sugar).
Leaves: Diuretic, anti-allergic; removes dermatitis; helpful in the treatment of rheumatism and urethral disorders.
Chemical composition:
 
The roots of the plant were first examined by Warden in 1893 who by extraction with 80 per cent alcohol, isolated a crystalline substance apparently in an impure form which has been described as mass of cauliflower like nodules, pearly-white in colour and contaminated with oil. It dissolves in concentrated Sulphuric acid with the formation of a yellow colouration.
 
In 1931, Ghatak and Dutta examined the roots and obtained a phytosterol, C28 H46 0 m.p. 194 C to which name Hygrosterol has been assigned. Besides, the roots yleld a trace of essential oil, a yellow green wax, a sticky gum, and comparatively large quantity of maltose. The ash obtained from the roots on iginition was found of to consist mostly of Potassium salts. In 1934 Capt. Chopra, Dr. B. Mukherji investigated the plant and isolated a basic amorphous residue which gave alkaloidal tests. It could not be studied furhter due to its poor yield. Beside this they also isolated Potassium salts and sugar. The diuretic and the soothing properties of the plant are probably due to the Potassium salts and to the large quantities of mucilage present in the plant. In 1941, Srivastava isolated an oil (23 p.c. yield) from the seeds and it was classified as semidrying oil. The component fatty acids of the oil contain the following percentage of acids;
Linoleic 72, Oleic 10, Stearic 12, Palmitic and Myristic 6 p.c.
In 1947 Basu and others obtained and alkaloid having the emperical formula C3.4 H4.3 N1.36 On m.p. 216-170 C and gave the reaction of a purine body. Dr. Khory said (Mat Medica of India vol ii p 455) that the seed contains mucilage, albuminoids, traces of alkaloid and a yellow fix oil.
 
Pharmacological action: The root is demulcent, diuretic and given in dropsy, gonorrhoea, hepatic obstruction, rheumatism and urinary affections.

Opinions of different physicians

  1. Charaka has found it useful in stone, gravel and calculus in the bladder and strangury.
  2. Shusrta recommended it as a great sexual tonic.
  3. Chakradutta's opinion is-(that) this drug can effectively be used in dropsy.
  4. Bangasen has acknowledged its efficacy in effecting safe delivery.
  5. Bagbhatta has recommended it for all kinds of skin diseases owing to impurities of blood.
  6. Dr. Rheede said that Hydrocotyle Asiatica' had been found very effective in dropsy and gall-stone cases.
  7. Dr. Gibson and Dymock termed this drug as an uretic.
  8. The Mohammedan physicians have found it beneficial in impotency and leucorrhoea. It has wonderful action over insomnia and is an infallible remedy for pox and anaemia. It is capable of producing R. B. C. in the blood.

Symptoms:

Mind: Weighed down with cares; encumbered: loss of memory while doing something.
 
Head: Giddiness attended with weakness and pain: the patient becomes heated.
 
Eyes: reddened and tearful eyes; itching attended with jaundice, disordered vision as characteristic of this.
 
Face: Tumiscent and reddened face; hotness; irisiplus painful facial inflammation; paleness.
 
Mouth: Painful eruption on the tongue attended with itching; salivation; bitter taste.
 
Abdomen: Irritation of the lower abdomen and lever maked by stinging sensation and colicky pain duodenal ulcer: chronic acidity; jaundice.
 
Stool: Diarrhoea; stiff and whitish faeces some times greenish.
 
Urine: Diabetes; abnormal urination; irritation during urination.
 
 
Male gen organ: Concentrated, greenish and painful gono-rrhoeal discharge; slacken penis; loss of sexual desire.
 
Female rep. organ: Irritation attended with (greenish) gonorrhoeal or, leucorrhoeal discharge.
 
Skin: Allergic skin relief in cold atmosphere; violent
 
itching: urticaria all over the body; itching starts immedia-tely after putting off clothes; sycosis; moist blisters which gradually suppurate.
 
The drug is specifically helpful in chronic allergy.

Dose:

10-15 minims 3-4 times a day.

Clinical Tips & Practitioner Insights

"The condition which most frequently calls for OPIUM is paralytic ileus after an abdominal section. There is a loop of bowel which is completely paralysed, accompanied by reversed peristalsis and the pumping of bile back into the stomach. The patient is horribly sick and brings up masses of bile stained, rather foul smelling vomit and has an extreme sensation of abdominal distension. I think that is the commonest condition in which OPIUM is most useful. Incidentally, it is very interesting that in the majority of cases in which you get a paralytic ileus, you find there is a history that OPIUM or one of its derivatives has been given before or after operation."

By Dr. D.M.Borland, M.B.,Ch.B. Paralytic Ileus

"OPIUM is indicated when retention of urine follows parturition. I have twice confirmed."

By Dr. E.A.Farrington, M.D. Retention of Urine after Parturition

"OPIUM is a drug to be thought of for those abnormal children who lie and steal, and are heading for a mental institution."

By Dr. M.L.Tyler, M.D. Lying & Stealing in children

"Paralytic intestinal obstruction - OPIUM."

By Dr. Younan Intestinal Obstruction

"Diabetic coma"

By Dr. Balbir Singh (Rare Collection with Rare Medicines) Diabetic Coma

Remedy Profile

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