Botanical Index No. 229

Chaff-flower

achyranthes aspera

Medicinal Actions

Colic

Primary Conditions Treated

Abscess Adenopathy Anasarca Ascites Atrophy Bacteria Biliousness Bite Bladder Stone Bleeding Boil Bronchosis Bug Bite Cachexia Cancer Caries Chest Ache Childbirth Chill Constipation Corneal Opacity Cough Cramp Dermatosis Diarrhea Dropsy Dysentery Enterosis Escherichia Fever Fistula Fungus Gastrosis Gonorrhea Headache Hemorrhoid Hepatosis High Blood Pressure Hyperglycemia Infection Inflammation Jaundice Leprosy Leukoderma Low Blood Pressure Malaria Menorrhagia Mycosis Nephrosis Nervousness Odontosis Ophthalmia Pain Pleurodynia Pneumonia Pulmonosis Rabies Rheumatism Rhinosis Scabies Snakebite Sore Sprain Sting Stitches Stomachache Stone Syphilis Tetanus Toothache VD Virus Wart Water Retention Wound

General Dosage

28–56 ml decoction.

Safety & Contraindications

Estrogenic activity damp- ens potential as interceptive contraceptive. LD50 = 7.16 ml/kg ivn rat.

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