lactones of which parthenolide, a ger macanolide is the major component.
(Indian species, T vulgare leaf also
contains parthenolide).
ESCOP recommends the herb for
the management of migraine for at least
a few months.
(See ESCOP and WHO mono-

It has been shown that Feverfew extract inhibits prostaglandin production and arachidonic acid release (this activity, at least partly, explains the herb’s antiplatelet and antifebrile action). The extracts also inhibit secretion of serotonin from platelet granules and proteins from polymorphonuclear leucocytes (PMN’s). Since serotonin is implicated in the aetiology of migraine and PMN secretion is increased in rheumatoid arthritis. Feverfew is used in migraine and rheumatoid arthritis. (Potter’s New Cyclopaedia.) Somehow, beneficial effects were not observed in a double-blind placebo-controlled trial on 40 women with rheumatoid arthritis. (WHO.)
Taraktogenos kurzii King.
Synonym Hydnocarpus Kurzii (King.) Warb.
H. heterophyllus Kurx.
Habitat Throughout upper Assam and Tripura in evergreen forests.
Folk Chaalmogra.
Action Kernel yields the true Chaalmoogra Oil (Oleum Chaulmoograe), used externally in leprosy.
Bark—astringent, rich in tannins, also used as a febrifuge.
Taraxacum off icinale
Weber ex Wiggers.
Family Compositae; Asteraceae.
Habitat Temperate Himalayas,
Khasi Hifis, Mishmi Hills, Gujarat
and in hills of South India.
English Common Dandelion.

graphs.)

Taverniera cuneifolia Am. 647

Ayurvedic Dugdh-pheni, Luutaari, Payaswani.
Unani Kaanful, Kaasani Dashti, Kaasani Sahraayi, Hind-baa-al- Barn. (Not to be confused with

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