Dosage Whole plant—5—l0 ml juice; 50—100 ml decotion; 1—3 g powder. (CCRAS.)
Andropogon muricatus Retz.
Synonym Vetiveria zizanioides (Linn.) Nash.
Family Poaceae.
Habitat All over India.
English Vetiver, Cuscus.
Unani Khas.
Siddha Vettiveru.
Action Roots—refrigerant,
febrifuge, diaphoretic, stimulant, stomachic and emmenagogue; used in strangury, colic, flatulence, obstinate vomiting; paste used as a cooling application in fevers.
Major constituents of the essential oil are vetiselinenol and khusimol. Several sesquiterpenoids, including vetidiol, are also present. The two types of oils, laevorotatory and dextrorotatory, from northern India and southern India, respectively, are biochemically different.
Andropogon sp.: see Cymbopogon sp.
Anemone obtusiloba D. Don Synonym A. pulsatilla Linn.
Family Ranunculaceae.
Habitat Native to Europe; thrives in dry grassland in central and
northern parts of the continent.
English Wind-Flower, Wood
Anemone, Pasque Flower, Pulsatilla.
Unani Gul-laalaa, Shaqaaq-unNomaan.
Action Nervine and sedative
(used for anxiety neurosis, nervous exhaustion, tension, headache, migraine, insomnia), antispasmodic (in catarrh); used for amenorrhoea, inflammation of ovaries, painful menstruation and genito-urinary infections. The rootstock is given with milk for concussions. The
Ayurvedic Ushira.
Angelica archangelica Linn. var. himalaica (C. B. Clarke) Krishnaand Badhwar 1
seeds cause vomiting and purging.
The seed oil is used in rheumatism.
Pulsatilla contains ranunculin, which hydrolyzes to a toxic, unstable compound protoanemonin, which readily dimerizes to non-toxic anemonin.
