PEGANUM SEED
Semen Pegani

Helps getting rid of   tapeworms, aids in starting menstruation also has diaphoretic and sedative effects.

 

PEPPERMINT LEAF

Mentha piperita

It is especially effective in stopping nausaea  sourced from nervous problems.

 

PERUVIAN BARK

Cortex Chinae

Gastric, protective against malaria and  flu - like syndromes and calms heart.

 

PLANTAIN
Plantago lanceolata
The leaves should be picked up and dried in shadow or in a drying chamber at 40 ºC by  strewing them as a thin plaque. At the time of drying the leaves shouldn’t be brown in colour. Effective ingredients: glycosides, ancubin, catalpine, glucid, carotinoid, enzymes, silicic acid. Used especially against upper respiratory tract diseases, coughing, whooping-cough, hoarseness, bronchitis( one teaspoon of plant is steeped with a bowl of water and used at one time.).To prevent coughing condensed fluid of the plant is sweetened with sugar or honey and  should be given to children. The fluid of the plant used in tonsillitis, for gargling and eye washing.  It is used as a blood coagulator, in poisoning, in case of insect stings, and  in weakness for ages. Has a curing power in insect bites. In case of  swelling of foot  as a result of walking ; salty plantain should be placed on the foot overnight. The curing effect of the fluid of plantain on tuberculosis is known since very old times. Also provides a quick healing in case of fever. But the most important feature is curing property in injuries and ability  to stop bleeding. The sugary extracts prepared by boiling the  leaves and roots  or from fresh leaves used internally and externally  for treatment of  chronic  flu , eyes , tuberculosis  and also used against asthma.

PREPARATION:  Take  some plantain and wash the leaves ,dry them with clothes , extract the water by pressing and by adding same amount of  sugar or honey in it; cook in a stewpot  for 30 min by mixing continuously. Put the  syrup into glass  containers while hot and close them properly. This can be kept for a year..  

 

POLYPODY ROOT

Rhizoma Polypodii

Has purgative effects, helps excretion  of bile and pituitary and expels intestine worms.

 

PUNCTURE VINE FRUIT

Fructus Tribuli

Used  for expelling kidney stones, diuretic and increasing power.