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. |