| Aakaarakarambha |
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Names:- --------Latin Pyrethrum radix
Tamil ----------Akarakaram
Telugu--------- Akkalakara
Canarese------ Akalakara
Malayal -------Akikaruva
Urdu----------- Akharkora |
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Aakaarakarabha is pungent and heating and strength giving. It overcomes cold, swelling and Vaata. |
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Dose : |
| 5 to 20 grains |
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Action : |
| Sialogogue (increases the flow of saliva), astringent and tonic. |
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| Uses : |
This is a sweet stuff; increases the flow of saliva and is used in fevers, specially in summer. It forms a vehicle of many compound powders and may be given in doses of 5 grains as a tonic. An infusion of the root in 16 parts of water may be used as a mouth wash in sore throat with honey and in fevers. It enters into the composition of aphrodisiac pills and lehyams.
It is said to be a powerful agent in killing mosquitos in great dilution in volatile liquids and was used as a destroyer of mosquitos during the last War. |
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