Stem - Specimen details

Stem - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 47485

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Plant Name 143.01 LAURACEAE Cassytha filiformis Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Stem Vernacular Name
Iso Country India TDWG Region India
Parts Held Stem Geography Description India
Uses StemUse: MEDICINES - Digestive System Disorders User: Not defined TDWG use MEDICINES - Digestive System Disorders
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Donor Pharm Soc GB Donor No 17 B 9
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Notes: Label source: The name means 'roots not found' and indicates its parasitic nature. The drug consists of the slender thread-like stems of the plant. It has a mucilaginous taste, but no odour. It is employed in Mauritius in the form of decoction for intest, inal derangement and as a tonic for scrofulous and rachitic infants. This is another eastern remedy whose use extends to Madagascar. In India the powered plant mixed with sesamum oil is used to strengthen the hair, and by the Brahmins for cleansing invete, rate ulcers, for which purpose it is mixed with butter and ginger. The juice mixed with sugar is considered a specific in inflamed eyes (trea. Bot. p. 234). Its properties are probably due to mucilage.

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