Stem - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 47485 | |||||
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| No Image | 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 | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| 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. | ||||