WHAT HOMOEOPATHY SAYS ABOUT RAUWOLFIA SERPENTINA
Abstract
The plant snakewood is additionally called Sarpagandha. Historically it's called Snakeroot or Indian snake root. The plant was mentioned in Indian manuscripts as method back as a thousand B.C. and is in addition noted as sarpagandha and chandrika. It’s associate in nursing evergreen bush of the Apocynaceae family. It’s autochthonic to South and East Asia. Rauwolfiaserpentina’s root is bitter and acrid and it's most typically used as laxative, diuretic, and counterpoison to venom, expectorator and medicament. The good issue concerning this plant is that it's used medicinally each among the fashionable Western Medical system and conjointly in piece of writing, Unani and medical aid. Medical care preparation of the drug (from root) is commonly used effectively in high blood pressure and different disease conditions. The plant was utilized by several physicians throughout Asian country among the Nineteen Forties then was used throughout the earth among the Fifties. Homoeopathic treatment not solely helps to treat high blood pressure however conjointly the psychological symptoms related to it.
Key words- Alkaloids, doctrine, homoeopathy, mother tincture, reserpine.
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