EL YO PSICO-BIO-TIPOLÓGICO
CAPITULO 19 LA MENTE HUMANA
Toxic. Used to treat dysentery, cough, muscular pain, and rectal bleeding. It causes intoxication and vomiting.
(2.) Western M27, p. 975
Analgesic, narcotic, diaphoretic. It is used for coughs, and
to relax the intestinal muscles; and has been used for haemorrhoids. Opium has been employed externally in liniments or lotions, but
there is no evidence of local analgesic action.
Conclusions The use of opium is conventional, as might be expected from an exotic drug of such value to medicine, known and used in many parts of Asia and Europe for centuries.
CUING CHEE 0*«f Bitter: root
Capparis micvacantha DC. Capparidaceae (Capparaceae)
root (PT); L B y p. 23; W W 9 p. 256
Therapeutic uses of Capparis micracantha (1.) Thai
(a.) KPC
There is only one prescription, in which the root is used, with 12 other ingredients, for a mouth paint and mixture to be taken for the following: saang affecting the throat and base of the tongue; la causing a stiff tongue and lockjaw and inability to suck; smallpox; poisons; delirium; and to prevent bubonic plague developing internally.
(b.) PP, p. 168 Bitter: root
For fevers caused by Cthe elements!! bile and blood, for eye diseases, and to expel flatus.
(c.)
LB,
p. 23The whole plant is used to treat fever, to expel purulent serum, and to treat skin diseases.
(2.) Western Not found .
(3.)
TE,
p. 100The family has myrosin-cells and mustard-oil glycosides such as gluco-capparin. Pyrrolidine is the only alkaloid reported: this has been found in two genera.
150 ROSALES
THOP THAEP
n o m m j Toxic: stemDerris trifoliata
Lour. Leguminosae (Papilionaceae)whole plant (PT)
Therapeutic uses of
Derris trifoliata
(i.) Thai(a.)
KPC
This plant is one of seventeen ingredients in an anthelmintic decoction to be taken when internal parasites affect the eyes causing
to
(see p. 244) resulting in blurred vision.(b.) PP, p. 166
Used as an anthelmintic, to treat
taan saccng
and foamy faeces, and to expel mucus.(2.) Western
M27,
p. 787Derris (Tuba root, or Aker-tuba) consists of the dried rhizome and roots of
Derris elliptica, D. '•malaccensis
, and other speciesof
Derris
, containing not less than 3% of rotenone. This iswidely used as an agricultural and horticultural insecticide and larvicide. Derris is generally harmless to mammals, but
extremely toxic to fish, and the powder is irritant to the eyes
t
and mucosa, and may cause convulsions and stupor if inhaled.
(3.) TP, pp. 102, 104
The Leguminosae includes more important drugs than any other family. They contain cyanogenetic glycosides, saponins, tannins, mucilage and anthocyanins, as well as alkaloids, which are common.
Conclusions Anthelmintic.
THONG LAANG NAAM na-*vismvru''m
Thong laang Yia^vtFm
Erythrina fusoa Lour,
root, leaves, bark
T o x i c : root Leguminosae
(Papilionaceae) (VJ); WW, p. 369
Therapeutic uses of Erythrina fusca (1.) Thai
(a.) KPC
The leaves and root are used in prescriptions for diseases of pregnancy; the bark, in a mixture for the seven kinds of torn. The root is the part specified in the remaining half dozen
recipes, one a mouth and throat paint for la-ong; two preparations to be taken or applied to relieve thirst and body heat, one for
saang, and one for convulsions, listlessness, breathlessness,
lockjaw, and so on; and another, an application for skin parasites, (b.) PP, p. 164
Toxic: root
To treat tom, mucus, and parasites.
(2.) Western Not found .
(3.)
(a.) T E , pp. 102, 104
152 (b.) LLy p. 164
Curare-like activity has been demonstrated in alkaloids from tropical species of Erythrina, but these are no longer clinically
used. See Erythrina symposium, Lloydia, 37 (3): 321-487, 37(4): 543-588.
Conclusions Used to counteract infections, and for external parasites. Possible neuromuscular blocking effect by curare-like alkaloids might
have been used for the treatment of lockjaw and convulsions.
SABAA äsOn
Sabaa yai äsOnTwy Sabaa mon äsmmjaaj Entada phaseoloides Herr.
St Thomas' bean; Sea bean, seeds
Sabaa Thai äs'unlriu might be Entada
Toxic: fruit (perhaps, seeds are meant) Leguminosae (Mimosaceae) f/1/, pp. 443, 444 LB, p. 30 (PT) Sabaa ling
Entada glandulosa Pierre ex Gagnep. seeds
Leguminosae
(Mimosaceae) (PT); m , p. 445
Therapeutic uses of Entada (1.) Thai
(a.) KPC
The fruit of sabaa Thai are used in an application for the abdomen, to treat flatulence. The toasted seeds of sabaa occur in a mixture for tetanus; the seeds of sabaa ling (1871 text has sabaa) occur in an eye lotion to remove to (see p. 244); and under the name, sabaa m o n, the seeds are used in an application to treat flatulence, abdominal distension, inability to
evacuate bladder and bowels, convulsions, tetanus, and other lorn diseases; also in an Ayurvedic type preparation.
(b.) PP, p. 162
Toxic: fruit (perhaps, seeds)
Used for skin diseases, ringworm, scabies, fever, and so on. (c.) LB, p. 30
The seeds are used to treat fever, the stem and bark contain saponins, and are used as shampoo, to cleanse wounds, and as fish poison.
(2.) Western
USD, pp. 1430, 850
The seed of E. phaseoloides, called Mackay bean or Garbee bean, is reputed to be ’strongly poisonous’. These seeds are sometimes substituted for Calabar beans.
(3.) TE, pp. 102, 104
See thop thaep, p. 150.
Conclusions Possible CNS effects
CHUM HET THET $ u found Het thet ifound
Cassia alata L.
Candelabra bush
exotic Toxic: leaves Leguminosae
(Caesalpiniaceae)
(VJ); HE, p. 5; WW, p. 260
(VJ)
154 Therapeutic uses of Cassia alata
(1.) Thai (a.) KPC
The flowers are powdered together with khamin oi (zedoary) and dusted on the body of a child who is difficult to rear, in order to prevent illness. The root is used in a mixture for saccng, and another for severe diarrhoea (see p. 240). The seeds occur in an application to treat parasitic skin infestation. The remainder of the prescriptions containing this drug use the leaves in mixtures, mouth paints, and pills for such diseases and symptoms as taan saang, intestinal parasites, mucus and blood in the stools, flatulence, and constipation.
(b.) PP, p. 164
For skin diseases, ringworm, and so on. (c.)
HE
, p. 5The leaves are used as a purgative, and for ringworm. The whole plant is a taeniafuge.
(2.) Western
USD
y p. 1307'The leaves of Cassia alta CsicD L. , Ringworm bushy have been recommended as a local application for ringworm; they were moistened and the parts affected rubbed with them.'
(3.)
TEy pp. 102, 104
See thop thaep, p. 150.
KHEE LEK Ö’ivmn (ton $\u ) Khee lek baan $\via(?i\n'u
Cassia siamea Larak. (C . florida Vahl.) Siamese cassia
heartwood, young leafy shoots, leaves
Bitter: heartwood
HE, p. 5; W W y p. 125
Leguminosae (Caesalpiniaceae) HE, p. 5
Therapeutic uses of Cassia siamea (1.) Thai
(a.) KPC
This drug is one of AO ingredients in a mixture to treat the seven kinds of tom associated with birth saang. It also occurs in an
anthelmintic decoction. (b.) PP, p. 169
Bitter: heartwood
To treat krasai (cachexia), klon, ^ and constipation. (c.) H E , p. 5
The wood is used as a laxative, and for skin diseases. The flowers and young leaves, which are edible, are used as a mild laxative.
(2.) Western Not found.
(3.) T E , pp. 102, 104
See thop thaep, p. 150.
Conclusions Laxative perhaps.
1 klon naaua condition characterized by infiltration of serum into tissues of the scrotum. Me, p. 59.
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