Glory Lily has been used in the Indian system of medicine since time immemorial.Its tubers are reported to have been used as a tonic,antiperiodic,antihelminthic and also against snakebites and scorpion stings.The drug is a gasterointestinal irritant and may cause vomiting and purging.It is sometimes used for promoting labour pains and,conversely,also as an abortifacient.It is considered useful in colic,chronic ulcers,piles and gonorrhoea.It is used in local application against parasitic skin diseases and as a cataplasm in urological pains.The leaves,when appied in the form of a paste to the forehead and neck,are reported to cure asthma in children.The leaf juice is used against head lice.
The medicinal properties of the drug are due to presence of alkaloids ,chiefly colchicine and gloriosine.Colchicine used in treatment of gouts and cancer.Colchicine is extracted mainly from seeds.
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Your blog is good. Please include the geographical details of these plants, and elaborate more on how they can be used in our day to day life.
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