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Saturday, 3 August 2013

Aconitum deinorrhizum Stapf.

Family-  Ranunculaceae.
Habitat-  Alpine regions of Chattadhar and Bhalesh ranges of Bhadarwah district in Jammu and Kashmir.
Ayurvedic-  Vatsanaabha (related sp.).
Folk-  Bashahr-Mohra, Dudhiyaa Bish, Safed Bikh.
Action-  Roots and leaves are used in rheumatism, rheumatic fever and acute headache.The roots contain 0.9% total alkaloids, of which 0.51% is pseudoaconitine.

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