Giant Bloodflower is used as a traditional medicinal plant in India; it is used
in that country to treat common diseases such as fevers, rheumatism, indigestion, cough, cold, eczema, asthma,
elephantiasis, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea.
The plant has CNS (Central Nervous System activity); scientific research shows analgesic, anticonvulsant, anxiolytic
and sedative effect.
May be used with success in the treatment of Syphilis.
The plant is used extensively in homeopathic remedies.
Calotropis gigantea has been reported to possess medicinal properties and other
purposes. The purpose of the study was to evaluate scientifically the anti-diarrhea effects of C. gigantea used
traditionally in Indian system of medicine using castor oil-induced diarrhea model. RESULTS: Like atropine (3mg/kg, i.p.)
there were significant reductions in fecal out put and frequency of droppings when the plant extracts of 200 and
400 mg/kg doses were administered intraperitoneally compared with castor oil treated rats. All doses of the plant extracts
also significantly retarded the castor-oil induced enteropooling and intestinal transit. CONCLUSIONS: The remarkable
anti-diarrhea effect of the extract against castor oil-induced diarrhea model attests to its utility in a wide range
of diarrheal states.
Dosage
Tincture: check with your herbalist. Infusion:
Precaution & contra-indications
Reference
Studies on anti-diarrhoeal activity of calotropis gigantea r.br. in experimental animals. Havagiray R. Chitme
Institute of Pharmacy, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaRamesh ChandraBundelkhand University Sadhna Kaushik
Department of Pharmacology, Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India
CNS activity of Calotropis gigantea roots Ameeta Argal and Anupam Kumar Pathak
Department of Pharmacy, Barkatullah University, Bhopal 462026, M.P., India
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A New Cytotoxic Pregnanone from Calotropis gigantea Zhu-Nian Wang*, Mao-Yuan Wang*, Wen-Li Mei**, Zhuang Han** and Hao-Fu Dai* **
* Institute of Crops Genetic Resources, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Danzhou, 571737, P. R. China
** Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, 571101, P. R. China
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