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Gandha fhul
The tree has some medicinal value as it is used to relieve rheumatism and the flowers are beneficial in case of eye diseases....
The Marigold flower is generally offered in temples and also used in religious ceremonies...Generally a garland is never complete without a Marigold Flower in it...
Legend: There is a legend associated with Marigold, which goes this way...It once so happened that Kondmuli, the God of the Konds (a group of tribal people) fell in love with the wife of another God...Kondmuli was so attracted to her that he snatched her away from the other God and decided to make her his own...Meanwhile her husband searched all over for her...After a frenzied effort he finally found her on the hill Borandi...After he learned about the situation at hand, the anger of the God led to a war between him and Kondmuli...A ferocious quarrel ensued after which the God cut off Kondmuli’s head...The wife wept for Kondmuli...Seeing this the God dragged his wife from Borandi Hill and while he was taking her away she dropped her hairpin on the hill...The pin took root on the hill and took the form of the Marigold Flower... Medicinal Action and Uses: Marigold is chiefly used as a local remedy...Its action is stimulant and diaphoretic...Given internally, it assists local action and prevents suppuration...The infusion of 1 ounce to a pint of boiling water is given internally, in doses of a tablespoonful, and externally as a local application...It is useful in chronic ulcer, varicose veins, etc...Was considered formerly to have much value as an aperient and detergent in visceral obstructions and jaundice...
It has been asserted that a Marigold flower, rubbed on the affected part, is an admirable remedy for the pain and swelling caused by the sting of a wasp or bee...A lotion made from the flowers is most useful for sprains and wounds, and a water distilled from them is good for inflamed and sore eyes...
An infusion of the freshly-gathered flowers is employed in fevers, as it gently promotes perspiration and throws out any eruption - a decoction of the flowers is much in use in country districts to bring out smallpox and measles, in the same manner as Saffron....Marigold flowers are in demand for children's ailments.
The leaves when chewed at first communicate a viscid sweetness, followed by a strong penetrating taste, of a saline nature...The expressed juice, which contains the greater part of this pungent matter, has been given in cases of costiveness and proved very efficacious...Snuffed up the nose it excites sneezing and a discharge of mucous from the head...
The leaves, eaten as a salad, have been considered useful in the scrofula of children, and the acrid qualities of the plant have caused it to be recommended as an extirpator of warts...
A yellow dye has also been extracted from the flower, by boiling.
Preparations and Dosage: Fluid extract, 1/4 to 1 drachm.
Gandha fhul
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Common name: Marigold
Scientific name: Tagetes erecta
Family: Compositae
Different species: African marigold, French Marigold, Mexican marigold
Description: The Marigold belongs to the family of Compositae...It is called the Sthulapushpa in Sanskrit...In Latin it came to be known as Tagetes erecta after the Etruscan God ‘Tages’...‘Tages’ represented a youth with endless wisdom and erecta means straight or erect...
The Marigold is a strong and stout plant that averagely grows upto two feet in height...The plant has a basic shape, which resembles erectness... Marigold, which is called Zendu in Marathi, has flowers that are orange in colour...The petals of the flower seem to be entwined with each other... The fat stalk is greenish in appearance...Common name: Marigold
Scientific name: Tagetes erecta
Family: Compositae
Different species: African marigold, French Marigold, Mexican marigold
The tree has some medicinal value as it is used to relieve rheumatism and the flowers are beneficial in case of eye diseases....
The Marigold flower is generally offered in temples and also used in religious ceremonies...Generally a garland is never complete without a Marigold Flower in it...
Legend: There is a legend associated with Marigold, which goes this way...It once so happened that Kondmuli, the God of the Konds (a group of tribal people) fell in love with the wife of another God...Kondmuli was so attracted to her that he snatched her away from the other God and decided to make her his own...Meanwhile her husband searched all over for her...After a frenzied effort he finally found her on the hill Borandi...After he learned about the situation at hand, the anger of the God led to a war between him and Kondmuli...A ferocious quarrel ensued after which the God cut off Kondmuli’s head...The wife wept for Kondmuli...Seeing this the God dragged his wife from Borandi Hill and while he was taking her away she dropped her hairpin on the hill...The pin took root on the hill and took the form of the Marigold Flower... Medicinal Action and Uses: Marigold is chiefly used as a local remedy...Its action is stimulant and diaphoretic...Given internally, it assists local action and prevents suppuration...The infusion of 1 ounce to a pint of boiling water is given internally, in doses of a tablespoonful, and externally as a local application...It is useful in chronic ulcer, varicose veins, etc...Was considered formerly to have much value as an aperient and detergent in visceral obstructions and jaundice...
It has been asserted that a Marigold flower, rubbed on the affected part, is an admirable remedy for the pain and swelling caused by the sting of a wasp or bee...A lotion made from the flowers is most useful for sprains and wounds, and a water distilled from them is good for inflamed and sore eyes...
An infusion of the freshly-gathered flowers is employed in fevers, as it gently promotes perspiration and throws out any eruption - a decoction of the flowers is much in use in country districts to bring out smallpox and measles, in the same manner as Saffron....Marigold flowers are in demand for children's ailments.
The leaves when chewed at first communicate a viscid sweetness, followed by a strong penetrating taste, of a saline nature...The expressed juice, which contains the greater part of this pungent matter, has been given in cases of costiveness and proved very efficacious...Snuffed up the nose it excites sneezing and a discharge of mucous from the head...
The leaves, eaten as a salad, have been considered useful in the scrofula of children, and the acrid qualities of the plant have caused it to be recommended as an extirpator of warts...
A yellow dye has also been extracted from the flower, by boiling.
Preparations and Dosage: Fluid extract, 1/4 to 1 drachm.
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