JABORANDI: A REMEDY FOR HAIR LOSS AND GREY HAIR
JABORANDI
BOTANICAL
NAME: Pilocarpus jaborandi, Holmes
FAMILY: Rutaceae
COMMON
NAMES: English: Pilocarpus, Indian Hemp,
Jaborandi.
DESCRIPTION: A small branched shrub, having a smooth, grey
bark spotted with white dots. Leaves alternate, imparipinnate, having 3 pairs
of leaflets and a terminal leaflet, short stalked, leaflets coriaceous, and
many pellucid glands, when crushed odoriferous. Flowers small pinkish-purple
and in racemes.
DISTRIBUTION: Brazil
PART
USED: Leaf
HOMOEOPATHIC USES
HYPERSECRETION
OF ALL GLANDS: Profuse and copious sweating, starting on the forehead and space
and then spreading all over the body. Profuse salivation, free flow of tears,
at the same time there is increased secretion of Schneiderian membrane with
increased activity of the mucous glands of the pharynx, the trachea and the
bronchi. Abnormal sweats, especially at night in tuberculosis. Watery copious
diarrhea.
EYE: A good remedy for hyperopia ( far sightedness
) , choroiditis, asthenopia, hypermetropia, and cataract. Vision becomes dim,
and object at a distance look hazy. The eyes tire soon. Eye strain from
whatever cause. White spots before the
eyes. Pupils contracted, do not react to light. Sometimes nausea is brought on by looking at a moving
object.
GOITER: It is a remedy for exopthalmic goiter with
increased heart’s action and pulsation of arteries. Other symptoms are –tremors,
nervousness, heat , sweating and bronchial irritation.
MUMPS: Limiting the duration of mumps.
UREMIA: It is of great service in kidney disease,
especially with uremia, eliminating both water and urea. Urine increased during
the sweat.
HAIR: A good
hair restorer and blackens white hair. Hair
loss. Baldness. For premature graying of hair. Light hair turns black.
POTENCY: Mother tincture, 6 and higher.
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