Pompholyx is an old name for vesicular eczema (see DERMATITIS) on the palms and ?ngers (cheiropompholyx) or soles of the feet (podopompholyx).... cheiropompholyx
Action: Flowers—cardioactive, tonic, antispasmodic, purgative, emmenagogue, deobstruent (used in liver diseases and sexual debility). Seeds— stomachic, diuretic, expectorant (in bronchitis and asthma); also goitrogenic. Juice of leaves and seeds—antibacterial.
Flowers contain flavonoids (querce- tin and rhamnetin derivatives); seeds contain high levels of cardiac aglycones (30 cardiac glycosides have been isolated); oil contains cherinine, a glucoside of the digitalis group.In Unani medicine, the drug is used as a tonic to the male reproductive system, but recent findings do not validate its therapeutic use. The flavonoid, kaempferol, isolated from the young plant, inhibits spermatogenesis and alters leydig cell number and diameter, affecting the fertility.... cheiranthus cheiri
n. the restricted hand movement seen in long-standing diabetes. Due to chronic thickening of the skin limiting joint flexibility, it is part of the *diabetic hand syndrome.... cheiroarthropathy
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