Exogonium purga Health Dictionary

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Benth.

Synonym: Ipomoea purga Hayne.

Family: Convolvulaceae.

Habitat: Native to Amercia. Grows in Southern and Eastern India.

English: Jalap.

Unani: Jalaapaa.

Action: Tuber—drastic hydr- agogue cathartic, acts briskly, causes watery evacuations. Overdoses produce hypercatharsis. Contraindicated in inflammatory conditions of the bowels. (The roots of Operculina turpethum synonym Ipomoea turpethum are used as a substitute for jalap.)

Health Source: Indian Medicinal Plants
Author: Health Dictionary

Purgative

Strong laxative... purgative

Ipomoea Purga

Hayne.

Synonym: I. jalapa Scheide and Deppe.

Exogonium purga (Hayne) Benth.

Family: Convolvulaceae.

Habitat: Cultivated in the Nilgiris and Poona.

English: Jalap.

Folk: Jalaapaa.

Action: Strong cathartic and purgative. Usually used with carminatives.

Resin from dried root (commercial jalap) contains beta-D-quinovoside of 11-OH-tetradecanoic acid. The glycosi- dal resin is known as "convolvulin'l... ipomoea purga

Purgatives

See LAXATIVES.... purgatives

Purgation

n. the use of drugs to stimulate intestinal activity and clear the bowels. See laxative.... purgation

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