Action: Seeds are used for treating coryza with thin excoriating discharge with lacrimation, sneezing and hacking cough, nostril blockage and dry and hot feeling of pharyngitis.
The seeds contain glucosinolate sin- igrin, which produces allyl isothio- cyanate when mixed with warm water. Allyl isothiocynate acts as a counterir- ritant when diluted (1:50).Brayera anthelmintica Kunth.Synonym: Hagenia abyssinica (Bruce) J. F. Gmelin.Family: Rosaceae.
Habitat: Indigenous to north-east Africa. Imported into Mumbai.
English: Cusso, Brayera.Folk: Kusso.
Action: Anthelmintic. Administered in the form of an infusion for the expulsion of tapeworm (ineffective against hookworm, roundworm, whipworm). Irritant to mucous membrane; produces nausea, vomiting and colic in large doses.... brassica nigra
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