Uses: Diabetes. (India – traditional) To reduce sugar in the urine. Colic, with severe griping pain. Preparations. 0.3 to 2 grams. Thrice daily.
Decoction: half-1 teaspoon to each cup water gently simmered 5 minutes. Dose: one-third to half a cup. Liquid Extract BHP (1983) 1:1 in 25 per cent alochol; dose 2-4ml in water.
Tincture: from powdered fruit stones: 1 part to 5 parts alcohol. Macerate 8 days; shaking daily.
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