Tricho Health Dictionary

The disease caused by infection with TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS.... trichomoniasis

An obsessional impulse to pull out one’s own hair.... trichotillomania

See DERMATOPHYTES.... trichophyton

Chaix.

Synonym: R. aquatilis Linn. var. capillaceus DC.

Family: Ranunculaceae.

Habitat: Kashmir to Sikkim.

English: Water Crowfoot, Water Fennel.

Ayurvedic: Kaandira (var.).

Folk: Tohlab (Kashmir).

Action: Herb—used in intermittent fevers, rheumatism and asthma.

Ranunculus muricatus Linn. (Punjab and Kashmir) is used in intermittent fevers, gout and asthma in Europe. The herb is rubefacient, vesicant and narcotic.... ranunculus trichophyllus

R. Br.

Family: Boraginaceae.

Habitat: The greater part of India in the plains.

Ayurvedic: Adah-pushpi, Adho- mukha, Gandhapushpika, Andhaka.

Siddha/Tamil: Kalhudaitumbai.

Folk: Andhaahuli.

Action: Herb—Diuretic, emollient, febrifuge. Leaf—depurative. Root— anti-inflammatory, astringent, antidysenteric. Pounded and applied to swelling of joints. Flower—sudorific and pectoral.

The seeds gave linoleic, linolenic, oleic, palmitic and stearic acids. Hex- acosane, ethylhexacosanoate, 21,24- hexacosadienoic acid ethylester have been isolated from the leaves.

Dosage: Root—5-10 g paste. (CCRAS.)... trichodesma indicum

R. Br.

Family: Boraginaceae.

Habitat: Peninsular India, crossing into West Bengal.

Ayurvedic: Adah-pushpi (related species), Jhingi.

Folk: Hetenuriyaa, Jalasirasa. Jinghini (Maharashtra).

Action: Flower—sudorific, pectoral. Leaves—diuretic, emollient, demulcent. Root—applied to wounds as analgesic.

Seeds contain a toxic alkaloid supi- nine (1% dry seeds). Aqueous extracts of stems, leaves and fruits is very toxic to cockroaches.... trichodesma zeylanicum

Stimulating the growth of hair... trichogenous

DC.

Family: Compositae; Asteraceae.

Habitat: Coastal regions of Kerala and Karnataka.

Ayurvedic: Brahmadandi (related species).

Folk: Uuntakataaraa.

Action: Diuretic, bechic.... tricholepis angustifolia

DC.

Family: Compositae; Asteraceae.

Habitat: Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Peninsular India.

Ayurvedic: Brahmadandi.

Action: Antiseptic (used in leucoderma), nervine tonic (used in seminal debility), urinary tract disinfectant. Root—bechic.

The plant contains betulin, spinas- terol, stigmasterol, stigma-7-enol and a triterpenoid—cycloart-23-en-3beta, 25-diol.... tricholepis glaberrima

A protozoon normally present in the VAGINA of about 30–40 per cent of women. It sometimes becomes pathogenic and causes in?ammation of the genital passages, with vaginal discharge. A man may become infected as a result of sexual intercourse with an infected woman and suffer from a urethral discharge; it may also cause prostatitis (see under PROSTATE GLAND, DISEASES OF). METRONIDAZOLE is usually an e?ective treatment, and to obtain a satisfactory result it may be necessary to treat both partners. Should metronidazole not work, then tinidazole may be tried.... trichomonas vaginalis

Linn.

Family: Cucurbitaceae.

Habitat: Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

Ayurvedic: Patoli (related species of Patola).

Siddha/Tamil: Kombu Pudalai.

Action: Herb—bitter tonic, febrifuge. Root—purgative. Fruit— used as dentifrice.... trichosanthes nervifolia

A genus of animal parasitic intestinal nematodes. Can infect humans. The egg, passed in the faeces, is similar to, and is often confused with, hookworm.... trichostrongylus

n. hairball: a mass of swallowed hair in the stomach or gastrointestinal tract. See bezoar.... trichobezoar

n. see whipworm.... trichocephalus

n. hairiness of the tongue, due to the growth of fungal organisms infecting its surface.... trichoglossia

Linn.

Family: Cucurbitaceae.

Habitat: Cultivated throughout India particularly in South India.

English: Snake-Gourd.

Ayurvedic: Dadhipushpi, Chichin- da, Shvetaraaji, Ahiphala.

Siddha/Tamil: Pudal.

Folk: Chichindaa, Chichendaa.

Action: Root and seed—antibilious, vermifuge, antidiarrhoeal. Fruits— improve appetite, cure biliousness.

Alpha-, beta-, gamma-carotenes, cryptoxanthin, lycopene, lutein, hen- triacontane, ceryl alcohol, quercetin, alpha-amyrin, taraxerone, oxalic acid, surcose, and beta-sitosterol have been isolated from the fruit. The seed gave kaempferol, its 3-O-glucoside and quercetin.

The plant gave cucurbita-5,24- dienol, 24-ethylcholesta-7-enol, 24- ethylcholesta-7, 22-dienol.... trichosanthes anguina

(Lam.) Viogt.

Synonym: T. palmata Roxb. T. lepiniana (Naud.) Cogn. Involucraria lepiniana Naud.

Family: Cucurbitaceae.

Habitat: Throughout India, in moist places.

Ayurvedic: Indravaaruni (red var.), Vishaalaa, Mahaakaala, Mahendra-vaaruni.

Folk: Mahkaar, Maakaal, Laal Indraayana, Kondal.

Action: Same as that of Citrullus colocynthis. The fruits are poisonous. The seed extract show haemagglutinating activity. Fruit— cathartic, antiasthmatic (the fruit is smoked in asthma and lung diseases), anti-inflammatory (used for rheumatic affections, weakness of limbs, dental diseases, hemicrania).

The root gave tetrahydroxypenta- cyclic triterpenoid, trichotetrol. Cy- clotrichosantol and cycloeucalenol have been isolated from the leaves.... trichosanthes bracteata

Roxb.

Family: Cucurbitaceae.

Habitat: Foot hills of the Himalayas from Garhwal to Sikkim and in north-eastern India, up to 500 m.

Ayurvedic: Vidaari (var.), Bhuumi- kushmaanda, Patola (related species.).

Folk: Bhui-kumhraa.

Action: Tuber—dried powder given in enlarged spleen and liver; applied externally on leprous ulcers.

Used in prescriptions for haemor- rhagic diseases and in spermatopoietic tonics. Aerial parts—diuretic.

The seeds yield 23.3% (dry basis) a fatty oil containing 32.3% of punicic acid.... trichosanthes cordata

Linn.

Family: Cucurbitaceae.

Habitat: Found throughout India in scrub-jungles and waste places.

Ayurvedic: Amritaphala, Vana- Patota, Tikta-Patoli.

Siddha: Kattu Pey Pudal.

Action: Bitter fruits—blood purifier (used in the treatment of skin diseases); germicidal; appetizer, laxative (used in bilious disorders); hepatoprotective. Root and seed—anthelmintic, antifebrile. Whole plant—antipyretic. Root— cathartic. Leaves—used externally in alopecia.

Cucurbitacin B has been isolated from the fruits.The root tuber contains glycoproteins and beta-trichosanthin.

The leaves gave luteolin-7-glucoside, kaempferol, 3,7-dirhamnoside and 3- glucoside-7-rhamnoside, cucurbita- cins B and E, oleanolic acid, beta- sitosterol and its D-glucoside. The seed oil showed the presence of puni- cic acid; oleic, linoleic, eleostearic, palmitic, stearic and arachidic acids. Meso-inositol was found to be present in the plant.... trichosanthes cucumerina

Roxb.

Family: Cucurbitaceae.

Habitat: Warmer regions of India, particularly in Uttar Pradesh. Bihar, West Bengal and Assam.

English: Patol, Pointed Gourd.

Ayurvedic: Patola, Kulaka, Raa- jiphala, Karkashchhada, Karkasha, Bijagarbha.

Unani: Parwal.

Siddha: Kommu Patolia.

Action: Aerial parts—hypogly- caemic. Fruits—juice of unripe fruits used in spermatorrhoea. Leaves—febrifuge; prescribed as a diet in enlargement of liver and spleen; piles and fistula. Root— cathartic, febrifuge.

The fruits contain free amino acids, nicotinic acid, riboflavin, vitamin C, thiamine, 5-hydroxytryptamine. Mature plant and root gave cucurbita-5, 24-dienol. Colocynthin, trichosan- thin, hentriacontane have been isolated from the root.

Fatty acids from the seeds comprise elaeostearic, linoleic, oleic and saturated acids.

The whole fruit and pulp produced significant hypocholesterolaemic, hy- potriglyceridaemic and hyper-phos- pholipidaemic effects in normal and midly diabetic human subjects.

Extracts of seeds exhibit haemagglu- nating activity.

Dosage: Leaf—10-2 ml juice. (CCRAS.)... trichosanthes dioica

n. the study of hair.... trichology

n. a genus of parasitic flagellate protozoans that move by means of a wavy membrane, bearing a single flagellum, projecting from the body surface. T. vaginalis often infects the vagina, where it may cause severe irritation and a foul-smelling discharge (see vaginitis), and sometimes also the male *urethra; it can be transmitted during sexual intercourse. T. hominis and T. tenax live in the large intestine and mouth respectively. See also trichomoniasis.... trichomonas

n. any hair disease that is caused by infection with a fungus.... trichomycosis

a condition in which the hairs break easily. It may be due to a hereditary condition or it may occur as a consequence of repeated physical or chemical injury. The latter condition may follow the use of heat or bleach on the hair or be caused by persistent rubbing.... trichorrhexis nodosa

n. a genus of fungi, parasitic in humans, that infect the scalp and beard.... trichosporon