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Ventilago Madraspatana

Gaertn.

Family: Rhamnaceae.

Habitat: Maharashtra and South India.

Ayurvedic: Taamravalli, Kaivartikaa, Vaamataruni.

Siddha/Tamil: Pappili-chaka, Vempadam, Sural-pattai.

Folk: Kevati.

Action: Root bark—carminative, stomachic, febrifuge; used in atonic dyspepsia, debility and skin diseases. The plant is used against scabies.

The roots contain anthraquinones, ventinones A and B, physcion and chrysophanol. The root bark afforded naphthalene derivatives and several naphthaquinones, anthraquinones— islandicin, emodin, xanthorin and its 5-methyl ether.

In South India, V. bombaiensis Dalz. is found in Mukkali forest, Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu, and V. goughii in Coorg, Nilgiris and Kurnool.... ventilago madraspatana

Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potential Test

(VEMP) a test used to measure the response of the *saccule. It is used in the diagnosis of *superior canal dehiscence syndrome, *Ménière’s disease, and other disorders of the inner ear.... vestibular evoked myogenic potential test



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