Dropsy

Pilocarpine is being less used in medicine as a diaphoretic in dropsy and similar diseases because of its depressant action on the heart. It has also been employed as a substitute for physostigmine to contract the pupil and reduce intraocular pressure. It has been used as an antidote to atropine, but it does not antagonise the action of atropine in the central nervous system. 

Wasser-strasse, /. waterway. -strom, m. stream or current of water, -sturz, m. waterfall, -sucht, /. dropsy. 

The family Aristolochiaceae is a family of herbaceous plants often used in Asia and the Pacific to counteract snake poisoning, promote urination and menses, mitigate stomachache, and treat dropsy and skin diseases. During the past 20 years, members of this family, especially from the genus Aristolochia have attracted much interest and has been the subject of numerous chemical and pharmacological studies. The anti-inflammatory property of Aristolochia species is probably the result of a direct... 

The drug consists of the dried berries that are prescribed for headache, catarrh, watery eyes, and are used to promote beard growth. In Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam, the berries are used to treat conjunctivis, dropsy, toothache, and as a remedy for swollen breast. In Malaysia, the leaves are used to assuage headache externally, and internally are used to treat tuberculosis and fever. 

United States. Hot water extract of the fruit is taken orally to stimulate menstru-ation° l Hot water extract of the seed is taken orally as an emmenagogue° . Seeds are taken orally as an emmenagogue, diuretic, and abortifacienH h The fresh root is taken orally for general nervousness, and the hot water extract is taken orally as a diuretic in dropsy and as a tonic . Hot water extract of the dried root and seed is taken orally as a carminative, diuretic, and stimulant . 

Angelica grosserrata Maxim. Fu Shen (root) Angelic, linoleic, oleic, palmitic, stearic acids.50 Antispasmodic, diaphoretic, diuretic. Treat apoplexy, swellings, catarrh, dropsy, headache, leprosy, puerperium. 

Benincase cerifera Savi. B. hispida Cogn. Don Gua (Gourd melon) (fruit, seed) Palmitic acid, stearic acid, linoleic acid, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, ascorbic acid.50 Diuretic, laxative, treat diabetes, dropsy, rhinitis. 

Epilobium amurense Haussku. E. hirsutum L. E. palustre L. E. tanguticum (L.) Hausskn. Liu Ye Cai (hair of the seed, shoot) Anthocyanin.50 358 A tonic, galactagogue, stomachache, dropsy. Seed hairs are applied as a styptic. 

Melaleuca leucadendra L. Bai Qian Ceng (Cajeput) (leaf) Cajuputol, cineole, eucalyptol, lignin, melaleucin, pinene, terpinol, 1-limonene, dipentene, nerolidiol, sesquiterpenes, azulene, sesquiterpene alcohols, valeraldehyde, benzaldehyde, betulinic acid, oleanolic acid, ursolic acid, quercimeritrin, isoquercitrin, gallic acid.50 Treat dropsy, oil is for gout, inhaled to treat colds, rhinitis, embrocation against rheumatism. It is an anodyne, antispetic. 

Vitis amurensis Rupr. V. vinifera L. Shan Pu Tao (Wine grape) (leaf, fruit) Malic acid, tartaric acid, racemic acid, oxalic acid.50 For abortion, cholera, dropsy, nausea. 

Zea mays L. Yu Mi Xu (Corn) (leaf, flower, root, seed) Carbohydrate, beta-carotene, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, ascorbic acid.50 For dropsy, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, epistaxis, menorrhagia, cancers, tumors, warts. 

N.A. Juniperus communis L. J. horizontalis Moench. J. sabina L. Resin, pinene, borneol, inositol, juniperin, limonene, cymene, terpinene.100-102-107 For dropsy, bladder and kidney disorders, rheumatic pain. 

Digitoxin and its derivatives bind to the sodium-potassium pump and prevent it from exchanging sodium and potassium ions. When given in small quantities the result, especially in cardiac tissue, is that calcium ion content will be upset and calcium will be liberated from its stores. The newly available calcium can then interact with cardiac muscle protein to cause contraction. This is a therapeutic effect for those suffering from insufficient heart-pumping action (congestive heart failure or dropsy). The heart is made to contract efficiently and forcefully (inotropic effect). However, you can see that there may be a fine line between a necessary contraction and one which... 

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