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Sans.-Katukai; Katurohini. Indian dialects.-Katuki. Hind&Ben.-Katki; Kuru. Punj.-Kali kutki. Bom.-Balkadu; Kali-Kutki. Tam.-Katukarogani; Kadugu rohini. Arab&Pers.-Kharbaqe-hindi; Arab.-Khanekjaswael.

Uses.-Two drachms of powdered root given with sugar and warm water acts as a mild purgative. Ten to twenty grains of the powder with aromatics or durgs such as peppers, asafoetida,triphala and salts is useful in constipation due to scanty intestinal secretions. Recently it has been tried and found beneficial in several cases of defined fever,such as low fever with constipation,symptomatic fever of elephantiasis and fever of malarial origin which had resisted other home remedies etc.

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