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Uses of kaseru - Scirpus grossus Linn.

kaseru :

Scirpus grossus


General Use:

Swaras  of Kaseru is  used to jaundice. It cures vomiting and Pitta disorders. Tonic to heart muscles, help in  milk secretion and  breast  development.  Skin  and  eyes disorders.

Therapeutic Uses:

Tuber—nutritious, astringent, antidiarrhoeal, antiemetic, galactagogue, hypoglycaemic, diuretic, urinary antiseptic. Used in prescriptions for dysuria, diabetes, genitourinary affections, dyscrasia and as a spermopoietic and liver tonic.

Systemic Use:

Paste of Kaseru, Shrngaataka (Trapa natans), and lotus root, boiled with milk, was prescribed for treating threatened abortion (Sushruta Samhitaa). 
Tonic properties of Kaseru were used for promoting spermatogenesis and lactation. Flowers were prescribed for jaundice; the tuber, pounded with rose-water, for vomiting, diarrhoea, burning sensation and eruptions. (Kaiyadeva Nighantu, Bhaavaprakaasha.


Administration:

The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India recommends the powder of the rhizome for promoting spermatogensis and development of breast.

Pharmacological:

Root considered sweet, colling, laxative, tonic to the liver, astringent, antidiarrheal, antiemetic.
- Studies have shown antidiabetic, antipyretic, analgesic, antihyperlipidemic, phytoremediative properties.

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