Description
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Embelia ribes is a large scandent shrub, distributed throughout India Constituents are Embelic acid, a volatile oil and fixed oil, colouring matter, tannin, a resinoid body and an alkaloid called Christembine. A large semi climber shrub with long drooping branches. Leaves simple, alternate, elliptic or lanceolate, acuminate, entire, upper surface shiny; flowers greenish white seen in terminal or axillary lax panicled racemes; fruits grayish berries, become dark brown when ripe, containing single, globose seed.
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The dried fruits are being used for the preparation of medicine. Dried seeds are useful as powder to expel intestinal worms especially tapeworms. For a child, powder mixed with honey or sugar is given on empty stomach to expel tape worms. The plant is widely used as anti-helminthic, anti-carminative, anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, anti-diuretic and anti-astringent as reported in various literatures. Plant pacifies vitiated kapha, vata, intestinal worms, skin diseases, nervine weakness, flatulence, colic, constipation, cough, asthma, bronchitis, migraine, fever and general weakness.
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