The traditional knowledge holder has suggested treatment for jaundice.
(Roxb. ex Willd.) DC.), 20 g bark of Arjuna (
(Roxb. ex DC.) Wight & Arn.), 20 g root of Mulethi (
Schumach. & Thonn.), 20 g seeds of Vaap vidang (
(Burm.f.) Nees), 500 g Sugar and pinch amount of Sodium benzoate.
Collect all the plant parts freshly. Wash and sundry them well. Grind them together to prepare a powder and add 8 times more water into it. Soak the powder into water for 12 hrs and boil it. Strain out the decoction, add sugar and again boil it. Allow the decoction to cool. To this add a pinch of sodium benzoate and store it in a glass jar.
Consume 20 ml decoction (10 ml for child) twice daily after meal till relief.
Other ingredients are available in the local market.
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