Innovation Description
The traditional knowledge holder has suggested treatment for piles.
Disease Symptoms: Painful lump near the anus, bleeding during defecation
Ingredients: 50 g fresh leaves of Agyat ghas (
Chenopodium album L.) and 10 fruits of Kalimirch (
Piper nigrum L.).
Preparation: Collect, wash and crush both the plants part together to extract the juice.
Dosage/Application: Consume the extracted juice in the morning on an empty stomach once daily for 4 days.
Precaution: Avoid jaggery, urad dal (black gram), rice, oily, chilly and sour food items during medication.
Ingredients' availability: The plants are available in nearby places.
Suggested Reading(s):
Azam, F. M. S., Biswas, A.,
Mannan, A., Afsana, N. A., Jahan, R., & Rahmatullah, M. (2014). Are famine
food plants also ethnomedicinal plants an ethnomedicinal appraisal of famine
food plants of two districts of Bangladesh. Evidence-Based Complementary and
Alternative Medicine, 2014, 741712.
Ladda, R. G., Ambhore, J. S.,
& Aradwad, R. P. (2013). Studies on identification of traditional medicinal
plants used as remedies on piles by traditional practitioners. International
Journal of Science and Nature, 4(1), 212-213.
