Cure to Insomnia and Hypertension..

RAUWOLFIA SERPENTINA FOR HIGH BLOOD-PRESSURE & INSANITY--

Although physicians of our country knew it in the beginning of the 20th. century, yet it was in a little different way. it had earned widespread popularity by the name of a 'Herb of insanity' (Pagal Booti) & those who acquired the knowledge of its use in cases of insanity kept it a secret. It is sold under the aforesaid name & is commonly used by grocers & indigenous practitioners. Dr. Ganneth Sen & Dr. Kartik Chandra Bose, the renowned Ayurvedic physicians of Calcutta contributed an article in the Indian Medical World in which they disclosed many secret facts about the herb which they held to have known with a great amount of difficulty. Dr. Sen positively recognised & established the plant which yielded this root many years ago &, henceforth, extensively used the same upon his patients with commendable success. Being very bitter, he used it in shape of pills or tablets which he called 'Maheshwar Chakrika'. Dr. Sen was probably the first man who succeeded in discovering & re orientating this valuable & safe remedy for high blood-pressure. It is, however, notable that no medicine Eastern or Western, can finally cure the disease. Dr. Bose, with his assistants, began to study & make research on the medicinal value of the herb. Thus the credit of introducing this miraculous herb to the Western system of treatment goes to Dr. Ganneth Sen & Dr. Kartik Chandra Bose, Col. Chopra & Dr. Mukerjee too later took up the work & as a result of the labours of all these workers the root has now earned the name & fame as an effective drug for lowering blood-pressure. Dr. Sen & Bose made experiments with Rauwolfia Serpentina on cases of high blood-pressure & extreme type of insanity attendedby grave signs of absurdity of mind. The powder of its root in 5 to 10 Grams dose, not onlly provided a sedative effect but lowered the blood-pressure as well. The patients in most cases regain normal senses withen a week but some, however, require longer treatment for the same. The above gentlemen have found its result most encouraging in cases of high blood-pressure where it does not produce any untoward changes like thickening the walls of the nerves etc.