RAUWOLFIA SERPENTINA

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Rauwolfia Srepentina--Useful Parts-Mostly the root is used as medicine but leaves & stem can also be tried for the same purpose.

Doses:- Root: 500 mg. for bringing down blood-pressure. 800 mg. to 1.5 grams. to secure a sedative effect; 1.5 grams to 3 grams in cases of insanity.

The active principle in leaves & stem is nearly half the proportion of that contained in the root & hence they should oviously be used in comparitively double the doses.

All patients suffering from insanity are not benefitted through Rauwolfia Serpentina. Extremely irritable patients having strong physique should be subjected to treatment through this herb. Lean, weak & melancholy patients should be treated with caution. Such patients should have their blood- pressure examined before the commencement of treatment & if the same is found to be abnormally high Rauwolfia Serpentina should be tried. Insane persons with alow blood-pressure don't find the use of this drug suitable for them. A summary of the upto- date findings regarding the drug suggests that it would be, no doubt, a valuable addition in the list of sedative medicines which have hitherto been used insanity & other conditions requiring mitigation of the irritated nervous system & vagus centres.