BLUMEA ODORATA

Action of Medicine:

It is a blood purifier; removes catarrh; Expels fever and hematemesis; also effective in diarrhoea, dysentery etc. It is useful in controlling haemorrhages from the uterus, piles and dysentery. In bleeding piles it is an excellent remedy. In diarrhoea or dysentery associated or mixed up with blood it is generally used with benefit. It is also used with excellent results in miscarriage where there is copious haemorrhage. In bloody leucorrhoea and menorrhagia it exerts a powerful influence to arrest the bleeding.
It is an excellent medicine in tertian fevers-in our country even the smelling of the juice of its leaves stops the appearance of tertian fevers. It is very good in controlling cough-hoarseness due to cough is present and there is trumpet-like sound while coughing; cough is associated with barking sound and hoarseness.

References:Drugs Of Hindoosthan By Sarat Chandra Ghose