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Cowhage - Benefits of Natural Healing Herb The seeds are used for medicinal purposes. They are boiled and the outer cover removed and the internal material is then considered as purified. It is cold in action, nutritious, aphrodisiac, nervine tonic, useful in leucorrhoea in women. The seed pods are covered with stiff hairs which cause an itching sensation when they come in contact with the body and so mischievous children play tricks with it. 400 gms. Of the seeds are boiled in 8 ibs. Of cow’s milk till the milk becomes thick. The seeds are then decocted and pounded, then fried in ghee and made into a confection with double the weight of sugar. The mass is then divided into balls, which are kept steeped in honey. Dosage 1 to 2 balls (each ball of 10 gms.) with milk. This is one of the best aphrodisiacs. It increases the quantity and improves the quality of semen by increasing the sperm count and so it is used in male sterility where the sperm count is sub – normal. The author has found it very effective in cases of oligosperma and aspermia but in cases of total aspermia, where the testicular biopsy is not positive, the chances of recovery are very poor. These balls 1-2 morning and evening, taken for a couple of weeks, increase sex desire and make a man potent and virile. Hence it is very effective where retentive power is poor. The powder of Kaunchabeeja also can be taken in dose of 3-6 grams morning and evening, with a glassful of milk. It has also a similar effect. The root is diuretic and the decoction of the root is given in cases of cgolera where urine is suppressed. It is even rubbed in the form of Lepa (paste) on the palm and feet in similar cases. The decoction of the root is hypnotic also. A piece of cotton soaked in the decoction of the root and kept in the vagina and regularly changed, will strengthen the vaginal walls. The powder of Kaunchabeeja, Shatavari, Gokharu and Ashwagandha mixed together and given in dose or 2-3 grams morning and evening along with milk, tea or coffee, imparts vim, vigour, vitality and stamina and strengthens the nerves by removing nervous debility.
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