CASSIA SOPHORERA – AN ANTI FUNGAL REMEDY.
CLINICAL VERIFICATION ON RINGWORM

Andrographis paniculata Acanthaceae is an erect, branched annual herb, 0.3 m to 0.9 m in height with quadrangular branches; leaves simple, lanceolate, acute at both ends, glabrous, main nerves 4-6 pairs; flowers small, pale but blotched and spotted with brown and purple distant in lax spreading axillary and terminal racemes or panicles, clayx-lobes glandular pubescent, anthers bearded at the base; fruits linear capsules, acute at both ends; seeds numerous, yellowish brown, subquadrate. This is distributed throughout India in plains also in forests as undergrowth.

The whole plant is used for the preparation of Homeopathic Mother Tincture. It is clinically used in chronic malarial fevers in the form of mother tincture and 1x level also for a period of 30 to 40 days. It is noticed that the drug helped in prolonging the relapse of fever and resisted from the attacks of malarial fevers. The plant is well known by the tribal of Indian forests to use in decoction for chronic and shivering fevers according to the folk claims. This is a good anti-malarial drug besides its other good healing properties.

Chemical compounds: It contains bitter principles andrographolide, abicyclic diterpenoid lactone and kalmeghin. Also, apigenin 4, 7-dimethyl ether and mono-O-methylwithin from roots.
 

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