At times the Great North Road accompanied her, more suggestive of infinity than any railway, awakening, after a nap of a hundred years, to such life as is conferred by the stench of motor-cars, and to such culture as is implied by the advertisements of
antibilious pills.
Having had some experience of their expectations in this direction on a previous journey, I had provided myself with twelve gross of
antibilious pills and lots of quinine, which went a long way.
Their presence makes the plant antirheumatic, anti-inflammatory, muscle relaxant, diaphoretic, a cardiac sedative and
antibilious. The effective chemicals are concentrated in the root.
It is also considered to be carminative, diuretic, stomachachic, tonic,
antibilious, refrigerant and aphrodisiac (Murty and Sridher, 2001).
Constipation, colic, chlorosis, urinary disorders, fever, purgative,
antibilious, amoebiasis.