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It is useful in ''raktapitta'' due to ''sheeta veerya'' and pacifies the ''kapha'' due to ''laghu, ruksha guna; tikta, kashaya rasa'' and ''katu vipaka''.  
 
It is useful in ''raktapitta'' due to ''sheeta veerya'' and pacifies the ''kapha'' due to ''laghu, ruksha guna; tikta, kashaya rasa'' and ''katu vipaka''.  
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The alkaloids in ''vatsaka'' have as powerful action as emetic in their immediate effect on the symptoms of intestinal amoebiasis as well as in their curative value, in such  doses as one grain daily by intramuscular injections. [14]
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The alkaloids in ''vatsaka'' have as powerful action as emetic in their immediate effect on the symptoms of intestinal amoebiasis as well as in their curative value, in such  doses as one grain daily by intramuscular injections.<ref>Indian Medicinal Plants, Vol.II, by K.R. Kirtikar and B.D. Basu, 1998, 1572.</ref>
    
=== Recent researches on action of herbs ===
 
=== Recent researches on action of herbs ===
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