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Rauwolfia serpentina
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use in Unani medicine
- In Unani medicine: Modes of treatment
…India as chhota chand (Rauwolfia serpentina). Subsequent pharmacological research determined that the plant was the source of a bioactive substance known as reserpine, which found use in Western medicine as a tranquilizer and as an antihypertensive agent (lowering abnormally high blood pressure). Those uses supported some of the medical…
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