a kind of tree; found chiefly in Kanara and Travancore; parts used: bark, leaves, root and tender stalks; action: bark is a good emetic; leaves are antiperiodic, alterative and insecticide
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menstruation
the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause; "the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation"; "a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped"--Hippocrates; "the semen begins to
