- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- India
- Ceylon
- Java
- Malaya
- Thailand
- Part(s) Used
- Radix Rauvolfiae serpentinae (formerly known as Radix Mustelae or Radix Musteltoe)
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- Constituent(s)
- rauwolfinin
- rauwolficin
- reserpin
- raupin
- ophioxylin
- resin
- starch
- wax
- ajmaline
- ajmalinine
- ajmalicine
- serpentine
- serpentinine
- phytosterol
- oleic acid
- unsaturated alcohol
- sugar
- Action
- hypertensive
- bradycardic
- bitter tonic
- hypnotic
- sedative
- febrifuge
- toxic. The drug has attained prominence as a remedy for insomnia
- hypochondria
- insanity
- inertia uteri (sluggishness of the uterine contraction during labour) and irritative conditions of the central system
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