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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Pox in Central America is the name of a plant defined with Psidium guajava in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Syzygium ellipticum K. Schum. & Lauterb. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Flora Indica (1768)
· Plantarum Rariorum Horti Caesarei Schoenbrunnensis Descriptiones et Icones (1798)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1898)
· Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris (1792)
· Flora de Veracruz (1990)
· Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands (1925)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Pox, for example diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, side effects, health benefits, extract dosage, chemical composition, have a look at these references.
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Starts with: Pox herb.
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Search found 27 books and stories containing Pox; (plurals include: Poxes). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Parables of Rama (by Swami Rama Tirtha)
Story 3 - The Forecast of Coming Events < [Chapter II - Desires]
Story 233 - Cure of Ignorance < [Chapter XLIV - Knowledge]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
The Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter CLXXVIII - The Nidanam of Variola < [Dhanvantari Samhita]
Chapter CXCIV - Medical treatments of Sinus etc < [Dhanvantari Samhita]
A Few Types of Assamese Folk-Songs < [December 1947]
The Sacrifice < [March 1944]
Sacrifice < [December 1939]
The Indian Buddhist Iconography (by Benoytosh Bhattachacharyya)
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 4: Iatrochemistry (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
Part 48 - Treatment for indigestion (46): Visvoddipakabhra < [Chapter IV - Irregularity of the digesting heat]
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