Street Healers Remedy for Dysuria Painful Urination

Dysuria : It is a condition in which the amount of urine output is greatly produced and it causes acute irritation
and pain while passing the urine. The patient though has the urge to urinate the amount expelled out every time is very little and that too with much difficulty. Modern medicine has only surgical solution to the problem, while the traditional medicine has certain herbs which can alleviate the problem quickly and permanently. The street healers use the following herbs as a drug of choice to prepare the final drug.

S. No.Common NameBotanical NameParts UsedQuantity
1Jal JamniCocculus villosus LinnLeaves & Stems250 gms
2Dakhani GokhruPedalium murex LinnDried Fruits250 gms
3Chota GokhruTribulus terrestris LinnDried Fruits250 gms
4AsvagandhWithania somnifera Linn DunalDried Roots250 gms
5SalibmisriEulphia campestris Wall. LindlDried Tuberous Roots150 gms
6SalabmisriOrchis latifolia LinnDried Tuberous Roots150 gms
7SatavariAsparagus racemosus WilldDried Tuberous Roots150 gms
8SalparniDesmodium gangeticum (L) D.CDried Leaves and Stems150 gms
9Shayam MusliCurculigo orchoides Gaertn.Dried Roots150 gms
10NagakesarMessua ferrea LinnDried Fruit and Seeds150 gms
11Baraham DandiArgemone Mexicana LinnWhole Plant150 gms
12Makardhaj ButiCucumis melo LinnSeeds150 gms
13Rose petalsRosa qallica Linn.Petals100 gms

Dose and administration of drug

250 gms of item nos. 1 to 4 and 150 gms each of the rest is taken with 100 gms of Rose petals (Rosa qallica Linn.), Leaves and Punarnava (Boerhaavia diffusa Linn) and Saunf (Foeniculam vulgare mill) and made into powdered mixture. 

One teaspoonful of the mixture is to be taken with one glass of infusion of Chiraita (Swertia Chirayata) in water 3 to 4 times a day. 

Fresh juice of Carrot (Daucus carota) is also recommended. 

During the course of treatment hot and spicy foods are to be avoided.

Source: Ancient Science of Life, Vol No. XI No.3 & 4, January – April 1992, Pages 187 - 192