Other Names : Strychnos nux-vomica, Strychnos, Poison Nut, Quaker Bottoms, Vomit Weed, Brechnusssamen, Kuchla, Kupilu, Noix Vomique, Nuez Vomica, Nux Vom, Poison Nut, Quaker Buttons, Shudha Kupilu, Strychni Semen, Strychnos Seed, Vishamushti, Vomiquier, Azraqi, Azaraqi<br>See also : [[Nux vomica (Homeopathy)]]
==Constituents==
*The seeds are the commercial source of strychnine
*The leaves contain 1.6% brucine and 0.025% strychnine
*The bark yields strychnine and bricine
*The wood yields 0.2285 % strychnine and 0.077% brucine
*Old roots contain 0.71% strychnine and 0.276% brucine
*The pulp of the fruit contains the glucoside 'loganine'
*The seeds (embryo and endosperm) contain strychnine and brucine in different proportions and amounts, as well as the glucoside 'loganine'
*The fixed oil of the seeds contains some strychnine and brucine; oleic, palmitic, arachic, butyric acid; etc
==Special Precautions of Strychnine Tree==
* Strychnine, the chief active principle of this plant, is one of the most powerful poisons acting on the nervous system
* Being expectorant, it is used in cough, asthma and pthysis. It is resolvent and its liniment (when applied after rubbing with watr on skin) is used in inflammations especially that of plague. Moreover, after ashing kuchla in Kunjad (Sesamum indicum Linn.) oil and filtering, the oil is rubbed on rheumatic inflammations.
* It is useful in gonorrhoea and other ailments due to impure blood. A paste of nux-vomica seed is valued as a face paste efficacious in acne and improving complexion. Paste is also useful in weeping itch and ring worm.
==References==
*''Seema Akbar, Shamshad A Khan, Akbar Masood & M Iqbal (2010). "Use of Strychnos nux-vomica (azraqi) seeds in Unani system of medicine: role of detoxification". African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines. 7 (4): 286–290. PMC 3005396. PMID 21731158.''