Nyctanthes
arbortristis means ‘a night flowering sad tree’. It is an indigenous plant ,commonly
known as Harsinghar in Hindi,
belongs to the family Oleaceae (Nyctaginaceae). It is a small
tree with a gray or greenish rough bark with delightfully fragrant flowers in
Autumn. The fresh leaves are used for the preparation of homoeopathic
medicines. It has frequently been used by the ancient Indian physicians for the
treatment of all kinds of fevers and sciatica. The Council conducted the trial
of the medicine during the period 1980 – 2003 in various potencies, viz. Q, 6c
& 30c. The study confirms the symptoms like anxiety, restlessness, different kinds of fevers specially intermittent
and bilious fevers, headache, gastritis, hepatitis, abdominal colic,
constipation, diarrhoea, dry cough, rheumatism & sciatica as mentioned in
various homoeopathic literatures. Besides, it was also useful in clinical
conditions like vertigo, dysmenorrhoea, bronchitis and seasonal fevers etc.,
which can be inferred as additional clinical symptoms as observed during the
trial.