The meaning of the symbols of spontaneum seen in a dream.

Linn.

Family: Gramineae; Poaceae.

Habitat: Throughout India. English: Thatch Grass.

Ayurvedic: Kaasha, Kandekshu, Shvetachaamara.

Siddha/Tamil: Naanal, Pai Karumbu.

Action: Plant—cooling, astringent, diuretic, galactagogue. Used in the treatment of burning sensation, dysuria, dyscrasia, kidney and bladder stones, dysentery, bleeding piles. Root—diuretic, galactagogue.

Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India recommends the root in calculus, dy- suria and haemorrhagic diseases.

Dosage: Root—3-6 g powder. (API, Vol. III.)

The Five-Grassroots (Tripanchmuu- la) of Ayurvedic medicine contain extracts of S. munja, S. officinarum and S. spontaneum. The compound is prescribed as a diuretic.... saccharum spontaneum