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Embar | Ambergris | عنبر
Embar | Ambergris | عنبر
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Arabic Name : 'Anbar, Amber Ashab, Ambar, Amber
Bengali Name : Amber
Chinese Name : Lung yen hsiang
English Name : Ambergris
French Name : Ambre
German Name : Amber, Ambra
Gujarati Name : Ambara
Hindi Name : Amber
Latin name : Ambra grasea
Marathi Name : Amber
Persian Name : Shah Boo
Sanskrit Name : Ambara
Urdu Name : Ambar, Amber
It is a morbid excretion of the sperm whale and found floating upon the ocean or collected from the shores. Ambergris is formed in the intestines of the sperm whale in response, it is thought, to irritation caused to the stomach lining of the whale from the sharp, indigestible, parrot-like beaks of squid. It contains ambrein (a cholesterin) 85%, a little of balsamic extract and ash.
It is stimulant, antiseptic and antispasmodic. Useful in sexual debility, general weakness, epilepsy, spasms and nervousness. It is also given in high fevers with insensibility or delirium and in the collapse stage of cholera, plague and other infectious diseases. Also useful in paralysis, facial paralysis, chorea, neuritis, weakness of brain, nerves and heart and palpitation.
Recommended Dosage: 125 mg to 375 mg.
Contraindication: This has no known warnings or contraindications.
