Table 1.

Gastro-intestinal infections treated with herbal tinctures

Sr no	Sex/ age	Clinical presentation	Investigations	Drug and dose	Result
1	M/ 45	Diabetic, history of outside food 10–12 loose stools/day Pain, cramps, dysentery abdomen, flatulens +  +	Stool: mucus +  + , watery stools, pus cells 10–15, RBC + , e. histolytica + RBC 180,	Aegle folia tincture 10 drops 4 times	Diarrhea frequency reduced in 1 day no diarrhea after 24 h
2	F/ 68	History of stale tin food, vomiting, pain abdomen + bloating +  The next day watery diarrhea 6–8 / day. nausea, acidity +	CBC: WBC 11,000, n: 80, l 12 stool: watery, offensive, RBC + , WBC 10–12	Holarrhena antidysenterica tincture 15 drops 4 times	Watery stool better in 24 h, frequency reduced to 2–3/day no diarrhea after 36 h
3	M/8	Swimming in the pool. Pain in abdomen, vomiting on day one, followed by unformed stools next day, 3–4 /day for 4 days	Stool: giardia +  + , mucus +  + , RBC +	Aegle folia tincture. 10 drops 3 times	The stool improved in 2 days. Stool examination after 5 days. No giardia seen
4	M/1 year	History of travel, outside water taken watery stools 12–15/day, loud, offensive poor appetite, vomiting + , fever100f, Anal redness, excoriation min. dehydration	Stools: watery, yellowish, offensive, pus cells 15–20 Epithelial cells: 6–8 RBC +  +  E. coli	Aegle folia tincture. 5 drops + Holarrhena tincture 5 drops with water 4 times	With medicine and ors stool, frequency reduced in 24 h and no diarrhea after 2 days
5	M/65	History of dm, recurrent UTI, dysuria, fever recurrent diarrhea, weight loss, uncontrolled sugar, HbA1C: 8.6	Stool culture: E. coli colony count100000 resistant to common antibiotics	Aegle folia tincture 8 drops + Holarrhena tincture 8 drops 4 times	Fever and diarrhea improved in 2 days and culture-negative in 6 days