Vikram: If you were to google it... you'll see that the seeds are a deliberate adulterant of mustard seeds, even as little as 1 gram per hundred grams of oil leads to capillary leakage of protein rich fluids into soft tissues of the body and hence the name Dropsy... which has no specific therapy, once a diagnosis is made ... treatment is only supportive.... and a definitive diagnosis can be made by detecting the exact toxin sanguinarine in Urine... such dropsy most recover but there are instances where death/deaths occur.. and hence is a public health hazard...
What i find fascinating is that the tradesmen try to pass the buck and say the adulteration was accidental... most often its intentional .. since the Sheyal Kanta oil is very cheap... compared to Mustard oil... There is a very strongly put forward argument at this URL , that I found to the point and very informative http://www.itg.be/itg/distancelearning/lecturenotesvandenendene/47_Medical_problems_caused_by_plantsp8.htmof about 4000 pages that show up on google. Good luck and please send us a reprint or scanned article when you do write this up.... Usha di ============ On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 2:21 PM, vikram jit singh < [email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear Mr Garg, > > > Could your group of experts please help identify and describe this wild > flower i photographed in the foothills of chandigarh, ie the Lower > Shiwaliks. . > > I am writing about these flowers in the newspaper and would require your > expertise. > > > Regards, > > Vikram Jit Singh. > > 9814019356 > > 215 Sector 19 > > Chandigarh. > > > Columnist and writer for > > *The Times of India* > * > * > Columnist for* > * > > *The Dainik Bhaskar* > * > * > *The Hindustan Times.* > > > > -- Usha di ===========
