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200 and 30 potencies of the drugPulsatilla were used and their effect on the ovaries, the uteri and the thyroids of female albino rats were assessed. The higher potency was found significantly to reduce the weight of the uterus as well as the ovary. Drug treated rats exhibited variation in the sequences of vaginal cytology by shortening the proestrus phase of estrus cycle. The drug was found to increase the number of atretic follicles and decrease the number and size of the corpera lutea.Pulsatilla was seen to reduce the height of endometrium as well as those of the luminal epithelium. The two potencies of the drug were found to increase the number as well as the size of the stromal cells. In the drug treated rats the height of epithelial cells of the thyroids were lesser in comparison to the control. In the control group the intrafollicular colloid exhibited vacuoles whereas the intrafollicular colloid in the experimental groups had a homogeneous consistency.
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Prasad, S., Chandrasekhar, K. Effect ofPulsatilla 30 and 200 potencies (a homoeopathic drug) on the ovaries, the uteri and the thyroids of female albino rats. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 85, 100–106 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03050907
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