HEMIDESMUS INDICUS
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OTHER NAMESTamil: Nannari
English: Indian sarasaparilla Telugu: Sugandhipala Malayalam: Nannari ; Kizhanna Kannada: Namadaberu Marathi: Upersari Hindi: Magrabu ; Salsa ; Kalisar Sanskrit: Sugandhi ; Gopimulam |
description & usage
This climbing twiner plant is found throughout India, common in Bengal, Bombay Presidency and extending to Travancore and Ceylon. It is a perennial plant. Leaves are elliptic or oblong to linear -lanceolate in nature.
Uses:
Nutritional disorders, fever, skin diseases, urinary disorders, diarrhoea, leprosy, asthma, piles, and ulcerations.
How to Use:
Hot infusion of the root-bark with milk and sugar is a good alternative and tonic, especially for children in chronic cough and diarrhoea. For ulcers and swellings paste of the root is applied to cleanse and cure. Milky juice is dropped into inflamed eyes ; it causes copious lachrymation and afterwards a sense of coolness in the part. For vomiting, nausea etc., root is well boiled in water, stained off and the drugs ground with a little asafoetida and made into a thin paste and then mixed with ghee. This is given in the morning to stop vomiting etc. A compound powder - Take of Hemidesmus root 5, Andropogon muricatus 4, Nagara
Parts Used:
Root
Taste:
Sweetness
Action:
Alterative, tonic, demulcent, diuretic
Uses:
Nutritional disorders, fever, skin diseases, urinary disorders, diarrhoea, leprosy, asthma, piles, and ulcerations.
How to Use:
Hot infusion of the root-bark with milk and sugar is a good alternative and tonic, especially for children in chronic cough and diarrhoea. For ulcers and swellings paste of the root is applied to cleanse and cure. Milky juice is dropped into inflamed eyes ; it causes copious lachrymation and afterwards a sense of coolness in the part. For vomiting, nausea etc., root is well boiled in water, stained off and the drugs ground with a little asafoetida and made into a thin paste and then mixed with ghee. This is given in the morning to stop vomiting etc. A compound powder - Take of Hemidesmus root 5, Andropogon muricatus 4, Nagara
Parts Used:
Root
Taste:
Sweetness
Action:
Alterative, tonic, demulcent, diuretic
