SOLANUM TRILOBATUM
Source: Wikipedia
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OTHER NAMESTamil: Tudavullay ; Thuthulai
English: Climbing brinjal Telugu: Uchchinta ; Uste ; Mullamusti Malayalam: Mullakaththari Kannada: Marathi: Hindi: Alarka Sanskrit: Alarka |
description & usage
This is a perennial creeper having tri -lobed leaf with thorns on stem and leaf as well. Flowers are purple colour, berries are small and turn red when they matured.
Uses:
All parts of this common shrub of Southern India are useful in asthma, chronic febrile affections and difficult parturition.
How to Use:
A decoction of the root and leaves is given in consumption. Siddha physicians consider this drug as a specific and prepare a ghee from this for use in tuberculosis, and use as food for all kinds of lung diseases.
Parts Used:
Leaves, flowers, fruit
Taste:
Mild bitterness, astringency
Action:
Stimulant, expectorant, tonic
Uses:
All parts of this common shrub of Southern India are useful in asthma, chronic febrile affections and difficult parturition.
How to Use:
A decoction of the root and leaves is given in consumption. Siddha physicians consider this drug as a specific and prepare a ghee from this for use in tuberculosis, and use as food for all kinds of lung diseases.
Parts Used:
Leaves, flowers, fruit
Taste:
Mild bitterness, astringency
Action:
Stimulant, expectorant, tonic
