DAILY HERB- ADUTHEENDA PALAI

ADU THEENDA PALAI-              Aristolochia bacteolata

Botanical name : Aristolochia bracteolata Lam.
Family : Aristolochiaceae 

SIDDHA PROPERTIES :

SUVAI: KASAPPU

THANMAI: VEPPAM

PIRIVU: KAARPU

PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES: 

English     : Birth wort, Worm killer
Hindi        : Kitamari
Malayalam    : Atukottappala, Atutinnappala

San: Ajaspurisaha

Distribution – Gujarat, South India, and in semi deciduous forests in Kerala. 

PLANT DESCRIPTION 

A perennial weak stemmed herb grows up to 40-45 cm length. Leaves simple alternate, ovate or reniform, chordate at the base; flowers solitary with large sessile bracts at the base; fruits oblong or ellipsoid capsules. Seeds compressed with cordate base. 

Useful part    : Roots, Leave

ACTIONS:

Anthelmintic

Emenenagogue

Purgative

Antiperiodic

Plant pacifies vitiated kapham

 vata, 

poison,

 intestinal worms,

 edema 

skin disease

 and indigestion. 

Plant decoction induces labor pain