Active Ingredient : 4-quinolone alkaloid, malatyamine, diosgenin,cucurbitacin B and iso-cucurbitacin, ester tetratriacontanyl—tetratriacontanoate along with tetratriacontanoic acid, tetratriacontanol and sitosterol.
English Name : East Indian Screw tree
Common Name : Valampiri
Description : Pods and bark—antidiarrhoeal, astringent, antibilious.
Bark and root—antigalactic, demulcent, expectorant.
Leaf—paste used against skin diseases.
Pods—anthelmintic.
Seeds—aqueous extract administered in colic and dysentery.
Botanical Name : Helicteres isora
Uses : Used in cough and asthma. Used in fever due to cold.
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