Uses : Used in cough and asthma. Used in fever due to cold.
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
Active Ingredient : 4-quinolone alkaloid, malatyamine, diosgenin,cucurbitacin B and iso-cucurbitacin, ester tetratriacontanyl—tetratriacontanoate along with tetratriacontanoic acid, tetratriacontanol and sitosterol.