Botanical Name : Aristolochia indica
Sanskrit name : Garalika, Eesvari, Garudi
English Name :  Indian birthwort               
Family: Aristolochiaceae                   

Part Used: Root          

Aristolochia indica:

This is a twinning woody herb. The leaves are about 9X5 cms. in size, ovate-elliptic or panduriform, glabrous. eract herb or under shrub. It is stout and glabrous. It grows to a height of about 90 cms. The leaves The flowers are few, in short, axillary fascicles. The capsules are 2 to 3 cms. long, oblong or globose oblong, black on drying. The seeds are flat,deltoid-ovate, acute and winged. The flowering season September to October.

Active Ingredients :
Aristolochic acid and aristolochic acid D. aristolamide and aristolochine (root).

Medicinal Uses:
For sporadic fever, worm, wounds, leucoderma, impotency, inflammations, biliousness and dry cough; promotes digestion and controls menstruation.

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