Botanical Name : Sida cordifolia
Sanskrit Name : Bala, Vatya               
English Name : Country Mallow             
Family : Malvaceae

Description of Sida cordifolia:

S.cordifolia is found in moist places throughout tropical and sub-tropical India and Nepal ascending to an altitude of 1,050 m.
A small, downy, erect shrub, with long branches, sometimes rooting at the nodes. The leaves are ovate, or ovate-oblong, very downy on both surfaces; the flowers are tawny-yellow or white; the fruit shows a pair of awns on each carpel.

Principal Constituents:

Ephedrine is one of the alkaloids reported to be present. It contains phytosterol and potassium nitrate. The phytosterols have estrogenic activity.

Indications:

It is used traditionally in cases of spermatorrhea, polyurea, leucorrhea and certain nervine disorders such as monoplegia, sciatica, palsy, etc.

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