Saturday 8 December 2012

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SOLANUM TRILOBATUM
(Thuthuvalai) (N.O. Solanaceae)

Habit: Climber Parts

used : Whole plant

Constituents: Leaves contain moisture, protein, minerals, and crude
fiber And other
Carbohydrates.

Action: Cardiac, Tonic, Carminative, Stimulant, Expectorant,
Nutritive, Diaphoretic
and Aphrodisiac

Uses: This is a kind of climber, which has thorns. The root And
leaves are bitter
and astringent. If taken as a vegetable, it relieves diseases of ear
due to phlegm, asthma, indigestion, spermatorrhoea etc. The leaves
are Roasted along with onion in gingerly oil. This is used to treat
difficulty in breathing. The dosage for the first three days is once
daily and again after three days continue the same dosage. The
treatment for tuberculosis with this is as follows. The leaves are
made into a paste with cow's butter, 10gms of mixture of long pepper,
celery and myrabalan. This paste is heated and 5 ml of the extract is
used daily for 40 days. The flower paste with gee if taken along with
curd acts as an aphrodisiac and improves mental power. Leaf is very
effective against indigestion, spermatorrhoea and fatigue. To treat
diseases of ear, ascetic, impaired digestion due to excessive heat,
the leaves are used along with pulses. If used as ear drops, the leaf
juices cures dullness of hearing, otorrhoea and other diseases of
ear. Dried and powdered fruit, if taken internally cures phlegmatic
disorders, rheumatism, constipation, gastric problems. The ripened
fruit cures chest congestion chest pain. This is an antidote to snake
poisons. The researchers are trying to make medicines from the leaves
and stem of this plant.


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