Network Members

	Amrutbhai B. Agravat
	Arjunbhai M. Paghdar
	Badabhai S. Manat
	Banidanbhai M. Gadhavi
	Bhanjibhai B. Mathukia

SEARCH MAGAZINES

	Magazine	Editorial
Search
Magazine
Volume

Medicinal Plant details

More Information


Sanskrit Name	Isvari, Garalika, Arakamula (WOA, 1998).

Common name in English	Indian birthwort

Botanical Name	Aristolochia indica L.

Parts Used	Roots, Leaves and Fruits.

Human Medicinal Usage	The roots are bitter, acrid, astringent, purgative, anodyne, digestive, anthelmintic, stomatic, cardiotonic, sudorific, febrifuge, menagogue and tonic. They are useful in ulcers, vitiated conditions of kapha and vata, inflammations, dyspepsia, colic, flatulence, cardiac, debility, fever, cough, abdominal disorders in children and all types of poisonous bites and strings. Leaves are used to treat cholera, bowel complaints and intermittent fevers in children (Pullaiah, 2002). Root is valuable antidote to snake bite and bites of poisonous animal bite (Nadkarni, 1954). The paste made out of the leaves is good for inflammations. Seeds are also considered to be good for inflammations, biliousness, cough, arthralgia and dyspnoea in children.

Veterinary Medicinal Usage	To treat mastitis, about ten g roots of eswaramooligai (Aristolochia indica) are pounded and mixed in 150 ml of water and used for drenching animal. This solution is applied on the udder for three days (Vivekanandan, 2000-2001). Three handful of Perumarundhu (Aristolochia indica) leaves along with roots, 15g of dried ginger, 15 g of arisithippili (Piper longum), 15 gof omam (Ptychotisa jowan) and 15 g of turmeric are pounded together and made into three boli. One bolus may be given in the morning, another in the evening and the third in the next morning. This treatment is believed to cure fever, cough, anorexia and bloat (Balasundaram, 1998). Roots of thalai suriliver (Aristolochia indica), seeds of pepper, leaves of betel vine and rhizome of Solena amplexicaulis are crushed in goat urine or in boiled water. The mixture is administered to the snake bitten animal (Iyyappan, 1995). In case of paralysis in animals, about 100 g leaves of eeswaramooligai (Aristolochia indica) are ground well and mixed with 200 ml of butter milk and administered three times a day (Vivekanandan, 2000-2001).

Synonyms	A. lanceolata Wt., A. mysorensis Fisch., A. pandurala Wall.

Family	Aristolochiaceae

Description	A perennial, shruby, glabrous twinner with a long woody root stock. Leaves: simple, alternate, short petioled, entire with somewhat undulate margins. Flowers: greenish white or purplish white in axillary cymes or fascicles with swollen or inflated basal part contracted middle part and narrowly funnel shaped distal part. Fruits: capsules, opening from below upwards. Seeds: flat and winged (WOA, 1998).

Common Name in India	Isarmul (Hindi); Esvaraveru (Telugu); Karutakkoti (Tamil); Karalayam (Malayalam); Isvaramulla, Isvaberusa. (Kannada) (WOA, 1998).

Common Name in Other Countries	Aterlusi (French)

Habitat	It grows under a variety of climatic and soil conditions, even in places where the soil is very poor and dry. It is usually found scrumbling over hedges and bushes in jungles. It is also found in hilly slopes and plains (WOA, 1998).

Regional Distribution	The plant occurs all over India especially in the tropical and sub-tropical regions (WOA, 1998).

Global Distribution	It is distributed in the Nepal, Ceylon and Peninsula region.

Pests / Diseases	The plants are subjects to ingestion by Aphis gossypee, with feed on the sap, and minos cramer (Triodes helena), the larvae of which defoliate the plants. The plants are subjects to ingestion by Aphis gossypee, with feed on the sap, and minos cramer (Triodes helena), the larvae of which defoliate the plants.

Chemical composition	The roots contain aristolochic acid, aristolochic acid-D, aristolochic acid-D methylether easter, aristoloamide, methyle aristololactam B-D-glucoside, aristolic acid and its methyl ester, aristoloamide, methyle aristollochate, 6-methoxy methylaristolate, aristolochic acidII methyleether, aristolactam AII, aristolochic acid IVa, arstilochic acid IV methlether, aristoloamine, methylether, aristolactam N-B-glucoside, 4,5 dehydroasimilobin and magnoflorine.

Herbarium No	0

REFERENCES
SR No.	NAME	ARTICLE TITLE	AUTHOR	PLACE OF PUBLICATION	VOLUME/ISSUE	YEAR	PUBLISHER	COMMENT
1	Indigenous drugs of india	Indigenous drugs of india	R.N.Chopra	calcutta-12	p-301,496,49	1958	U.N.Dhur and sons private limited
2	Pharmacognosy of ayurvedic drugs of travan core cochin	Pharmacognosy of ayurvedic drugs of travan core cochin		trivendrum	p-24	1951	central research institute
3	The wealth of india	The wealth of india		new delhi india	p-424	1952	c.s.i.r
4	Glossary of indian medicinal plants	Glossary of indian medicinal plants		new delhi india	vol-6/p-80-81	1994	c.s.i.r
5	The useful plants of india	The useful plants of india		new delhi india	p-53	1986	c.s.i.r	publications and information directorate
6	Indian medicinal plants	Indian medicinal plants	P.S.Varier's aryavaidya sala	kottakkal	vol-1/p-199	1997	longman limited	A compendium of 500sps
7	Nighantu adrash purvardh	Nighantu adrash purvardh	Vaidya Bopalal G.	surat	p-95-97	1965	Atmanand saraswati ayurved pharmacy
8	Chatterjee, A, Satyesh, CP.	The Treatise on Indian Medicinal plants.	Chatterjee, A, Satyesh, CP.		Vol. (2) pp 62-63.	1992.
9	UN Dhar & Sons Pvt. Ltd.,	Indigenous drugs of India.	Chopra. R.N.	Calcutta.		1958.	UN Dhar & Sons Pvt. Ltd.,
10	Anonymous.	The Wealth of India.	Anonymous.	CSIR Publication, New Delhi.		1948-1976.	Raw Materials.
11	Iyyappan, VR.	Expulsion of Dead Foetus in Cows.	Iyyappan, VR.		Honey Bee 6(1): 10.	1995.
12	Pullaiah, T.	Medicinal plants in India.	Pullaiah, T.	New Delhi.	2 Vols.	2002.	Regency Publication.
13	Vaidya, BG.	Nighantu adrash purvardh.	Vaidya, BG.		pp 95-97.	1965.
14	Varier, PS.	Indian medicinal plants.	Varier, PS.	Madras.		1997.	Orient Lorgmann Ltd.,
15	Anonymous.	Pharmacognosy of Ayurvedic drugs of Travancore Cochin.	Anonymous.			1951.
16	Ambast, SP.	The useful plants of India.	Ambast, SP.	New Delhi.		1986.	CSIR,
17	Chopra, RN, Nayar, SL, Chopra, IC.	Glossary of Indian Medicinal Plants.	Chopra, RN, Nayar, SL, Chopra, IC.	New Delhi.		1956.	CSIR,
18	WOA	The Wealth of Asia		New Delhi		1998	National Institute of Science Communication, CSIR