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Crude drug name | Market name | Habbe kil kil |
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| Formal name | Sakralatha | |
Other names Tips！ | Penela-wel, Welpenela (Sin), Lataphatkari (B), Kaanphuti (H), Kanakayya (K), Uzhinja (M), Vekkudutiga (Te), Mudukkottan (Ta) | |
| English name | Balloon Vine, Winter Cherry | |
| Original plant name | Cardiospermum halicacabum Linn., Balloon Vine, Winter Cherry | |
| Family name | Sapindaceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | seed |
| Collection information | India, New Delhi , M.H.A. Husain | |
| Collection date | 1986/11/07 | |
| Collector | Tsuneo Namba, et al. | |
| TMPW No. | 5480 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Ayurvedic name or Sanskrit name, English name | Sakralata, Balloon Vine, Winter Cherry | |||
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| Synonyms | Indra, Aindri, Indravalli, Indranika, Karnasphota, Karavi, Paravatangi, Sakrahva, Tejasvini | ||||
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| Original plant name | Cardiospermum halicacabum Linn. | ||||
| Family name | Sapindaceae | ||||
| Used part | Root, leaves, seeds | ||||
| Distribution area | Occurs in India, Ceylon and Malacca in wet places. In Ceylon, it grows in the mid and low country. | ||||
| Common uses | The whole plant is used both internally and externally in the treatment of rheumatism, nervous diseases, dropsy, orchitis, nervous diseases, hydrocele, amenorrhoea/amenorrhea, sprains and edema. The herb is used in preparing hair oil for curing dandruff, alopecia and for darkening hair, the aqueous extract is used as a cooling hair wash. Leaves are rubefacient, emetic and stimulant and are good for arthritis, otalgia, ophthalmodynia, piles, obesity, bronchitis, phthisis, asthma, sores and wound healing. Leaves are boiled in castor oil and applied externally on rheumatic pains, swellings and tumours/tumors. In Srilanka, it is used for the treatment of skeletal fractures. The pungent vapour from the crushed leaves is inhaled to relieve headache. Decoction of leaf with jaggery and pepper is used for fever associated with cough. Juice of the plant is used as eardrops for earache and discharge from the meatus. Root is laxative, emetic, aperient and antirheumatic. It is used in the treatment of didymitis, asthma, colic and early stages of hydrocele, amenorrhoea, gonorrhoea/gonorrhea, nervous diseases, haemorrhoids/hemorrhoids and erysipelas. Seeds are tonic, diaphoretic, tonic in fevers and diaphoretic. Powder of the seeds is reportedly used for the treatment of cancer, arthritis and fever. | ||||
| Therapeutic uses | Jvara (fever), Vata (rheumatism), Vrddhi (hydrocele), Sopha (oedema), Pandu (anaemic/anemia conditions), Sula (colic) | ||||
| Chemical constituent | Fatty acids 5,8,11,14-Eicosatetraenoic acid (*C1), Eicosenoic acid (*C4) Steroid saponins & Sapogenins B-D-Galactopyranoside, (3beta)-stigmast-5-en-3-yl (*C1), Sitosterol-beta-D-glucoside (*C3) Flavones & Flavonols 5,7,4’-Trihydroxyflavone (*C1), 5,4’-Dihydroxyflavone 7-beta-D-glucopyranoside (*C2), 5,3’,4’-Trihydroxyflavone 7-beta-D-glucopyranoside (*C2), 5,3’,4’-Trihydroxyflavone 7-beta-D-glucopyranosiduronic acid (*C4) | ||||
| Pharmacological effect | The plant extract showed sedative effect on central nervous system. It exhibits significant analgesic and anti-inflammatory activity. The drug also shows vasodepressant activity, which is transient in nature. In vitro studies revealed its antispasmodic and curare like actions confirming its use in Ayurvedic medicine. The decoction of the root exhibited significant diuretic activity in albino rats. The essential oil in seeds causes a fall in blood pressure in anaesthetized dogs. The alkaloidal fraction of the seeds exhibits in vitro antibacterial action against some pathogenic organisms. It also causes transient hypotensin and cardiac inhibition in anaesthetized dogs, blocks spasmogenic effects of acetylcholine, histamine and 5-HT in guinea pig ileum and dog tracheal chain. It possesses an atypical tonic effect on rat uterus and has a biphasic action on frog rectus abdominis muscle. Aqueous methanol (80%) extract of the plant exhibits anti sickling activity and may be useful for treating sickle cell anaemia. The alcoholic extract of the plant exhibited antiarthritic activity in experimental rats. The seeds have positive anabolic activity. | ||||
| Medical system | Ayurveda (Traditional Indian medicine) | ||||
| Traditional concept | Mala (Action on excretory mechanism) | Mutrala (diuretic) | |||
| Avayava (Action on organ) | Kesya (good for hair) | ||||
| Traditional usage | 1. In severe ascites caused by all dosas, after taking consent of the family members, roots of Kakadani (Cardiospermum halicacabum), Gunja (Abrus precatorius) and Karavira (Nerium indicum) are pounded and given with wine or some other vegetable poison may be administered mixing it with food and drinks. 2. Ghee processed with juice of Kakadani and Kakamaci (Solanum nigrum) is useful in rat poisoning. 3. Kakadani root pounded with sour gruel should be used as intake or local application. It destroys snake poison. 4. Sakralata (Cardiospermum halicacabum) is one of the ingredients of "Lasunadi kasaya" (a formulation) for scrotal enlargement. 5. Sakralata is one of the ingredients of "Dasasvarasa ghrt"a (a formulation) for anaemia/anemia with jaundice. | ||||
| Formulation | Dasasvarasa ghrta, Nilibhrngadi taila, Lasunadi kasaya, Atalotakadi kasaya | ||||
| References | Reference book Tips！ | [2] Indian Medicinal Plants - A Compendium of 500 species, Varier, P.S., Orient Longman Ltd. Chennai (Madras) Vol. 1 (Repr.1996), pp 377-379. Ayurvedic Drugs and Their Plant Sources, 1994. Sivarajan, V.V. and Balachandran, I., Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi p 17. Plants in Ayurveda (A Compendium of Botanical and Sanskrit Names), 1997. Abdul Kareem, M., Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions, Bangalore 328. Medicinal plants (Indigenous and exotic) used in Ceylon, Vols. 1-5, 1982. Jayaweera, D.M.A., The National Science Council of Sri Lanka, Colombo Vol. 5, p 49. Dravyagunavijnana, Vols. 1-5, reprint 1998. Sharma, P.V., Chowkhambha Bharati Academy, Varanasi Vol. 5, pp 264, 317, 318. Classical uses of Medicinal Plants, 1996. Sharma, P.V., Chaukhambha Visvabharati, Varanasi p 92. | |||
| Research paper | *C1 Khan, M. S. Y., Arya, M., Javed, K. and Khan, M. H.; Indian Drugs, 27, 257-58 (1990). *C2 Shabana, M. m., Genenah, A. A., El Zalabani, S. M., Abou El-Ela, R. G. and Yousif, M. F.; Bull. Fac. Pharm. (Cairo Univ.), 28, 79-83 (1990). *C3 Srinivas, K., Choudary, K. A., Rao, S. S., Satyanarayana, T. and Rao, R. V. K.; Indian J. Nat. Prod., 14, 24-27 (1998). *C4 Ahmad, I., Ahmad, M. and Ahmad, A.; Sci. Int., 5, 67-69 (1993). | ||||
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