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Cissus sicyoides - Millionaire vine

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[[File:Starr 060810-8542 Cissus verticillata.jpg|thumb|right|''Millionaire vine'', ''Cissus sicyoides'']]
'''Millionaire vine, also known as Princess vine, Millionaire vine and Curtain Ivy, ''' is evergreen perennial vine in the Vitaceae ([[Grape]]vine) family.
== Uses =={{Uses|cuts}}, {{Uses|fevers}}, {{Uses|Snakebites}}, {{Uses|gangrene}}, {{Uses|thrush}}, {{Uses|ulcers}}, {{Uses|swellings}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|Sore throats}}
*It is used for "weakness of the stomach", fevers and antiepileptic action.==Parts Used==*The root bark was also chewed "to strengthen teeth".*The following historical medicinal recommendations have been confirmed: gastroprotective, antihaemorrhagic (styptic){{Parts Used|Dried Folaige}}, anti-inflammatory and antiepileptic. Antihaemorhagic and antiepileptic usages are recorded in local ethnomedicine of Brazil{{Parts Used|Whole herb}}.
==Common Chemical Composition==Contains volatile oils, flavonoids, apigenin, luteolin, quercetin, kaempferol, tiliroside, triterpene glycosides including euscapic acid and tormentic acid, phenolic acids, and 3%–21% tannins<ref name=="chemical composition"/>
* '''English''' - Millionaire vine==Common names=={{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=|ta=|te=|hi=|en=Princess Vine }}
==Properties==Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.===Dravya=== ===Rasa=== ===Guna=== ===Veerya=== ===Vipaka=== ===Karma=== ===Prabhava=== ==Habit=={{Habit|climbing shrub}} ==Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|Simple||Waxy dark green leaves}}<ref name="Leaf"/> ===Flower==={{Flower|Unisexual|8-10 mm in diameter|greenish-yellow|5|whitish or purple berries subglobose or obovoid}} ===Fruit==={{Fruit|simple|7–10 mm|Black grape-like fruit are very showy in fall||single}} ===Other features=== ==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract'' ==Where to get the saplings====Mode of Propagation=={{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}. ==How to plant/cultivate== This is one of the most common and widely distributed of tropical American plants.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/> ==Commonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|Tall grasslands}}, {{Commonly seen|meadows}}, {{Commonly seen|Borders of forests and fields}}. ==Photo Gallery==<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">File:Odermennig.jpgFile:Agrimonia eupatoria02.jpgImage:Agrimonia eupatoria MHNT.BOT.2004.0.jpg</gallery> ==References== <references> <ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874112006393?via%3Dihub "sciencedirect"]</ref> <ref name="Leaf">[http://www.gbpuat-cbsh.ac.in/departments/bi/database/phytodiabcare/phytodiab%20db/217.html "morphology"]</ref> <ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Cissus+verticillata "Cultivation Details"]</ref></references> == External links Links==* [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC443509/ Hypoglycemic and anti-lipemic effects of the aqueous extract from Cissus sicyoides]* [http://www.academicjournals.org/article/article1380870923_Fernandes%20and%20Banu.pdf Medicinal properties of plants from the genus Cissus:A review]* [https://www.scribd.com/document/283743017/Medicinal-Properties-of-Plants-From-the-Genus-Cissus Medicinal properties of Cissus sicyoides]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cissus_sicyoides cissus sicyoides-Wikipedia]
[[Category:Herbs]]

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