Cardiospermum halicacabum - Karṇasphoṭā

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Karṇasphoṭā consists of the root of Cardiospermum halicacabum Linn. (Fam. Sapindaceae), commonly found as a weed throughout India, ascending upto 1200 m. in the North Western Himalayas.

Uses

Rheumatism, Nervous diseases, Stiffness of the limbs, Snakebite, Itchy skin, Swellings, Earache.

Parts Used

Leaves.

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada	Kanakayya
Hindi	Kaanphuti, Lataaphataki
Malayalam	Ulinna
Tamil	Modikkottan, Mudakkarutana(Siddha), Mudukkottan
Telugu	Vekkudutiga
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit
English	Ballon Vine, Heart's Pea

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Tikta, Kaṭu

Guna

Rūkṣa, Tīkṣṇa, Lagu

Veerya

Śīta

Vipaka

Kaṭu

Karma

Vātahara, Kaphamaka, Rasāyana, Keṣya, Medhya, Vāmaka, Mūtrala, Virecaka, Viḍaghna

Prabhava

Habit

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Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
Biternate	Oblong	Leaf are essentially 3-foliolate with each part divided again into 3 leaflets

Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Unisexual	2-4cm long	white with a yellowish centre		Flowering throughout the year and In terminal and/or axillary pseudoracemes

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
Inflated capsule	2 cm long			seeds upto 5	Fruiting throughout the year

Annual climber. Stems with minutely puberulous, sometimes slightly woody; tendrils present. Leaves Biternate, essentially 3-foliolate with each part divided again into 3 leaflets; leaflets with coarse serrate teeth. Flowers in axillary heads, usually 3-flowered by abortion, white with a yellowish centre. Fruit a membranous, Inflated capsule, green, drying to brown, more than 2 cm long. Seeds round and black with a broadly heart-shaped or kidney-shaped spot (hilum). See C. halicacabum var. microcarpum for comparison.

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

• [Āragvadhādi Kvātha Cūrṇa]

Mode of Propagation

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Commonly seen growing in areas

Moist deciduous forests, Scrub jungles, Forest margins, Shrublands, Grasslands, Cultivated areas, Wastelands, Tropical area, Subtropical area.

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