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[[File:(Evolvulus alsinoides) Dwarf Morning-glory at Bhongir 04.JPG|thumb|right|''Vishnukranti'', ''Evolvulus alsinoides'']]
'''Vishnukranti''' is a tiny prostrate spreading herb with silky hairy leaves and bright blue flowers. It can be found throughout India in gravelly and grassy places.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Insomnia}}, {{Uses|Bleeding disorders}}, {{Uses|Improves memory}}, {{Uses|Cough}}, {{Uses|Wounds}}, {{Uses|Fever}}, {{Uses|Stomach ache}}, {{Uses|Dysentery}}<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|RootWhole Plant}}<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>.
==Chemical Composition==
Evolvulus alsinoides (Linn.) Linn. was interpreted to find the phytochemicals like alkaloids, carbohydrates, steroidal glucosides, saponin, tannins, pseudo tannins, chlorogenic acids, flavones, flavonoids, coumarin, anthocyanin, phenol, terpenoides, resins, volatile oil, anthraquinones, phytosterol and triterpenoids.<ref name="Chemical Composition"/>
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=vishnukrantiVishnukranti, shankhapushpiShankhapushpi|ml=krsnakrantiKrsnakranti, vishnukranthiVishnukranthi|sa=shankhapushpiShankhapushpi, nilapushpiNilapushpi, sankhaholiSankhaholi, vishnukrantiVishnukranti|ta=paracitamParacitam, potakirantiPotakiranti, potakiranticcetiPotakiranticceti, villakkirantiVillakkiranti, vishnukrantiVishnukranti|te=vishnukraanthaVishnukraantha, visnukrantamuVisnukrantamu|hi=sankhpushpiSankhpushpi, shankaveliShankaveli, visnukrantaVisnukranta|en=Dwarf morning glory}}<ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.<ref name===Dravya==="Properties"/>
===Rasa===
Kashaya, Katu, Tikta
===Guna===
Lagu, Snigdha
===Veerya===
Sita
===Vipaka===
==Habit==
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|alternateAlternate|Leaves more or less distinctly in 2 rows, 6-12 x 4-7 mm, broadly elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, base rounded or acute, apex subacute, adpressed pilose on both sides; petiole to 2 mm long.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|Solitary or paired at axils|Blue|10| pedicels Pedicels to 5 mm long, silky hairy; bracts linear, c. 1 mm long. Calyx lobes 2-3 mm long, lanceolate, silky hairy. Corolla c. 1 cm across, rotate, subentire, blue. Ovules 2 in each cell; styles 2, each longitudinally 2-fid.Flowering from April to December}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|A capsule|1.5-2 mm across|globoseGlobose, 2-valved|Seeds usually 4, minute.||Fruiting from April to December}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
[[Mentat]], [[Loha Rasayana]]<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[https://easyayurveda.com/2017/09/12/vishnukranthi-evolvulus-alsinoides-remedies/ "Uses"]</ref> <ref name="Leaf">[http://keralaplants.in/ "Botanic desription"]</ref><ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search "Vernacular names]</ref><ref name="Cultivation details">[http://vikaspedia.in/agriculture/crop-production/package-of-practices/medicinal-and-aromatic-plants/evolvulus-alsinoides-1 Cultivation details]</ref><ref name="Chemical Composition">Intech Open book series - OPEN ACCESS PEER-REVIEWED CHAPTER - Writtene by Harshavardhini Kuppusamy R, Jananipriya Srinivasan, Pavithra Sundaramoorthy and Kannan Kilavan Packiam</ref><ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants">”Karnataka Medicinal Plants Volume-3” by Dr.M. R. Gurudeva, Page No.1177, Published by Divyachandra Prakashana, #6/7, Kaalika Soudha, Balepete cross, Bengaluru</ref>
<ref name="Properties">Article from "Bimbima" - Daily life experience of Health, Ayurveda, Medicines, complementary therapies</ref>
</references>
