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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

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Chemical Composition

[1]

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

[[:Category:Habit - |]]

Identification

Leaf

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

[2]

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]

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

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How to plant/cultivate

[3]

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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References

  1. The Ayuredic Pharmacopoeia of India Part-1, Volume-5, Page no-11
  2. "Morphology"
  3. [ "Cultivation detail"]

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