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'''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|Root}}, {{Parts Used|Hole Whole 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=Vishnukranti, Shankhapushpi|ml=Krsnakranti, Vishnukranthi|sa=Shankhapushpi, Nilapushpi, Sankhaholi, Vishnukranti|ta=Paracitam, Potakiranti, Potakiranticceti, Villakkiranti, Vishnukranti|te=Vishnukraantha, Visnukrantamu|hi=Sankhpushpi, Shankaveli, Visnukranta|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==
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|A capsule|1.5-2 mm across|Globose, 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==
==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>
