English Name: Easter tree, Ivory tree, Tellicherry Bark
Common Name: Kudasappaalai-pattai-vidai
Active Ingredient: Alkaloids, regholarrhenine-A, -B, -C, -D, -E and -F, pubescine, norholadiene, pubescimine, kurchinin, kurchinine, kurchinidine, holarrifine, holadiene, kurchilidine, kurchamide, kurcholessine, kurchessine, conessine, conessimine and isoconessimine, and th
Uses: Used in colic, dyspepsia, piles, diseases of the skin and spleen. Used for promoting conception, also for toning up vaginal tissues after delivery.
Description: Root and bark—used in amoebic dysentery.
Bark—astringent, anthelmintic, amoebicidal,diuretic.
Seed—antibilious.