Decne.
Family: Asclepiadaceae; Periplo- caceae.
Habitat: Punjab and Rajasthan.
Folk: Barri (Punjab).
Action: Plant—stomachic; used in cerebral fever. Bark—purgative. Latex—used against tumours and swellings.
The leaves and stems contain 2.2% of resin alcohol, a bitter substance, tannin and small quantities of a glucosidal principle which produces first a decrease and then an increase in blood pressure. The bark contain 8% tannin.
Roth.
Synonym: C. decidua Edgew.
Family: Capparidaceae.
Habitat: Rajasthan, Punjab and Sindh; southward to Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
English: Caper Berry.
Ayurvedic: Karira, Krakar, Apatra, Granthila, Marubhoo-ruuha, Niguudhapatra, Karila.
Unani: Kabar, Kabar-ul-Hind, Kabar-e-Hindi; Tenti.
Siddha/Tamil: Chhengan.
Folk: Tenti.
Action: Anti-inflammatory (used for enlarged cervical glands, sciatica, rheumatoid arthritis; externally on swellings, skin eruptions, ringworm). Fruits and seeds—used for urinary purulent discharges and dysentery. Flowers and seeds— antimicrobial. The fruit is used as a pickle.
The root bark contains spermidine alkaloids, used for inflammations, asthma and gout.Activity of the seed volatiles against vibro cholerae has been recorded.Aqueous extract of the plant exhibits anthelmintic activity; seeds contain antibacterial principles—glucocapparin; isothiocynate aglycone of glucocap- parin.The blanched fruits, when fed to rats at 10% dietary fibre level, showed a significant hypocholesterolaemic effect, which is attributed to its hemicel- lose content.Pickled fruits are use for destroying intestinal worms.
Dosage: Leaf, root—50-125 mg (CCRAS.)
Folk: Hains, Kanthaar.
Action: Antiseptic, antipyretic. Used for eczema and scabies.
Leaves contain taraxasterol, alpha- and beta-amyrin and beta-sitosterol, erythrodiol and betulin.
Dosage: Root—5-10 g powder. (CCRAS.)... capparis aphylla
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