Operculina turpethum nisoth devadanti tegada civatai

Operculina turpethum (L.) Silva Manso
Family: Convolvulaceae
Synonyms: Argyreia alulata Miq., Convolvulus anceps L, Convolvulus turpethum L, Ipomoea anceps (L.) Roem. & Schult., Ipomoea turpethum (L.) R. Br., Ipomoea turpethum van anceps (L.) Miq., Merremia turpethum (L.) Rendle, Merremia turpethum (L.) Bojer
Operculina turpethum vat. heterophylla Hallierf., Splranthera turpethum (L.) Bojer

Chinese: 盒果藤
English: Indian Jalap, St. Thomas lidpod, transparent wood rose, turpeth root, white day glory
Hindi : निशोथ nisoth, पिठोरी pitohri
Kannada: aluthi gida, bangada balli, bilitigade, devadanti, nagadanti, ಬಿಳಿತಿಗಡೆ bilitigade, ತಿಗಡೆ ಬೇರು tigade beru
Malayalam : tigade, ത്രികോല്പക്കൊന്ന thrikoolpakkonna
Marathi: निसोत्तर or निशोत्तर nisottar,
Sanskrit : निशोत्र nishotra, त्रिपुट triputa, त्रिवृथ trivrutha
Tamil : adimbu, சரளம் caralam, சிவதை civatai, கும்பஞ்சான் kumpncan, பகன்றை paganrai
Telugu : తెగడ tegada, త్రివృత్ తెల్లతెగ trivrut tellatega

Ayurvedic uses: Malabandha, Gulma, Udara Roga, Jvara, Sopha Pandu, Pliha, Vrana, Krimi, Kushta, Kandu, Kamala
Root: Purgative, antidote, antiinflammatory
White Turpeth is preferred to Black Turpeth as cathartic; the latter produces drastic purgation and causes vomiting, fainting and giddiness. White Turpeth is derived from Marsdenia tenacissima in folk medicine. The active principle of O. turpethum is a glycosidic resin present in the drug. It is similar to jalap resin and is concentrated mostly in the root bark. It contains an ether insoluble glycoside, turpethin, which constitutes about half of the resin and two ether soluble glycosides, alpha-and beta-turpethein respectively).
Siddha uses: Anal kunmam, Eli vitam, Malakattu
Constituents: alpha-Turpethin, Beta-turpethin and volatile oil.
Unani uses: Istisqa, Wajaul Mafasil, Irqun Nasa, Laqwa, Falij, Sual

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