Description :
This is a perennial creeper having tri -lobed leaf with thorns on stem and leaf as well. Flowers are purple colour, berries are small and turn red when they matured.

Parts Used : Leaves, flowers, fruit

Taste : Mild bitterness, astringency

Actions :
Stimulant, expectorant, tonic

Uses :
All parts of this common shrub of Southern India are useful in asthma, chronic febrile affections and difficult parturition.

How to Use :
A decoction of the root and leaves is given in consumption. Siddha physicians consider this drug as a specific and prepare a ghee from this for use in tuberculosis, and use as food for all kinds of lung diseases.

Dosage :
1 teaspoon morning and evening mixed with warm water.