HEMIDESMUS INDICUS

Plant Name: HEMIDESMUS INDICUS

English Name: Hemidesmus, East Indian sarsaparilla.
Indian Sarsaparilla,

Local Name:

• Ananthamoola, Anantmula,
• False Sarsaparilla,
• Salsa

Family: Asclepiadoideae

Uses:
The salsa is famous for tonic, alterative, demulcent, diaphoretic, diuretic and blood purifier. It is employed in nutritional disorders, syphilis, chronic rheumatism, gravel and other urinary diseases and skin affections. It is administered in the form of powder, infusion or decoction as syrup. The plant is said to be alterative, depurative, diaphoretic, tonic, used in autoimmune disease, rheumatoid arthritis, chronic skin disorders, asthma, bronchitis, gonorrheal neuralgia, syphilis, venereal diseases, nephritic complaints, scrofula, chronic skin diseases, ulcers etc.