- Botanical name: Aristolochia indica
- Family : Aristolochiaceae
- Tamil : Adagam
- Hindi : Isharmul
- Malayalam : Garudakkoti
- English : Indian Birthwort
- Habit : It is a glabrous shrub or herbaceous perennial plant with woody rootstock and long,slender,grooved and glabrous branches.Its leaves are variable, usually linear-oblong or fiddle-shaped (sub-pandurate), with a slightly wavy margin and 3-5 basal nerves. The fruit is a 6-valved, globose-oblong, or ribbed capsule
- Distribution : The plant is found mostly in Himalayan belt near Nepal ,South India and Bengal upto an altitude of 3000 feet.
- Useful part : Root,Leaf
- Rasa Panchaka
- Rasa : Katu, Tikta, Kashaya
- Guna : Laghu, Ruksha
- Veerya : Ushna
- Vipaka : Katu
- Karma : Kapha Vatashamaka, Vishagna, Krimighna, Jvarahara, Vranaropana, Shothahara
- Indications : Jvara, Kushta, Switra, Shwasa, Kasa, Ajirna,Visha
- Dose : Leaf Juice 5-10 ml
- Root Powder-1-3g
- Formulations : Gorochanadi vati, Mahavishagarbha taila, Vishaghna choorna
WHOLE PLANT
FLOWER
