Botanical name : Evolvulus alsinoides (Linn.) Linn

Family : Convolvulaceae

SANSKRIT SYNONYMS

Harikranta, Vishnukranta

AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES

Rasa : Katu, Tikta

Guna : Rooksha, Teekshna

Virya : Ushna

PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES

English :

Hindi : Syamakrantha,Vishnukrantha

Malayalam : Vishnukranthi,Krsnakranthi

PLANT DESCRIPTION

A small perennial herb having a woody root stock from where the branches arise. Leaves –simple, alternate, elliptic-oblong. Stem and leaves are clothed with small hairs; flowers bluish in color, seen in pairs or sometimes solitary, axillary; fruits globose, 4-valved drooping capsules.

MEDICINAL PROPERTIES

The plant pacifies vitiated pitta, asthma, falling and graying of hair, general debility and memory loss.

Parts used: whole plant