Adapathiyan

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Adapathiyan (Holostemma) tuber, known by names like Payaswini, Arka Pushpi, and Nagavalli, is found in Kerala, Maharashtra, and Gujarat.
It is used for treating eye diseases, enhancing immunity, and maintaining overall health.
To nourish the body, Adapathiyan root is boiled in milk, sun-dried, and its powder is consumed daily in 6 gm doses with milk.
A mixture of Adapathiyan potato milk, honey, and sugar is beneficial for health.
Sandy red soil is ideal for its growth, and seedlings can be prepared by sowing and germinating them, later transplanting them when they have six mature leaves. Initial planting is recommended in grow bags.

The species is found in tropical peninsular India, Vindhyas, and southwards in humid areas, open forests, and ravine edges.
It thrives in a tropical humid climate with partial sunlight, and sandy-loam soil is best for cultivation.

The plant contains phytoconstituents like hentriacontanol, alpha amyrin, stigmasterol, beta-sitosterol, flavanoids, diosmetin, luteolin, etc.

The roots of Holostemma are useful in treating ophthalmopathy, or chitis, cough, burning sensation, stomach pain, constipation, fever, and tridoshas.
The root is also a rejuvenative drug, imparting resistance to diseases.
Holostemma tuber is primarily used in rasayanas for eye diseases, body malnutrition, and increasing immunity.
The plant exhibits hepato-protective, antiviral, antibacterial, diuretic, antioxidant, analgesic, immunomodulatory, antidiabetic, anti-inflammatory, antiproliferative and antiallergic properties.
It can be used in conditions like weakness, night blindness, burning sensation, cough, fever, etc. The solvent extract of the plant has antioxidant and antiproliferative actions.

The herb is beneficial for external use in treating various skin diseases, wounds, and skin inflammation.

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