Iruveli

Overview

Indian Coleus is a genus of annual or perennial herbs or shrubs, occasionally succulent, sometimes with a fleshy or tuberous rootstock.
Found in the Old World tropics and subtropics, coleus is cultivated as ornamental plants, especially popular in gardens for its vibrant foliage.
The plant thrives in bright but indirect sunlight; exposure to direct sunlight diminishes the brightness of its leaves
The plant thrives in bright but indirect sunlight; exposure to direct sunlight diminishes the brightness of its leaves.
Belonging to the Lamiaceae family, this plant has heart-shaped leaves and is recognized for its medicinal properties.

Commonly known as coleus, it is a tropical evergreen tender perennial plant popular for foliage since Victorian times. It is native to Southeast Asia and Malaysia.

Coleus zeylanicus is an important aromatic medicinal plant belonging to the Lamiaceae family. It contains several medicinally important components such as alkaloids, volatile compounds, sesquiterpenes, and flavonoids.
The essential oil contains compounds, principally terpenoids like (C₁₀) monoterpenes, (C₁₅) sesquiterpenes, and (C₂₀) diterpenes. It also contains lactones or acyclic esters, low molecular weight aliphatic hydrocarbons, aldehydes, alcohols, acids, and rarely may contain coumarins, nitrogen-, and sulfur-containing compounds, and homologs of phenylpropanoids.

The plant’s use as a pharmacological agent is being investigated due to its large quantities of essential oils. It is also being researched for use against respiratory infections. In Ayurvedic medicine, coleus species have been used to treat heart disease, convulsions, spasmodic pain, and painful urination.
In folklores, this medicinal plant is used to treat malarial fever, hepatopathy, renal and vesical calculi, cough, chronic asthma, hiccough, bronchitis, helminthiasis, colic, convulsions, and epilepsy.
It has astringent and stomachic properties used in the treatment of fever, common cold, asthma, dysentery, diarrhea, vomiting, burning sensation, eye diseases, worm diseases, chronic ulcers, dental diseases, and acute thirst.
The juice obtained from the stem and leaves of C. zeylanicusis used to treat diarrhea when taken along with honey. It acts as a diuretic, diaphoretic, and cholagogue, which are useful for chronic and acute congestion of the liver.
An Ayurvedic medicinal plant used historically to treat high blood pressure, heart failure, eczema, digestive colic, respiratory ailments, painful urination, insomnia, seizures, as well as overweight and obesity.

It is an antioxidant and helps protect the skin surface from oxidative damage caused by pollution, UV rays, and other external stress factors.

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