Uzhinja

Overview

Belongings to the Sapindaceae family, It is a perennial climber found in moist surroundings like riverbanks and roadsides, it is often considered a weed-like plant of the Dasapushpam group.
Highlighted by forked tendrils, large teethed lobed leaflets, and a fruit with a papery thin inflated balloon-like green or greenish-red triangular capsule enclosing three seeds within.
When trimmed and maintained in a garden, Uzhinja can create a beautiful vertical landscape with bright green leaves, tiny white flowers, and conspicuous balloon fruits health and love.

Also known as Indravalli in Sanskrit or the vine of the God-king, it is aptly named in English as love in a puff or balloon vine.
Native to the Malesian region, this plant thrives in grasslands, shrublands, forest margins, wastelands, and cultivated areas within its native range. It is considered an invasive weed in various global regions, including the interior and coastal wastelands of Singapore.
Widely distributed across tropical and subtropical areas of Africa, Australia, and North America, it frequently emerges as a weed along roads and rivers.

Leaves contain beta-sitosterol, D-glucoside, alkaloid, oxalic acids & amino acids.
Presence of saponin and quebrachitol is also reported.
The seed oil has euric acid-43%, oleic acid-30%, eicosonic acid-12%, octanoic acid -4.57%, and n-Hexadecanoic acid -4.15% and is rich in triterpenoids.

Used in homeopathy, renowned for its heat-reducing, therapeutic action, aiding digestion.
Uzhinja possesses analgesic, diuretic, laxative, stomachic, and anti-inflammatory properties, treating indigestion, constipation, arthritis, ear infections, and inflammatory conditions.
In the traditional Indian medicine systems, it is used for the treatment of rheumatism, abdominal pain, orchitis, dropsy, lumbago, skin diseases, cough, nervous disorders, and hyperthermia.
The root is diuretic and demulcent.

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