Raj Patha
Scientific name of Raj Patha: Cyclea peltata
Name of Raj Patha in different languages:-
Sanskrit: Bruhat Patha, akaisika, ambastha, ambasthaki
English: Buckler-leaved moon-seed, Pada
Hindi: Raj Patha, Padhi, Padha
Malayalam: Padavalli (Kizhangu) പാടവള്ളി, പാടക്കിഴങ്ങ്
Plant description:
Patha- Pada-Cyclea peltata is a soft, climber vine. Leaves are dark green triangular, alternately arranged and sized up to 10 cm long and 3.75 cm wide, flowers are pale yellow, unisexual, found in leaf axils. The fruits are ovoid, brown in color.
Leaf Arrangement
| Shape-heart shaped | Margin-Entire | Venation-palmate |
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Useful plant parts:
Rhizome, root, stem, and leaf.
Medicinal uses:
Brain tonic, to treat skin problems, indigestion, abdominal pain, diarrhea, dysentery etc.
Chemical content:
Cycleamine, cycleapeltine, cycleadrine, cycleacurine, chondocurine, isotetradrine, perpamine, burmannaline, Fangchinoline, magnoflorine etc.
How to prepare medicines:
It is e one of the ingredient in the Ayurveda medicines like-
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