Medicinal Plants - Puliyaral
Botanical Name: Oxalis Corniculata Linn
Family Name: Oxalidaceae
Malayalam Name: Puliyaral
Tamil Name: Puliyarai
Hindi Name: Amrul
Ayurveda Properties
Rasam - Amla, Kashaya
Gunam - Laghu, Rooksham
Veeryam: Ushnam
Vipakam: Amlam
Benefits & Uses according to Ayurveda
This Plant promote digestive fire hence improves the digestive power, it can be applied in treating the ailments due to indigestion caused by poor digestive power the jataragni in sanskrit.
Diseases caused due to aggravated wind and water elements (Kapha vatha rogas)
Useful in treating the ailemts like IBS ie. Irritable Bowel Syndrome (grahani), Hemorrhoids (arshas) and loose bowels (athisaram).
Crushed leaves and stem of the plant Puliyaral boiled with thin butter milk, take twice daily will give marked relief in cases like Irritable bowel syndrome, loose bowels and bleeding piles.
Crsuh it and make a paste along with small onion can be applied externly on the warts and corns.
Puliyaral is the major ingradient in the ayurveda medicines named Charngeryadi Grutham, Charngeryadi gulika etc.
(should be used with doctors advise)
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