Morphological information

It is a perennial herb up to 1.8 m tall. Root very stout, yellow. Radical leaves long petioled often 60 cm in diameter, orbicular or broadly ovate, cordate, hairy beneath. Flowers reddish-purple in axillary panicle. Nutlets purple, narrow- winged, apex notched, base cordate.

Flowering                    : June-July

Fruiting                       :

History                       :

Parts                          : Root.

Status                        : Vulnerable.

 

Agrocultivation        : Agro cultivation technique can be carried out by vegetative propagation and seed propagation.

 

Unani

The drug is not much used in Ayurveda but in the unani system, it enters in the composition of "Itrifal Mulayyin"' for ordinary constipation and other digestive disorders. "Hab Shabya" where headache heaviness of the head are considered due to a disturbance in the digestive system. "Habashafa" for an obstinate type of cough and cold and of "Roughan Aqrab". applied on piles because of the astringent action of Rheum. "Qurs Didan" is an anthelmintic. The root is stomachic, bitter and cathartic and safe for children and old people. It is used as a purgative and astringent tonic, its stimulating effect, combined with aperients properties, renders it specially useful in tonic dyspepsia 

Traditional

Powdered form of dried rhizome and roots are used as tonic and in stomachic. Powder of the root 1-2 gm is given as laxative and 125 mg to 500 mg as bitter tonic.

 

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