Ceylon Caper(Hugonia mystax )

Hugonia mystax is a climbing shrub attaching itself to supports by means of tendrils. The plant is harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.

It is an unexplored medicinal plant in the Indian medicinal system. According to ethnobotanical information, the root powder of H. mystax is used as the best antidote for snake or viper bite, anthelmintic, febrifuge, astringent and for the treatment of fever, verminous, peptic ulcers, intestinal worms. H. mystax consists of different phytochemical constituents like steroids, terpenoids, flavonoids, alkaloids, glycosides, phenols, tannins, saponins, and carbohydrates.

Benefits of Ceylon caper

  • Used to improve the appetite.
  • Reduce perspiration and improve the appetite.
  •  Remedy for vomiting and to improve the appetite.
  • Traditionally it is used as an antidote to snake bites.
  • Reducing inflammatory tumors

Description

Climbing Flax (Hugonia mystax) is a climbing shrub attaching itself to supports by means of tendrils. The plant is harvested from the wild for local medicinal use. The plant Hugonia mystax is a woody evergreen liana distributed throughout India in the dry tropical forest it is also known as Modirakanni and Kamsamaraha. Mostly found in south Indian forest i.e. Kerala and Tamilnadu. The present study brings details of the pharmacognostic profile and phytochemical details of Hugonia mystax. It is an unexplored medicinal plant in the Indian medicinal system. According to ethnobotanical information, the root powder of H. mystax is used as the best antidote for snake or viper bite, anthelmintic, febrifuge, astringent and for the treatment of fever, verminous, peptic ulcers, intestinal worms. H. mystax consists of different phytochemical constituents like steroids, terpenoids, flavonoids, alkaloids, glycosides, phenols, tannins, saponins, and carbohydrates.

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