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Botanical Name: Azima tetracantha
Family: Salvadoraceae
English Name: Needle Bush, Mistletoe Berrythorn, Azima, Needle Bush, Bee-sting Bush, Sting Bush
Malayalam Name: Essanku, Yeshenku, Sankukuppi
Hindi Name: Kanta-gur-kamai or Kantagur-kamai
A dense low-bush. Leaves on main stems 2.5-6.5 cm long, on flowering twigs smaller; petiole short, with two sharp divariate spines. Flowers sessile; male flowers crowded in fascicles; female flowers solitary. Fruit a drupe, 2.5 mm diameter, globose, white.Azima tetracantha (syn. Monetia barlerioides L'Her.) is an ornamental plant in the Salvadoraceae family. Common Name: Bee Sting Bush. This plant is commonly known as 'Yashankala' in ayurveda. Its foliage is an important medicine for post-pregnancy treatments, the same is also used for 'karkidaka treatments' which is famous in Kerala.
Leaves, roots and root bark
Diuretic: It is used in Siddha medicine for dropsy and rheumatism. Anti-inflammatory: Reducing inflammation by acting on body mechanisms. Antioxidant: Neutralize the oxidant effect of free radicals and other substances. Antispasmodic: Used to relieve spasm of involuntary muscle. Expectorant: Promotes the secretion of sputum by the air passages, used to treat coughs. Hepatoprotective: Protects the liver from damage. Stimulant: and used in rheumatism. Antiperiodic: Preventing the regular recurrence of a disease (malaria) or symptom. Astringents: Constrict tissues; styptic.Diuretic: It is used in Siddha medicine for dropsy and rheumatism. Anti-inflammatory: Reducing inflammation by acting on body mechanisms.
Antimicrobial Antioxidant Anti-inflammatory Antivenom activities
Rasa: Tikta, Madhura
Guna: Laghu
Virya: Usna
Vipaka: Madhura
Dosha Karma: Kapha, Vata balance
