Agnidamini - Thoothuvalai

Botanical Name: Solanum Trilobatum
Common name: Purple Fruited Pea Eggplant, Thai nightshade 
Marathi: mothiringnee, thoodalam 
Tamil: Tuduvalai, Nittidam, Sandunayattan, Surai
Malayalam: tutavalam, putharichunda, putricunta, puttacunta, tudavalam
Telugu: alarkapatramu, kondavuchinta, mullamusti
Kannada: Kakamunji, Ambusondeballi
Oriya: bryhoti
Sanskrit: achuda, agnidamani, agnidamini, alarka, vallikantakarika 

Description :
This is a perennial creeper having tri -lobed leaf with thorns on stem and leaf as well. Flowers are purple colour, berries are small and turn red when they matured.

Parts Used: Leaves, flowers, fruit

Taste: Mild bitterness, astringency

Actions: Stimulant, expectorant, tonic

Uses:
All parts of this common shrub of Southern India are useful in asthma, chronic febrile affections and difficult parturition.

How to Use:
A decoction of the root and leaves is given in consumption. Siddha physicians consider this drug as a specific and prepare a ghee from this for use in tuberculosis, and use as food for all kinds of lung diseases.

Dosage:
1 teaspoon morning and evening mixed with warm water or as advised.

Note: Siddha treatment is based on complete physical examination of the patient, Naadi diagnosis, and other diagnostic criteria of the disease. The content given in this article is purely meant for information and education purpose only. Kindly consult a Siddha physician before any sort of self medication.