Aristolochia INDICA L.
| Synonym : | Aristolochia indica var. magna Benth. Aristolochia lanceolata Wight Aristolochia maysorensis Fisch. Ex Duch. Aristolochia pandurata Wall. Ex Duch. |
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| Bangla Name : | Iswarmul. |
| English Name : | Indian Birthwort. |
| Family : | Aristolochiaceae |
| Disease : | Stimulant, tonic, emmenagogue, malarial fever, pains, dyspepsia, stomachic, tonic, antiperiodic, purgative, inflammations, biliousness and dry coughs. |
| Description : | A slender perennial twiner. Leaves 10-12.5 cm long, linear-oblong to obovate-oblong abruptly or gradually obtusely acuminate. Flowers in few-flowered axillary racemes, perianth straight, greenish, base globose, tube shortly funnel-shaped, mouth oblique trumpet-shaped, gradually passing into oblong brownish lip. Capsules 3.4-5 cm long, oblong or globose-oblong. |
| Distribution : | Dhaka, Dinajpur, Rajshahi and Tangail. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Roots contain phenanthrene derivative, the chief active constituent of which is aristolochic acid. They also contain isoaristolochic acid, allantion, other phenanthrene derivatives, alkaloid, aristolochine, a number of sesquiterpenes, ishwarone, ishwarane |
| Uses : | The root is stimulant, tonic and emmenagogue, employed in malarial fever, intermittent fevers and useful in pains in the joints, given to children for flatulance and dyspepsia. The juice of the root is given orally in stomachache and rheumatism in Jointia |
| Habit : | Herb |