COMMON NAME: Surattense nightshade, yellow nightshade
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Solanum viriginiarum
FAMILY: Solanaceae
SOIL: It is a hardy plant. It does well over light well-drained sandy loam to rich loamy soils having pH of 7 to 8
PROPAGATION: The crop is raised by seeds
- Berries have anthelminthic property, useful in bronchitis asthma, fever relieving, thirst and given in urinary concretions.
- The leaves have good application for files.
- The fruit is laxative.
- Fumigations with the vapour of the burning seeds of this plant are found useful for the cure of toochache.
- Kandankathiri root decoction can be used for treating fever due to cold.
- Kandankathiri is mainly used for treating all respiratory diseases like cough, phlegm and cold related fevers.
- As a diuretic, Kandankathiri upgrades the amount of salt and water expelled from body through urine. It also lowers blood pressure by eliminating salt from the body.
- Kandankathiri nullifies acidic content and lowers its production. It provides relief from acid reflux and symptoms associated to acidity such as constipation, heartburn, pain in abdomen and flatulence.