DANTIMOOL

 

Danti is a shade-loving plant that thrives in a humid climate. This plant is also known as red physic nut, wild castor, wild croton, and wild sultan seeds. It is a medicinal plant in use in Ayurvedic medicine to treat a variety of ailments. Leaves, dantimool, or dried root are used for a variety of therapeutic applications. This plant's seeds and roots are purgatives. The root's solvents and extract have anticancer, antioxidant, antibacterial, immunological stimulatory, and hepatoprotective properties. It includes glycoterpenoids, steroids, flavonoids, titerpenoids, diterpenes, saponins, and flavonoids, among other chemical elements. This plant's leaves contain anti-asthmatic and wound-healing effects.

 

Danti's Benefits (Baliospermum montanum)

• Danti is a blood purifier, and a paste made from danti roots and seeds is used to treat edoema and discomfort. Both alleviate pain by acting as analgesics.

• This plant is used to cure fevers because it contains antipyretic qualities. This plant is also anti-inflammatory, and it is used to treat inflammation. Pittaj jawara is made from danti decoction.

• Roots have a laxative and purgative effect. This herb's seeds & root powder are used to treat constipation, and it is very beneficial for piles patients.

• Danti leaves have been shown to be quite useful to those suffering from jaundice.

• The decoction of leaves is used to cure asthma & bronchitis by calming the kapha dosha. Danti leaf paste is applied to wounds to speed up healing.

• Danti seeds are used externally as a stimulant and rubefacient. This plant is particularly useful in treating stomach discomfort, bloating, and tumours.

• This herb's roots are spicy, hot, & diuretic in nature. It is also used to treat haemorrhoids, abdominal tumours, and a swollen spleen.

• Danti seed oil is particularly useful in treating vata problems such as paralysis, sciatica, gout, and neurological illnesses, among others.

• Seed paste is also used to poison snake bites.

• Danti is utilised to balance the pitta and kapha doshas.