Baliospermum montanum / Red physic nut/ Danti / Hastidanti / Janglijamalgota / Dantika / Kattamankku / Erradundiga-200gm

Other Common Names:

Scientific Name: Baliospermum montanum

English Name: Red physic nut

Tamil Name: Niradimutta, Kattamaraku / நீராடிமுட்டை, கட்டமரகு

Hindi Name: Hakum, Danti, Hakun / हकुम, दांती, हकुनी

Telugu Name: Kanakapata, Ettadungida / కనకపాట, ఎత్తడుంగిడ

Malayalam Name: Katalavanakku, Dantika, Nagadanti / കടലവനക്ക്, ദന്തിക, നാഗദന്തി

Gujarati Name: Jamalgota, Dantimul / જમાલગોટા, દાંતીમુલ

Kannada Name: Danti, Hakun / ದಾಂತಿ, ಹಕುನ್

Description:

Baliospermum montanum is the botanical name of a red physic nut commonly known as wild castor, wild croton, and wild sultan seed. The red physic nut is a leafy undershrub belonging to the Euphorbiaceae family that grows up to 0.9 to 1.8 meters tall with herbaceous branches. Red physic nut plant is distributed in tropical and subtropical Himalayas in India and found in Bihar, Peninsular, West Bengal. The root of the red physic nut has numerous medicinal properties. 

Health Benefits:

• Red physic nut helps to treat abdominal pain and helminthic infections.
• Red physic nut helps to treat snake bites.
• Red physic nut helps to relieve constipation.
• Red physic nut helps to cure jaundice.
• Red physic nut helps to treat asthma, bronchitis, and leprosy.

Dosage of Red Physic Nut:

Take 1/4 teaspoon of red physic nut powder, mix it with jaggery in double the amount of red physic powder. Consume it with water once or twice a day to maintain a healthy body.