Botanical Name(s): Hemidesmus Indicus
Popular Name(s): Sarasaparilla, Indian Sarasaparilla, Anantamool
Parts Used: Root
Habitat: Found in Central India.
Description: Its long, tuberous rootstock produces a vine, which trails on the ground and climbs by means of tendrils growing in pairs from the petioles of the alternate, orbicular to ovate, evergreen leaves. The small, greenish flowers grow in auxiliary umbels.
Uses: It is also used for venereal diseases, herpes, skin diseases, arthritis, rheumatism, gout, epilepsy, insanity, chronic nervous diseases, abdominal distention, intestinal gas, debility, impotence and turbid urine.