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| Cardiospermum halicacabum |
Family: Sapindaceae
English name : Heart Seed/Balloon Vine
Kashmiri name : Zoolposh
Sanskrit name: Indravalli
Tamil name: Mudakkatran keerai
Medicinal use of Cardiospermum halicacabum: The whole plant is diaphoretic, diuretic, emetic, emmenagogue, laxative, refrigerant, rubefacient, stomachic and sudorific. It is used in the treatment of rheumatism, nervous diseases, stiffness of the limbs and snakebite. The leaves are rubefacient, they are applied as a poultice in the treatment of rheumatism. A tea made from them is used in the treatment of itchy skin. Salted leaves are used as a poultice on swellings.The leaf juice has been used as a treatment for earache. The root is diaphoretic, diuretic, emmenagogue, laxative and rubefacient. It is occasionally used in the treatment of rheumatism, lumbago and nervous diseases.
No of seeds 25 seeds/per packet
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