General Informations
Brihati is an important medicinal plant and extensively used in Ayurveda. Some other common names of this plant include Bhantaki, Bari kateri, Kateli, Kshudra bhantaaki, Mahati, Mahotika, Vartaki, Vrihati, Kataai Kalaan, Mullamkatti, Papparamulli and Barahantaa. It is one of the ten roots (comes under Laghu panchamula) of famous Dashmula (group of ten roots), an excellent formulation for inflammatory conditions.
In Ayurveda, name ‘Brihati’ commonly refers to the dried root of the plant Solanum indicum, a very prickly, much branched perennial undershrub found mostly throughout warmer parts of the country up to an elevation of 1500 m. Traditionally Brihati, is used in the treatment of respiratory ailments (asthma, catarrh, dry and spasmodic cough), dropsy, heart diseases, chronic fever, colic, scorpion stings, difficult urination, and worm infestation.
For the medicinal purpose the fruits are also used as they have significant analgesic, antipyretic, anti-inflammatory and CNS depressant properties.
Traditionally Brihati, is used in treatment of respiratory ailments (asthma, catarrh, dry and spasmodic cough), dropsy, heart diseases, chronic fever, colic, scorpion stings, difficult urination, and worm infestation.
