It is bitter, emetic, cathartic, diuretic, expectorant and alterative. Used in chronic constipation, dropsy, fever, piles, asthma, jaundice and as hair tonic. Other Name: Indrayan root, Gavakshi, Indarvaruni, colocynth, bitter apple, bitter cucumber, egusi, or vine of Sodom, Kuru-vrandawan, Kaduvrindaavan, Citrullus colocynthis.
It is bitter, emetic, cathartic, diuretic, expectorant and alterative. Used in chronic constipation, dropsy, fever, piles, asthma, jaundice and as hair tonic. Other Name: Indrayan root, Gavakshi, Indarvaruni, colocynth, bitter apple, bitter cucumber, egusi, or vine of Sodom, Kuru-vrandawan, Kaduvrindaavan, Citrullus colocynthis.