Sunday, March 14, 2021

Nerium Indicum / Karaveeram


 

Nerium Indicum is a plant used in ayurveda as an external applicant in wounds and skin diseases, according to Susrutha samhitha. It is included in Sapthopavisha.


Seen allover India. Now a days, the plant widely cultivated as a garden plant. It can survive in all climates.


Grows in a Hight of 3 meters. Skin is brownish in texture. Leaves are lean, sharpened both ends.


Chemical constituants:

The whole plant contained poisonous Glicosides.

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