Kallur vanchi (Aquatic Rotula)

Description

Kallur vanchi (Aquatic Rotula)

Rotula aquatica is a fragrant blooming shrub of the Boraginaceae family. It is a rare rheophyte found only in India, where it is a part of the lotic stream habitat.

Kallurvanchi, also known as Aquatic Rotula, is a medicinal shrub that grows between rocks. The roots stem, and leaves of this plant are dried and utilized extensively in Ayurveda.

How to Use

• There are no fillers, binders, or preservatives added.
• This is 100% Rotula aquatica dry raw roots from its native habitat and sun shadow dried using greenhouse technology.
•  No components or oil are extracted from the raw Rotula Aquatica.
• Kallurvanchi or Aquatic Rotula is widely seen across different parts of India from kumaun to Assam and also in western and southern India.

Medicinal value

1. The medicinal values of plants lie in their component phytochemicals such as alkaloids, flavonoids, phenolic compounds, and other nutrients like amino acids, and proteins, which produce a definite physiological action on the human body.
2. Rotula aquatica is used as remedies for many ailments such as in the treatment of diabetes, and urinary disorders and for anti-oxidant activity.
3.  It is used in traditional medicine for kidney and bladder stones, the root of the plant tubers are useful in treating coughs, fever, poisonings heart diseases, blood disorders, and ulcers.
4. A decoction of the root of Rotula aquatica showed diuretic activity due to the presence of allantoin and it is also used as a laxative, in the treatment of piles and in venereal disease.
5. The roots and leaves of the plant Kallur Vanci are an important traditional medicine for increasing kidney function and bladder stones.