THUDUVALAI / CLIMBING BRINJAL:

Thuthuvalai or Climbing Brinjal is a medicinal plant commonly available in Southern India. This plant belong to family Solanaceae. Solanaceae is Potato or Nightshade family and some important members of this family are Eggplant, Tomato, Capsicum, Datura, Tobacco, Brihati, Kantakari etc. Scientific name of clmbing brinjal is Solanum trilobatum and it is used traditionally for curing numerous diseases such as asthma, cough, and tuberculosis. For medicinal purpose whole plant is used.

INGREDIENTS:

TUDUVALAI/CLIMBING BRINJALLEAVES(64%) ,TAMARIND, GINGELLY OIL,EDIBLE COMMON SALT,SPICES  AND CONDIMENTS,ASAFOETIDA, ACIDITY REGULATOR,PRESERVATIVE (E211)

FOLK MEDICINAL USES:

Improving strength:
The unripe fruits are prepared as curry or roasted in sesame oil and taken orally along with food.
Itching, cough:
The leaf juice is taken orally to treat cough and itching.
Cough:
For cough, whole plant of Solanum trilobatum is used. Fresh plant is washed and ground to form a paste. This paste is taken orally in dose of 1 teaspoon with one cup hot milk.
Excessive cough, tuberculosis, congestion of lungs
Take about 1/8 cup leaves and one cup Gau-ghrita/cow’s ghee. Boil the leaves in ghee till all water evaporates and only ghee remains. This is medicated ghee of Solanum trilobatum leaves. This ghee should be taken every day.
Hearing problems
The leaves juice is put in ears as ear drop.
Spermatorrhoea, Physical weakness:
Spermatorrhoea means abnormally frequent and involuntary non orgasmic emission of semen.

This home remedy requires decoction of flowers of Solanum trilobatum. Few flowers are boiled in 2 glasses of water till the volume is reduced to 1 glass. This filtered and taken.
Spermatorrhoca, watery semen:
The flowers of Solanum trilobatum (2 teaspoon) are fried in ghee and taken with yoghurt.