3. Uzhinja (Cardiospermum Halicacabum)

Cardiospermum halicacabum, known as the balloon plant or love in a puff is a climbing plant widely distributed across tropical and subtropical areas. The plant is a perennial climber and has small white flowers. Fruits are covered with a bladder and the seeds are globose. It is famous for its huge curative properties. It has anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and laxative properties.
The important benefits of this Ayurvedic herb are:

• It is used in treating earaches and in relieving swellings. .
• The juice is also used in curing minor wounds.
• The juice is said to reduce obesity. .
• The herb is also used in hair oil preparations to reduce dandruff and for darkening the hair. .
• It treats stiffness of the limbs, rheumatism, nervous conditions as well as snakebites.