Benefits of Shial Kanta Ayurvedic Herb

Introduction of Shial Kanta

Shial Kanta, also known as the Mexican poppy, is a widespread annual weed primarily associated with crops and wastelands. It is a weed in the tropics and warm temperate regions. It is used in Ayurveda to treat non-healing wounds, constipation, chronic fever, etc.

Botanical Name : Argemone mexicana

Useful Parts for Shial Kanta :

Roots, leaves, seeds, and yellow juice.

Names in different languages for Shial Kanta :

English: Mexican poppy
Hindi: Shialkanta, Satyanashi
Malayalam: Ponnumma Ttu, Kantankattiri
Bengali: Shiyal Kanta
Gujarati: Darudi
Kannada: Datturi
Tamil: Kutiyotti, Ponnum Muttai
Telugu: Brahmadandi Chettu

Health benefits of Shial Kanta

According to Ayurveda, the plant is diuretic, purgative, and destroys worms. It manages leprosy, skin diseases such as eczema, itching, boils, and skin ulcers. The leaf extract could also be used as a mosquito repellant. Juice is used to correct ophthalmia and opacity of the cornea. It is useful to treat toothache, bile, colic, ulcers, wounds, kidney pain, diabetes, asthma, pimples, rashes, spots, malaria, convulsions, bleeding, inflammation, spasms, and infection.
Mexican poppy possesses analgesic, antispasmodic, hallucinogenic, sedative, ant- bacterial, anti-cancer, anti-diabetic, and anti-inflammatory properties.

Ayurvedic Medicine with Shial Kanta as the main ingredient is the following

Kasisadi Thailam, Liverson Syrup, Mishraka Sneha, Brahamdine Tablet, etc.

Shial Kanta, also known as Mexican poppy, is a weed with medicinal properties. Almost all parts of the plant are useful. A lot of medicinal properties give it numerous health benefits.