Kandan Kathiri / Yellow Fruit Nightshade Powder

Kingdom: Plantae

Family: Solanaceae

Genus: Solanum

Species: S. virginianum

Binomial name: Solanum virginianum

Yellow Fruit Nightshade is a prickly herb, which has been used in folklore and Ayurvedic medicine from ancient times. This plant belongs to the Solanaceae family, which is mostly found in Australia and Asia. In India, its plant can commonly be found in roadsides, open spaces, and waste places.

But it is highly cultivated in Australia, the Himalayas, the Polynesia region, and South-East Malaysia. The leaves are unequally paired, prickly along veins, blue-purple flowers. The fruits are a septicidal capsule that has a sweet smell, it attracts wild herbivores and livestock. The seeds in the fruits are glabrous.

Health Benefits

• Yellow fruit nightshade effectively reduces swelling and mucus formation. It also prevents some health problems like sinusitis, common cold, and upper respiratory allergies.
• This herb removes the acidic content and lowers its production. It provides better relief from acid reflux and reduces the symptoms related to acidities like heartburn, constipation, flatulence, and stomach pain.
• It removes the excess salt and water from the body through urine and also lowers the blood pressure level by eliminating the salt from the body.
• Kandankathiri has a good amount of antibiotic properties, so it prevents the growth of bacteria and treats the symptoms of respiratory tract infections like weakness, burning micturition, backache, and vomiting.
• It is traditionally used to treat wounds and cardiac disease-related edema.