Product Description:

Botanical Name : Phyla nodiflora

English Name :  Frog Fruit 

Tamil Name : பொடுதலை / Poduthalai

Hindi Name : जालपा -पिल ी, भुईओकर और लुंड्रा /

Malayalam Name : കാറ്റുട്ടിപ്പലി / Kattuttippali 

Telugu Name : బొకేనాకు / నేలగూరిది /

About Poduthalai (Frog Fruit / Turkey Tangle):-

Frog Fruit, a broadleaf plant with vibrant flowers, is commonly cultivated as ground cover or turf in residential landscapes. Its inflorescence features a central purple disc surrounded by delicate white-to-pink blooms, resembling a matchstick and earning it the moniker match weed. The leaves are arranged oppositely and bear one to seven serrated edges, starting from the widest part and extending to the tip. This plant is valued for its herbal properties in Ayurvedic medicine and is often utilized as a natural home remedy.

Internal Benefits of Poduthalai (Frog Fruit / Turkey Tangle):-

• Toasted tender stalks and leaves, in infusion, are used for children's indigestion.
•  Its root extract is used in gastric problems.
• It helps to treat hookworms.
•  It's widely used for women after childbirth.
•  It is used in colds with fever, diuretics, and lithiasis.
• It is used for liver disorders, dandruff control, and indigestion in children
• The plant is used for joint pains, constipation, ulcers, boils, swollen cervical glands, and gonorrhoea.
• Used for asthma, bronchitis, and Heart diseases, blood & eyes.
•  Inhale plant vapours to help with coughs and colds. Its Root extract is used to treat gastric problems.

External Benefits of Poduthalai (Frog Fruit / Turkey Tangle):-

• Paste or poultice of plant applied to swollen cervical glands, erysipelas, and chronic indolent ulcers.
• The paste of leaves applied to swellings and wounds