Iramushu

Scientific name:	Hemidesmus indicus *
Family name:	PERIPLOCACEAE
English name:	Indian sarsparilla
Local name:	Iramusu
Description:	It is a slender, laticiferous, prostrate, twining herb, or sometimes semi-erect shrub; roots woody and aromatic; stems numerous, slender, terete, thickened at the nodes. Leaves opposite, short-petiolated, very variable, elliptic-oblong to linear-lanceolate. Inflorescences cymes. Flowers axillary, greenish outside, purplish inside.
Status:	Native
Edible parts:	Leaves
Ayurvedic usage: Treatment for- Oedeama Skin rashes Coughs Asthma Piles PARTS  USED  IN  TREATMENT- Whole plant is used RELATED  MEDICINAL  PROPERTIES- Purifies blood Body coolant Appetizer Reduces aggravation of vatha , pitha and kapha dosha,  source by  instituteofayurveda.org