{"id":351,"date":"2012-10-22T03:46:35","date_gmt":"2012-10-22T03:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=351"},"modified":"2012-10-24T03:55:56","modified_gmt":"2012-10-24T03:55:56","slug":"bala-sida-cordifolia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=351","title":{"rendered":"iBala ~ Sida cordifolia"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Bala<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><em>Latin name<\/em>: Sida cordifolia (Ayurvedic name means \u00e2\u20ac\u0153strength\u00e2\u20ac\u009d)<\/p>\n<p><em>Family<\/em>: Malveraceae<\/p>\n<p><em>Part used<\/em>: seeds, leaves, roots<\/p>\n<p><em>Habitat<\/em>: native to tropical Asia; considered an invasive herb<\/p>\n<p><em>Main constituents<\/em>: alkaloids (ephedrine, pseudoephedrine- debated- alkaloids are related to ephedrine), essential oils, steroids, phytosterol, resin<\/p>\n<p><em>Energetics<\/em>: cooling, sweet<\/p>\n<p><em>Main herbal actions<\/em>: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">aphrodisiac<\/span>, amoebicidal, astringent, cardiotonic and heart stimulant, demulcent, tonic, bronchodilatory<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor herbal actions<\/em>: laxative, stomachic, diuretic, diaphoretic<\/p>\n<p><em>Main medicinal uses<\/em>: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">rejuvenative (rasayana) for vata<\/span>, heart tonic, asthma, bilious conditions, colic, cough, cystitis, dysentery, dysuria, elephantitis, fever, gonorrhea, hematuria, hemaplegia, inflammation, ophthalmia, paralysis, piles, rheumatism, sciatica, sores, strangury, tenesmus, tumors of the abdomen, ulcers and urogenital conditions. It is also applied to bruises and swellings<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor medicinal uses<\/em>: external wounds<\/p>\n<p><em>Preparations<\/em>: internal powder: 5 grams; external: poultice<\/p>\n<p><em>Contraindications<\/em>: pregnancy, prolonged use<\/p>\n<p><em>Toxicity<\/em>: symptoms of ephedrine overdose: hypertension, arrhythmia, headache, insomnia, tachycardia, tremors<\/p>\n<p><em>Sources<\/em>: http:\/\/earthnotes.tripod.com\/bala.htm; www.botanical-online.com\/alcaloidessidacordifoliaangles.htm<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?page_id=396\">From Lecture\u00c2\u00a0 Bale o&#8217; Bala (circulatory system slide 49)<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Bale o&#8217; Bala is an Ayurvedic root is a classic herb for the cardiovascular system. It has a very small amount of a chemical similar to ephedra so it&#8217;s a little bit energizing.\u00c2\u00a0 Some people use it as a stimulant.\u00c2\u00a0 Some find it so stimulating that they find that they can&#8217;t take very much of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bala Latin name: Sida cordifolia (Ayurvedic name means \u00e2\u20ac\u0153strength\u00e2\u20ac\u009d) Family: Malveraceae Part used: seeds, leaves, roots Habitat: native to tropical Asia; considered an invasive herb Main constituents: alkaloids (ephedrine, pseudoephedrine- debated- alkaloids are related to ephedrine), essential oils, steroids, phytosterol, resin Energetics: cooling, sweet Main herbal actions: aphrodisiac, amoebicidal, astringent, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,79,4,81,83,6,37,33,36,55,1,32,45,78,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-amoebicidal","category-aphrodisiac","category-aryuvedic-herbs","category-astringent","category-bronchodilator","category-circulatory-system","category-cooling","category-demulcent","category-energetics-taste","category-heart","category-module1","category-properties","category-stimulating","category-sweet","category-tonic","column","threecol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=351"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":353,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351\/revisions\/353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}