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Vinca - The Healer

Vincarosea or Madagascar Periwinkle is one of  the widely found plants in India. Most of us must have seen it but not aware of its benefits. Be it wounds, mosquito/insect bites, burns or constipation, vinca does a black magic to all these health issue. Growing it is also not a big deal
as it does not require a very fertile soil to grow. Here are some facts about Vincarosea.

Vincarosea - Sadabahar in Hindi means evergreen, Nithyakalyani in Tamil and Malayalam; and Billaganneru in Telugu.  This plant bears flowers throughout the year.  Though there are many varieties of it grown as ornamental plants. Only two varieties of this plant  which bear white and light purple hued flowers possess medicinal values. 

Medicinal contents: The leaves contain vincalyoko Blacitin, vincristin. The alkaloids present in these leaves are used for curing blood cancer.  

Simple home medicine from Vincarosea for Blood Pressure:
It contains an alkaloid called Alstonine which is effective in reducing blood pressure. Clean the leaves and dry them in sun. Make a powder of these leaves and store them in dry place. Now boil one spoon of powder with boiled water. Let the water level decrease till half.  Intake of this mixture once daily decreases blood pressure.

For wounds:
Smash Vinca Rosea leaves and turmeric together. Apply to wounded area 3 to 4 times a day. Wound  recovers sooner. The same mixture can also be applied to mosquito and insect bites.

For Burns:
Soak rice overnight and grind them together with leaves. Apply this paste to burns and water boils produced by burns. This heals the burns very quickly.

For constipation:
Mix one banana and 4 spoons of Vincarosea leaf water together.  This mixture taken after dinner daily cures constipation.

For heavy bleeding during Periods:
Simply boil 3 to 4 leaves with water and drinking this twice a day decreases heavy bleeding during periods.

For diabetes:
Every morning chewing 4 to 5 Vincarosea leaves in empty stomach decreases diabetes.
Also boiling white Vincarosea flower in water and drinking it early mornings in empty stomach reduces diabetes.
The other benefits of Vincarosea plant are:

• It can help relieve the symptoms of sore throat, mouth ulcer, nose bleeding and gingivitis.
• The chemicals in these plants are considered to be helpful in boosting memory and help fight depression.
• It has sedative and tranquilizing properties.
• The plant possesses chemical substances like vinblastine and vincristine, a chemotherapy medication used to treat several types of cancers, and treatment of leukaemia.

Vincarosea is an herb which can be easily grown in your backyard or pots. This evergreen plant will bloom throughout the year and provide you with health in abundance.

Most important thing of this shrub is, all homemade medicines should be prepared from Vinca Rosea leaves and flowers. The roots and shoots extracts contains toxic contents and has heat producing agents.

Periwinkle is extensively grown in India for the last several centuries and exported to developed countries.   Most of the exports take place from Tuticorin port in Tamil Nadu. 

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