red physic nut, wild castor, wild croton

Baliospermummontanum is a plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. Baliospermummontanum is a stout undershrub with numerous flowers.

Distribution: Baliospermummontanum is distributed throughout the sub-Himalayan tracts from Khasi Hills to Kashmir. It is common in Bihar, West Bengal, and Peninsular and Central India.

Baliospermummontanum is a stout under-shrub 0.9-1.8m in height with herbaceous branches from the roots. Leaves are simple, sinuate-toothed, upper ones small, lower ones large and sometimes palmately 3-5 lobed. Flowers are numerous, arranged in axillary racemes with male flowers above and a few females below. Fruits are capsules, 8- 13mm long and obovoid. Seeds are ellipsoid smooth and mottled

Medicinal Uses of Danti @ The roots and leaves of Danti herb are heating, purgative, anti-parasitic, and diuretic/stimulates urine production.
@ For obstinate constipation, the root powder is prescribed.
@ The seed is given in a dose of one seed as drastic purgative. A larger dose of seeds is poisonous.
@ The roots are used in the treatment of diseases of the liver (dropsy, anascara, and jaundice).
@ The decoction of roots is given in the treatment of pitta-jwar.
@ The decoction of roots detoxifies the body and helps to cure diseases of the skin.
@ For asthma, the decoction of leaves is used.
@ The paste of leaves is applied topically on wounds to hasten to heal.
@ The seed oil is rubefacient and used topically in rheumatism and joint pain.
Danti is used in the treatment of diseases of the skin, burning, swelling, abdominal diseases, intestinal parasites, piles, stones, itching, wound, Gulma, jaundice.