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Bala Herb Health Benefits and Uses – What is Bala Herb?
Bala Herb is a small highly branched shrub covered in a woolly pubescence.
Bala is found in tropical and subtropical regions in both hemispheres, often as an invasive weed of tropical pastures
The Botanical Name of Bala is Sida cordifolia
Botanical Names
- Sida cordifolia
- Malvaceae
Similar Species
- S. acuta
- S. rhombifolia
- S. spinosa
Synonyms
- Bariar
- Barial
- Jamglimedhi
- Arivalmanaippundu
- Kuruntotti
- Country Mallow
Health benefits, Indications and uses
- Arrhythmia
- congestive heart failure
- paralysis
- sciatica
- neuritis
- neuralgia
- epilepsy
- rheumatism
- asthma
- anorexia
- fatigue
- impotence
- spermatorrhoea
- gonorrhoea
- cystitis
- leucorrhoea
- urinary frequency
- diabetes
- diarrhoea
- dysentery
- haemorrhoids
- chronic fever
Contraindications
- Kaphakopa
- Ama
- Use with caution in hypertension due to the presence of ephedrine
