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Blood purifier, antisyphilitic, antileucorrhoeic, galactogenic, antidiarrhoeal, antirheumatic, febrifuge, alterative. Roots used against gonorrhoea, leucoderma, bleeding piles, jaundice and dysentery.Key application Smilax sp.—in skin diseases and urinary infections. (German Commission E included Smilax sp. among unapprovedherbs.) Hemidesmus indicus does not contain the same saponins or other principal constituents which are found in sarsaparilla. (Tyler’s Honest Herbal.)The root contains coumarino-lignoids, hemidesmine, hemidesmin-1.2The stem contains pregnane glycosides, hemidine, hemidescine, emidine and indicine, a triterpene lactone, a lupanone, besides lupeol acetate, sitosterol and hexadecanoic acid and several hydroxy- methoxybenzaldehydes. Aqueous extract of the root is bacteriostaticagainst Mycobacteriumleprae.used in managing bloodsugar levels, helps in preventing liver damage by protecting the insulin-producing cells, improves hair growth, use in treating skin-related problems