VETPALAI SOAP (Wrightia tinctoria)

Description

The genus Wrightia is named after name of Scottish physician and botanist William Wright¹. Locally in India W. tinctora is known by various vernacular names like Kalakuada (Marathi), Meetha indrajo, dhudi/ dudhalo, Kuruchi, Kuda (Hindi), Indrajava, Svetkutaja, Krasnkutaja, Hyamaraka (Sanskrit), Indrajav (Bengali), Banthappala, Kampippaala, Nilappalla, Kota kappala (Malyalum), Vetpala virai, Veppalai (Tamil), Ankuduchettu, Kondajemudu, Amkuda (Telugu). W. Tinctoria has mainly two subspecies first is W. tinctoria ssp. tinctoria which is distributed mainly in western, southern and eastern India.

The woody stem of wrightia tinctoria show significant activity against wide range of bacteria as well as fungi. Wrightia tinctoria attains resistant against microorganism³. Various literatures revealed that Wrightia tinctoria is a significant medicinal plant which has diverse pharmacological activity along with huge phytochemical constituents. Wrightia tinctoria shows the presence of lots of phytochemical constituents like steroids, triterpenoids, Saponins, tannins, phenols, flavonoids, glycosides, carbohydrates, alkaloids, polyphenols and these phytochemicals are responsible for the various pharmacological plus medicinal properties like Anti-inflammatory activity, Anti-microbial, Anti-oxidant, Anti-cancer, Anti- diabetic, Anti-psoriatic activity etc³

In Siddha system of medicine there is evidence of use in the treatment of psoriasis and other skin diseases.

Ingredients:

Saponified coconut oil with vetpalai extract and perfume.

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