🔱Siddha Medicine
Soap Berry (Poovilangu)
Sapindus mukorossi
About Soap Berry (Poovilangu)
Soap Berry (Poovilangu) (Sapindus mukorossi) is a herb used in the Siddha Medicine tradition to help with Hair Loss, Skin Health, Dandruff, and Lice. The fruit / berries are the part traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Sapindus mukorossi is a species of tree in the Sapindaceae family. The fruit is commonly known as Indian Soapberry or washnut, and like other species in the genus Sapindus, it is called soapberry. It is also a native of Western coastal Maharashtra – Konkan, and Goa in India. Sapindus mukorrossi, known as the ritha or reetha tree in Nepal, is a deciduous tree that is grown in the lower foothills and midhills of the Himalayans, up...
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Fruit / Berries · internal