Babchi

MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
An erect annual herb, 0.5-1 m high, with grooved and gland-dotted stems and branches, broadly-elliptic or ovate leaves, small, purplish-violet flowers, in axillary racemes and ovoid-oblong, compressed, mucronate, dark brown to black indehiscent pods containing solitary, smooth, flattened, dark brown, reniform seeds having an agreeable aroma and taste.
There are many traditional medicinal uses of Babchi. According to Ayurveda, root is useful in carries of teeth whereas leaves are good for diarrhea. Fruit is diuretic, and causes biliousness. It is useful in treatment of vomiting, piles, bronchitis, inflammation, anaemia etc. Seed of Babchi is used for making pills.