Cheruvall ചെറുവള്ളാൽ

MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Cheruvall is a prostrate herb found in NE India and SE Asia. Leaves are simple, circular-heart-shaped, with seven triangular shallow lobes. Leaves are 2.5-5 x 3-5.5 cm in size, and the margin has rounded teeth. Java pennywort is closely related to Indian pennywort. Tiny white flowers arise in 20 flowered umbels. Java pennywort is seen in shady, moist places at altitudes greater than 1300 m. Flowers have five greenish-white petals and five stamens. Fruit is broadly ovoid, 1 mm, laterally compressed. In Manipur, the leaves are eaten as a substitute for Indian pennywort. Flowering: June-July.
It is a cooling tonic, alterative and diuretic. It is also a local stimulant and used especially in cutaneous diseases. The leaves are used as blood purifier and indigestion, nervousness and dysentery. The leafstalks have a pungent aromatic odour and are said to be useful in toothache. It is used in china as a plaster for dog bite.