Serpentina Root

Serpentina Root

Rauwolfia serpentina, also known as Indian snakeroot, devil pepper, or serpentine wood. The root of the plant is ground into a powder or sold in tablets or capsules, and is commonly used in Asian medicine, including traditional Ayurvedic medicine from India. The herb has been used to help maintain healthy blood pressure levels and to treat hypertension and Neuropsychiatric disorders.

• Hindi Name: सर्पगंधा
• Botanical Name: Rauvolfia Serpentine Benth
• Family: Apocynaceae
• Part Used: Root
• Chemical Composition: It contains salt, resin, white juice, gum, potassium carbonate, phosphate. calcium. cautic and manganese. In addition to these, there are about twenty five elements usually observed. Ajmalicidine, ajmalicine, rouhjmbiiie . Indobinine, reserpiline, reserpine, sarpagine, serpentine, serpentinine, yohimbine, ajmalimine, ajmaline, rauwolfinine (perakenine), sandwicolidine, serpinine etc. Reserpine (an indole alkoloid) is the antihypertensive principle having tranguillizing property also. Ajmaline in combination with other hypotensive agents, is used in the treatment of HTN complicated with sarrythmia.