Venivel: 2 definitions
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Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and DrugsVenivel [વેણીવેલ] in the Gujarati language is the name of a plant identified with Cissampelos pareira var. hirsuta (Buch.-Ham. ex DC.) from the Menispermaceae (Moonseed) family having the following synonyms: Cissampelos hirsuta, Cissampelos nepalensis, Cissampelos cordifolia. For the possible medicinal usage of venivel, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Venivel in India is the name of a plant defined with Cissampelos pareira in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Chondodendron tomentocarpum (Rusby) Moldenke (among others).
2) Venivel is also identified with Coscinium fenestratum It has the synonym Menispermum fenestratum Gaertn. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
· Flora Japonica (Thunberg) (1784)
· Food and Chemical Toxicology
· Plukenet, Leonard, 1642–1706,
· Florae Fluminensis Icones
· Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (1821)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Venivel, for example health benefits, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, diet and recipes, side effects, have a look at these references.
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Indian Medicinal Plants (by Kanhoba Ranchoddas Kirtikar)
48. Cissampelos pareira, Linn. < [Menispermaceae (moonseed family)]