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Hadjod is a famous perennial climbing herb. It is also known as Cissus quadrangular and belongs to family Vitaceae. The stem of the plant has visible nodes and internodes. The leaves are glabrous i.e. smooth in appearance and ovate in shape. The flowers of the plant are greenish white in colour. Its fruits vary from dark purple to black in colour and contain many seeds.
The shrub is native to Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and India, but is also grown in Arabia, South East Asia and Africa. Hadjod is also called bone setter. In Sanskrit, it is called Asthisamharaka, i.e. the one that protects the bone and saves it from destruction. It has pungent and sweet taste and is hot in nature, supports bones and enhances joint healing and gives strength to the bones.
All parts of the plant including leaves, root and stem have medicinal characteristics.
The chemical constituents of the plant include ß-carotene, calcium oxalate, 3-ketosteroids, ß-sitosterol, ascorbic acid and flavonoids like, kaempferol and quercetin. The stem also has two unsymmetrical tetra cyclic tritrepenoids and two main natural steroids along with d-amyrone and amyrin. It also possesses moisture, fat, protein, fiber, wax, mucilage, carbohydrates, calcium, phosphorus, potassium and magnesium. High content of ascorbic acid imparts strong anti-oxidant property to Hadjod. All these natural ingredients provide different physiological and metabolic functions to the herb.
Chemical analysis of Cissus quadrangular shows high quantity of ascorbic acid or vitamin C, anabolic steroids, carotene and calcium, which may be responsible for certain prominent medicinal actions, such as anti-osteoporotic, gastro-protective, anti-ulcer, anti-microbial, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antioxidant and bone healing, cholinergic or regulation of central nervous system activity.
Benefits of Hadjod
Hadjod is used in plant-based supplement called Bonboost Tablet by Preserva Wellness as it provides strength to bone and improves over-all health.