Musumusukai - Solanum Trilobatum is a thorny creeper that bears bluish purple flowers and small sized fruits. It is also called the purple fruited pea eggplant. It is propagated by seeds. It has been called the kayakalpa in Siddha medicine.In villages, these leaves are mixed with other herbs and made in the form of concoction. This drink is given to cold affected person for instant relief. It is a tropical annual growing plant that grows 50 cm in height.
Animal experiments have shown various traditional or folkloric medicinal claims that include hypolipidemic, hypotensive, hypoglycaemic, hepatoprotective, immunomodulatory, antiulcer, antimicrobial, local anaesthetic and anxiolytic characteristics of plant extracts.
# In Nigeria, the decoction of young shoots and leaves are used as aperient for children.
# In India, bitter leaves and tender shoots are used for vertigo and biliousness.
# Leaf sap is used in Tanganyika as a dressing for wounds, amoebiasis and leaves are used as a poultice for burns.
# In Nigeria, seed are chewed or used in decoction to induce perspiration.
# In Senegal, fruits are used as a vermifuge.
# In Nigeria, roots are used to provide relief from toothache and facial neuralgia.
# Mix small quantity of pointed gourd with pinch of turmeric with 4/5 garlic added to water in form of concoction. It is helpful for sore throat due to cold.
# Use the leaves for maintaining normal glycemic index.
# The daily intake of Nugu dasari provides relief from cough.
# Add grinded fenugreek seeds with Patol to promote strength and stamina in both genders.
# Add dry grapes to musumusukai for controlling vomiting.
# To treat bile related diseases, grinded amla fruit with the plant for healing bile problems.
# For asthma, soak musumusukai juice with long pepper for few hours. Dry it in the sun and powder it. Take two grams of this powder with honey on betal leaf.
# In Siddha, leaf and roots are used for treating dyspnea, fever, hepatic disorders, abdominal disorders, vomiting and cough.
# Leaf decoction is used for treating hypertension and nasobronchial diseases.
# The herb is useful in treating allergic bronchitis, bronchial asthma, bronchiectasis, chronic bronchitis, cold, productive cough, upper or lower respiratory tract infections and difficulty in breathing.
# It controls endless cough, wheezing, cold, dry cough, allergic, tuberculosis and asthma.