Turpeth Root, Turbod

🌿 Industries That Use Turpeth Root (Operculina turpethum L.)

Here is the professional breakdown for Turpeth Root from Operculina turpethum (also known as Indian Jalap, Trivrit, or Nishoth):

🌱 What Is Turpeth Root?

Turpeth Root, derived from Operculina turpethum, is a powerful medicinal root used primarily in Ayurvedic, Unani, and traditional herbal systems. It is recognized for its strong purgative (laxative) and detoxifying properties. The plant belongs to the morning glory family (Convolvulaceae) and thrives in tropical Asia and the Middle East.

The root contains resins, turpethin, glycosides, and flavonoids, which make it valuable for applications in gastrointestinal support, detox protocols, and liver-cleansing formulas.

1. Pharmaceutical & Traditional Medicine Industry

Turpeth root is classified as a major herbal purgative in Ayurveda and used for detoxification, constipation, inflammation, and edema.

Applications:

• Purgative action: used for chronic or stubborn constipation

• Hepatic detox: supports liver and gallbladder function

• Anti-inflammatory: used in arthritis, skin disease, and gout

• Kapha and Pitta disorders: clears excess mucus, bile, or toxins

✅ Administered as powder (Churna), decoction, or part of classical formulations
✅ Key ingredient in Trivrit Lehyam, Avipattikar Churna, and other Ayurvedic compounds

2. Nutraceutical & Detox Supplement Industry

Turpeth root is featured in cleansing and detox regimens, especially for gut and liver health.

Uses:

• Colon-cleansing capsules or powders

• Formulated in herbal detox teas

• Added to digestive and laxative blends

• Combined with Senna, Triphala, or Aloe resin in nutraceuticals

✅ Often labeled as part of “natural cleanse” or “herbal detox” programs

3. Cosmetic & Dermatological Industry

Due to its detoxifying and blood-purifying effects, Turpeth root is sometimes used in Ayurvedic skincare preparations.

Applications:

• Included in herbal pastes for eczema, acne, and skin inflammation

• Internal use aids in clearing skin through liver detox

• Applied in traditional skin detox oils or lepas (herbal masks)

✅ Sometimes combined with Neem, Turmeric, or Manjistha

4. Veterinary & Traditional Animal Medicine

Turpeth root is used in folk veterinary care for its strong purgative and anti-parasitic actions.

Veterinary uses:

• Given to livestock for worm expulsion

• Occasionally used for bowel cleansing in large animals

• Requires careful dosing due to strong action

✅ Trusted in Ayurvedic animal husbandry systems

5. Ethnic, Organic & Export Markets

Turpeth root is widely traded in Indian, Persian, and Southeast Asian traditional herb markets, both raw and processed.

Exported as:

• Whole dried roots or root powder

• Processed capsules or extracts

• Included in Ayurvedic compound formulas for detox or digestion

✅ Sourced mostly from India, Iran, and Sri Lanka

6. Academic & Herbal Pharmacology Research

Turpeth root has been studied for its bioactive resin (turpethin) and antimicrobial, purgative, and hepatoprotective properties.

Focus areas:

• Liver function and bile flow regulation

• Gastrointestinal motility and purgation

• Antimicrobial and antioxidant activity

• Comparative studies with Senna, Aloe, and Jalap

✅ Considered a model plant for resin-based herbal purgatives

✅ Summary of Key Applications

🌟 Key Features

• Contains turpethin, a powerful resin with purgative action

• Traditional Ayurvedic and Unani detox root

• Targets constipation, skin disorders, liver congestion, and worms

• Considered a plant-based alternative to harsh chemical laxatives

• Requires professional guidance for correct dosage due to potency

HARVEST CALENDAR

 

To order Turpeth root, please contact us.

 

 

About Operculina Turpethum Turpeth is a perennial root that grows as an Ivy and has many species. The plant has many stems that are red and almost triangular in cross section. The leaves of this plant are heart-shaped, pointed, and broad, and are attached to the stems by relatively elongated petioles. The flowers are white, large, horned, and integrated. Operculina turpethum fruit is spherical, pointed, pyramidal, pink, and opaque. On the surface of this fruit, there are three longitudinal grooves and inside them, usually three or four black seeds, almost spherical and relatively large.

The root is cylindrical, light, hollow, slightly tangled and has an uneven surface. It has dark skin and white inside. Inside the root of some of its species are black and some are yellow. Numerous small holes can be seen in its cross section, which are filled with a resinous substance in the form of small yellow droplets, which is the laxative substance. The root is tasteless at first. But a few moments after tasting, it turns to a nauseating taste.

The best root has a soft surface, it is easily powdered, it tastes a little spicy, it is not worm-eaten, it is fresh, white, hollow, and has resin inside.

 

Turpeth Root Temperament

Third degree of hot, third degree of dry

 

Operculina Turpethum Chemical Constituents

glucoside tupethine, jalapin, turpethene, jalapic acid, ipomoeic acid, tampicolic acid, valerianic acid

 

Turpeth Root Health Benefits

Indian Jalap root expels diluted moisture. The cortex of the roots expels phlegm and yellow bile from the body.

Turbith root is useful for paralysis, joint pain, neurological diseases, sciatica, cough caused by stomach moisture, ascites, asthma, and muscle diseases.

Eating it with Ginger removes thick and viscous phlegm from the depths of the body, dilutes it and expels it. Transparent Wood-Rose root purifies the brain, stomach, and uterus from phlegm, unlocking them.

Eating Indian Jalap root with Sweet Almond oil and Flaxseeds, improve chronic cough and chest pain.

Eating it with Myrobalan (Terminalia Chebula) purifies the brain, and cures melancholy, maniac, and epilepsy.

 

Turpeth Root Dose

Alone up to 7 grams
Along with other decoctions up to 12.5 grams

 

Turpeth Root Side Effects

Intestine. Causes dryness in the body organs, nausea, and sadness. Harmful to hot temperaments and people with hot hearts.

Black Turbith root is very toxic and causes severe diarrhea, anesthesia, dizziness, hoarseness and burning abdominal.

Yellow Turbith root is also somewhat toxic.

 

Turpeth Root Modifiers

First, scrape the black cortex of Turpeth. Then mix it with a little sweet Almond oil or Pistachio oil and eat it with Gum Tragacanth.

Cold water shouldn’t be drunk after eating this root. Because it reduces the effect.

Eating it with Ginger strengthens its effects.

If someone is poisoned with black one, give them milk and Almond milk to make them vomit.

To order Turpeth root, please contact us.