Hadjod is a fleshy plant that is widely used in cooking traditional soups, chutneys and dals in India. Additionally, its immense curative abilities are documented in great detail in Ayurveda. According to scholarly texts of this age-old practice of Indian medicine, hadjod portrays powerful traits in mending fractures of the bones, as well as being an excellent natural remedy for flatulence, indigestion, weight loss, epilepsy, decreased sexual desire and haemorrhoids.