Vinca Rosea (Sadabahar) — Family Name: Apocynaceae Botanical Name: Vinca Rosea Common Name: Periwinkle, Madagascar Periwinkle, Sadabahar Part Used: Leaves and Roots. Habitat: Grows throughout India and found as an escape in waste places and sandy tracts. Uses: Its alkaloids are hypotensive, sedative and have tranquilising properties and are anti cancerous. It helps in relieving muscle pain, depression of central …
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Valeriana Wallichii (Indian Valerian, Valerian Jatamansi, Taggar) — Family Name: Valerianaceae Botanical Name: Valeriana Wallichii Common Name: Indian Valerian, Valerian, Valerian Jatamansi, Taggar Part Used: Roots Habitat: Temperate zone of North western Himalayas upto an altitude of 3000 m. Uses: It is Anti Spasmodic, Stimulant, Calmative and Stomachic. It is useful in diseases of eye blood, livers. It is used …
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Tribulus Terrestris (Gokshura) — Family Name: Zygophyllaceae Botanical Name: Tribulus Terrestris Common Name: Land Caltrops, Puncture Vine, Gokshura Part Used: Whole Plant, Seeds Uses: The roots and fruits are sweet, coling, emollient, appetizer, alternate, laxative, cardiotonic, styptic, lithontriptic and tonic. They are useful in strangury, dysuria, vitiated conditions of vat and pitta, renal and vesical calculi, anorexia, dyspepsia, helminthiasis, cough, …
Read More »Usefulness of Ginger
Usefulness of Ginger — Ginger is a tropical plant which is mostly flourished in Southern Asia, Jamaica and Nigeria. It is commonly used in Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine for over two thousand years to treat number of health related problems, like stomach disorder, vomiting, diarrhea, motion sickness and rheumatism. Ginger is anti oxidant in nature. In Chinese medicine, half of …
Read More »Tinospora Cordifolia (Gulanshe Tinospara, Gulancha Tinospara, Tinospara, Giloy)
Tinospora Cordifolia (Gulanshe Tinospara, Gulancha Tinospara, Tinospara, Giloy) — Family Name: Menispermaceae Botanical Name: Tinospora Cordifolia Common Name: Gulanshe Tinospara, Gulancha Tinospara, Tinospara, Giloy Part Used: Stem Habitat: North And South India. Uses: It is an Antiperiodic, Antipyretic, Alterative, Diuretic, Anti-inflammatory. It is a contituent of several compound preparations. It is used in fever, urinary disorders, dyspepsia, general debility and …
Read More »Terminalia Chebula (Harithaki, Harad, Karkchettu, Kadukkaya, Harade)
Terminalia Chebula (Harithaki, Harad, Karkchettu, Kadukkaya, Harade) — Family Name: Combretaceae Botanical Name: Terminalia Chebula Common Name: Harithaki (Sanskrit and Bengali), Harad (Hindi), Karkchettu (Telugu), Kadukkaya (Tamil), Harade (Marathi and Gujarati). Part Used: Fruits, Roots, Bark Habitat: Grows Throughout India. Uses: It is Astringent, Purgative, Stomachic and Laxative. It is useful in asthma, piles and cough. It is also useful …
Read More »Terminalia Belerica (Belleric Myrobalan, Beleric, Baehra)
Terminalia Belerica (Belleric Myrobalan, Beleric, Baehra) — Family Name: Combretaceae Botanical Name: Terminalia Belerica Common Name: Belleric Myrobalan, Beleric, Baehra Part Used: Fruit Habitat: Grown throughout India. Uses: It is Astringent, Tonic, Expectorant and Laxative. It is used in coughs and sore throat. Its pulp is used in dropsy, piles and diarrhoea. It is also useful in leprosy, fever and …
Read More »Syzygium Cumini (Eugenia Jambolana, Black Plum, Jaman, Jamun, Jambolan)
Syzygium Cumini (Eugenia Jambolana, Black Plum, Jaman, Jamun, Jambolan) — Family Name: Myrtaceae Botanical Name: Syzygium Cumini Common Name: Eugenia Jambolana, Plum, Black Plum, Jaman, Jambolan Part Used: Seeds, Leaves, Fruits, Bark Uses: The leaves are antibacterial and are used for strengthning the teeth and gums. The fruits and seeds are sweet, acrid, sour, tonic, and cooling, and are used …
Read More »Sida Cordifolia (Indian Ephedra, Mallow plant, Janglimedhi, Bala, Vatya, Bariyar, Kharethi)
Sida Cordifolia (Indian Ephedra, Mallow plant, Janglimedhi, Bala, Vatya, Bariyar, Kharethi) — Family Name: Malvaceae Botanical Name: Sida Cordifolia Common Name: Indian Ephedra, Mallow plant, Janglimedhi, Bala, Vatya, Bariyar, Kharethi Part Used: Roots and leaves, whole plant Habitat: Tropical and sub-tropical India and Nepal at an altitude of about 1,050 m. Introduction Sida Cordifolia, an erect, minutely hairy and branched …
Read More »Sarsaparilla (Sarasaparilla, Indian Sarasaparilla, Anantamul)
Sarsaparilla (Sarasaparilla, Indian Sarasaparilla, Anantamul) — Family Name: Ascelepiadaceae Botanical Name: Hemidesmus Indicus Common Name: Sarasaparilla, Indian Sarasaparilla, Anantamul Part Used: Root Habitat: Found In Central India. Uses: It is Tonic, Diuretic, Demulcent, Disphoretic and Blood purifier. Employed in Nutritional disorders, syphilis, chronic rheumatism, gravel and other urinary diseases and skin afections. It is also employed as a vehicle for …
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