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Allspice, tropical evergreen tree (Pimenta diocia, formerly P. officinalis) of the myrtle family (Myrtaceae), native to the West Indies and Central America and valued for its berries, the source of highly aromatic spice. Allspice was so named because the flavour of the dried berry resembles a combination of cloves, cinnamon, and nutmeg. It is widely used in baking and is usually present in mincemeat and mixed pickling spice. Early Spanish explorers, mistaking it for a type of pepper, called it pimenta, hence its botanical name and such terms as pimento and Jamaica pepper. The first record of its import to Europe is from 1601.
The allspice tree attains a height of about 9 metres (30 feet). The fruits are picked before they are fully ripe and then dried in the sun. During drying the berries turn from green to a dull reddish-brown. The nearly globular fruit, about 5 millimetres (0.2 inches) in diameter, contains two kidney-shaped, dark-brown seeds. Its flavour is aromatic and pungent. The essential oil content is about 4 1/2 per cent for Jamaica allspice and about 2 1/2 per cent for that of Central America; its principal component is eugenol.
The name allspice is applied to several other aromatic shrubs as well, especially to one of the sweet shrubs, the Carolina allspice (Calycanthus floridus), a handsome flowering shrub native to the southeastern United States and often cultivated in England. Other allspices include the Japanese allspice (Chimonanthus praecox), native to eastern Asia and planted as an ornamental in England and the United States; the wild allspice, or spicebush (Lindera benzoin), a shrub of eastern North America, with aromatic berries, reputed to have been used as a substitute for true allspice.
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Alternative Title: Pimpinella anisum
Anise, (Pimpinella anisum), annual herb of the parsley family (Apiaceae), cultivated chiefly for its fruits, called aniseed, the flavour of which resembles that of licorice. Native to Egypt and the eastern Mediterranean region, anise is cultivated in southern Europe, southern Russia, the Middle East, North Africa, Pakistan, China, Chile, Mexico, and the United States. Star anise, an unrelated plant, has a similar flavour profile.
Aniseed is widely used to flavour pastries; it is the characteristic ingredient of a German bread called anisbrod. In the Mediterranean region and in Asia, aniseed is commonly used in meat and vegetable dishes. It makes a soothing herbal tea and has been used medicinally from prehistoric times. The essential oil is used to flavour absinthe, anisette, and Pernod liqueurs.
The plant reaches up to 0.75 metres (2.5 feet) tall. The leaves near the base are long-stalked and simple, whereas the leaves along the stem are compound with shorter stalks. Its small yellowish white flowers form loose umbels. The fruit is a schizocarp (a dry fruit formed of multiple carpels that separate) and is nearly ovoid in shape. It is about 3.5 mm (0.12 inch) long and has five longitudinal dorsal ridges. The essential oil content is about 2.5 percent, and its principal component is anethole.
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Family
Apocynaceae/Asclepiadaceae.
Botanical Name
Calotropis procera, (Aiton) Dryand.
Synonyms
Asclepias patula Decne, Asclepias procera Aiton, Calotropis busseana K. Schum, Calotropis heterophylla Wall. ex Wight, Calotropis inflexa Chiov, Calotropis syriaca Woodson.
Regional Name
English : Madar Tree, Hindi : Aak, Madar, Akavana, Sanskrit : Ravi, Bhanu, Tapana, Punjabi : Ak, Urdu : Madar, Aak, Assamese : Akand, Akan, Bengali : Akanda, Akone, Gujrati : Aakado, Kannada : Ekka, Ekkadagida, Ekkegida, Kashmiri : Acka, Malayalam : Erikku, Marathi : Rui, Oriya : Arakha, Tamil : Vellerukku, Erukku, Telugu : Jilledu.
Part Used
Root bark, flowers, leaf, latex, seeds.
Description
Aak is probably native to India, globally distributed in China, Southeast Asia, Middle East, and North Africa, Tropical Africa, and Asia. Within India, it is found growing wild throughout in comparatively drier and warmer areas, up to an altitude of 1050 m. It occurs in open habitats such as cultivated fields, roadsides, grazing lands, and other disturbed or degraded sites. It is a shrub or small tree, generally up to 2.5-4 m (max. 6) high. Stem round, usually simple (rarely branched), pale green, thickly covered with hoary pubescence which readily rubs off. Leaves decussate, obovate, acuminate 10-20 cm long and 4-10 cm wide. Inflorescence a dense, multiflowered, umbellate cyme arising from the nodes and appearing axillary or terminal. Corolla slightly campanulate, with 5 sepals that are 4-5 mm long; segments ovate, acute, rather concave, dull purple bordered with white on the upper side, silvery on the underside. Fruits subglobose, ellipsoid or ovoid, recurved follicle, 7.5-10.0 cm. Seed light-brown, broadly ovate, flattened, 3.2 cm with silky hairs. A white milky sap is exuded from any wound on the plant.
Ayurvedic Properties
Rasa (taste) - Katu (pungent), Tikta (bitter), Guna (qualities) - Laghumn (lightness), Ruksha (dryness), Teekshna, Vipaka - Katu, Virya -Ushna.
Ayurvedic Applications
Gulma, Svasa, Kustha, Krmiroga, Kandu.
Phytoconstituents
The plants contain the cardenolide, proceragenin, while the root bark contains benzoylinesolone and benzoylisolinelone, α-amyrin,β-amyrin , lupeol, β-sitosterol and flavanols like quercetin-3-rutinoside. .In the leaves, mudarine is the principal active constituent as well as a bitter yellow acid, resin and 3 toxic glycosides calotropin, uscharin , calotoxin and calotropagenin. Flower contains calotropenyl acetate, and multiflavenol and the latex contains uzarigenin, and terpenol ester. The latex contains a powerful bacteriolytic enzyme, a very toxic glycoside calactin (the concentration of which is increased following insect or grasshopper attack as a defense mechanism), calotropin D I, calotropin D II, calotropin-F I, calotropin F II and a non-toxic protealytic enzyme calotropin (2 %-3 %).
Medicinal Uses
It is used in the diseases like Asthma, Ear ache, Stomach ache, Arthritis, Skin disease, Haemorrhoids, useful in anorexia, Root bark is useful in cough, cold and constipation.
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English Name
Biotite Mica
Definition
Abhraka is Biotite mica, a ferromagnesian silicate K (Mg Fe)3X(Si3AlO11) X (OH)2}. It is a black variety of mica group of minerals.
Synonyms
Samskata : Ghana, Vyoma, Abhra, Ni?candra, Vyomaka, Vajra, Vajr?bhra, Krsnabhra
Regional Name
Bangali - Abhraka, English - Mica, Gujarati - Abhraka, Hindi - Abhrak, Abarak, Kannada - Abhraka, Malayalam - Abrakam, Marathi - Abhraka, Tamil - Abragam, Karuppu Appirakam (S.F.I.), Telugu - Abbarakam, Urdu - Abrak Siyah (N.F.U.M.)
Broad Classification
A Phyllo-Silicate
Origin and occurrence:
Abhrak occurs in igneous rocks in pure form as well as in metamorphic rocks as schists and gneisses. It occurs in ore form in pegmatites but pure mineral in sheet-form can be made available through sorting in pegmatite bodies. It is found in all igneous terrains of the earth’s crust. In India, it occurs mostly in the mica belts of Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and Jharkhand. The main deposits in these states occur at Ajmer, Bhilwara, Tonk and Pali in Rajasthan, Kalichedu, Thalpur and Gudur in Andhra Pradesh, Koderma and Giridih in Jharkhand. Other known occurrences are in the states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and West Bengal.
Optical properties
Anisotropic, Biaxial Negative, small 2V and strong birefringence. Refractive Index: ηα 1.565-1.625; ηβ 1.605- 1.696; ηγ 1.605-1.696 (Appendix-2).
Physical Properties
Nature: Platy (separable in thin layers), Colour: Greenish black, Streak: Greenish black, Cleavage: Perfect, Fracture: Uneven, Lustre: Splendent Tenacity: Flexible 2, Transparency: Translucent, Hardness: 2.5 to 3, Sp. Gr. : 2.6 to 3
Chemical Properties:
- Effect of Heat: Hold a piece of Abhrak by forceps and heat it over a burner flame in its outer zone (about 10000). It swells almost double in volume. Colour changes from black to silver moon while water is released.
- Solubility: Take about 1 g finely powdered (150 mesh) sample of Abhrak in 250 ml beaker. Add 50 ml sulphuric acid. Stir the solution. It decomposes leaving skeleton of silica (distinction from other micas which are not affected by sulphuric acid).
- Assay: Should contain not less than 50% silica (SiO2) when analysed by gravimetric method (Appendix-3.1.3).
- Heavy metals and Arsenic: Should not contain more than the stated limits for the following: - Lead = 45 ppm, Arsenic = 3 ppm, and Cadmium =2 ppm Appendix-3.2).
- Other Elements: May contain the following within ± 20% of the stated limits:- Iron = 6%, Aluminium = 5%, Magnesium = 9% and Potassium = 5% (Appendix-3.1 & 3.2).
?odhana
Shall not be used in the formulation without subjecting it to ?odhana. Abhrak is always used in the form of bhasma, the therapeutic uses, dose and other details of which are given in the monograph of bhasma.
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Botanical Name
Zingiber officinale Roscoe
Family
Zingiberaceae.
Synonyms
Zingiber officinale var. Cholmondeley F.M.Bailey, Zingiber officinale f. macrorhizonum (Makino) M.Hiroe, Zingiber officinale var. macrorhizonum Makino, Zingiber officinale f. Rubens (Makino) M.Hiroe, Zingiber officinale var. Rubens Makino, Zingiber officinale var. rubrum Theilade.
Regional Name
English: Ginger, Hindi: Adarakha, Adrak, Sanskrit: Katubhadra, Srngavera, Urdu: Adrak, Bengali : Ada, Gujrati : Adu, Kannada : Alla, Hasishunti, Malayalam: Inchi, Marathi : Ardrak, Ale, Punjabi : Adi, Adrak, Tamil: Injeel, Allam, lakottai, Inji, Telugu: Allamu, Allam.
Part Used
Fresh Rhizome.
Description
Adrak is known to have originated and widely cultivated in India and introduced to China after a while. This spice and medicine is recognized for use in major parts of the world especially Europe, Jamaica, Fiji, Indonesia and Australia. Ginger is a creeping perennial rhizomatous herb which can grow to a height of about 0.6-1.8 m tall, leaves are 15-30cm long, Rhizome, laterally compressed bearing short, flattish, ovate, oblique, branches on upper side each having at its apex a depressed scar, pieces about 5-15 cm long, 1.5-6.5 cm wide (usually 3-4 cm) and 1-1.5 cm thick, externally buff coloured showing longitudinal striations and occasional loose fibres, fracture short, smooth, transverse surface exhibiting narrow cortex (about one-third of radius), a well-marked endodermis and a wide stele showing numerous scattered fibro-vascular bundles and yellow secreting cells, odour agreeable and aromatic, taste, agreeable and pungent.
Phytoconstituents
Adrak contains Volatile Oils containing Cineole zingiberol, and sesquiterpene like zingiberene, bisobolene and sesqui phellandrene, gingerosol in the oleo-resin. It also contains Essential oil, pungent constituents (gingerol and shogaol) and starch.
Medicinal Uses
It is used in Digestive disorders, dyspepsia, flatulence, vomiting, spasms, colic and other stomach problems, osteoarthritis, cancer, ache, pain, inflammation, cough, cold, nausea, preventing flu, asthma and tuberculosis. It relieves impotency, premature ejaculation, involuntary seminal discharge and also spermatorrhoea, relieving painful irregular menstruation and improves immunity.
Ayurvedic Properties
Rasa : Katu, Guna : Guru, Ruksa, Tiksna, Vipaka : Madhura, Virya : Usna, Karma : Bhedana, Dipana, Hrdya, Pacana, Kaphahara, Rocana, Svarya, Vrsaya Vatahara, Vatakaphapaha.
Ayurvedic Applications
Sula, Vibandha, Anaha, Sopha, Kantharoga.
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Botanical Name
Capparis sepiaria L.
Family
Capparaceae.
Synonyms
Capparis affinis Merr., Capparis emarginata C.Presl, Capparis flexicaulis Hance, Capparis incanescens DC., Capparis trichopetala Valeton, Capparis umbellata R.Br. ex DC.
Regional Name
English : Wild caper bush, Indian caper, Hindi : Baghanai, Kanthari, Kanthor, Hainsa, Kareruaa, Kanthar, Kanthari, Sanskrit : Ahimsra, Ahinsra, Durdharsha, Himsra, Hinsra, Kanthari, Kantharika, Vakrakantaki, Vayastinduka, Kannada : Kanthaari, Kathiramullu, Katukatiri, Musthodi, Mulhukallari, Marathi : Ardanti, Vyaghranakh, Kantharvela, Tamil : Karindu, Pantanki, Kattukathiri, Marandan, Turmokam, Thoratti, Telugu : Nalla uppi, Nallapuyyi, Nallaupli, Nallauppi, Nallavuppi, Gujarati: Kalokantharo, Bengali: Kaliakara.
Part Used
Fruit.
Description
The plant is a perennial climbing shrub with hooked spines, extremely found in tropical Asia, East Pakistan, Malesia, Indochina, China, Northern Australia, and tropical Africa. In India, it is distributed throughout the country in the plains. The plant is evergreen, strongly branched, spiny shrub up to 6 m tall, often with scandent stems up to 10 m long. Leaf-blades elliptic, ovate or obovate, 1–6.8 x 0.8–4.4 cm, apically rounded, obtuse or retuse, mucronulate, basally rounded or subcordate; petiole 2–5 mm long, pubescent or glabrescent. The inflorescence is a short terminal raceme, often umbel-like, slightly hairy, up to 20-flowered, sometimes flowers solitary in upper leaf axils. Flowers, 5–20 mm long, pediceled, pubescent, or glabrescent. Sepals 4–8 mm long, glabrous outside, puberulous or glabrescent within. Petals oblong, up to 8–9 mm long, glabrous or basally puberulous. Stamens many, 8–13 mm long. Gynophore up to 1.5 cm long; ovary ovoid, c. 2 mm long, with sessile stigma. Fruits are subglobose, many-seeded berry; green when young, red-brown when ripe, 3 to 4 cm in diameter, on a greatly thickened stalk; seeds are trigonal, 4 to 5 mm long, 3 to 4 mm wide, 2 to 3 mm thick with white thin covering.
Phytoconstituents
The plant contains Thioglucoside glucocapparin, n-triacontane, a-amyrin, and fixed oil. It also contains flavonoids, steroids, tannins, glycosides, alkaloids, gums, resins, amino acids, proteins, and anthraquinones.
Medicinal Uses
It is used to treat Arthritis, Asthma, fever, jaundice, inflammation, diarrhea and dysentery, Skin diseases, liver disorders.
Ayurvedic Properties
Rasa : Madhura, Katu, Tikta, Kasaya, Guna : Laghu, Ruksa, Virya : Usna, Vipaka : Katu, Karma : Kaphahara, Vatahara, Varnya, Visaghna, Kandughna.
Ayurvedic Applications
Bhrama, Jvara, Kandu, Kotha, Kustha, Pravahika, Raktapradara, Vrana, Sarpavisa, Vatavikara, Visvikara, Pidaka, Graharoga, Mukhadurgandha
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Botanical Name
Cyclospermum leptophyllum (Pers.) Sprague
Family
Apiaceae (Umbelliferae)
Synonyms
Apium leptophyllum (Pers.) F.Muell. exBenth.; Pimpinella leptophylla Pers.)
Regional Name
English : Oregano, Hindi :Ajmuda, Ajmod, Sanskrit :Dipyaka, Urdu :Ajmod, Punjabi : Valjawain, Ajmod, Bengali :Randhuni, Banyamani, Assamese :Bonjamani, Bonajain, Yamani, Ajowan, Gujrati :BodiAjamo, Ajamo, Kannada : Oma, Ajavana, Omakki, Kashmiri :Fakhazur, Banjuan, Malayalam :Ayamodakum, Omam, Marathi :Ajmoda, Oova, Oriya :Banajuani, Tamil :Omam, Telugu :Naranjivamu
Part Used
Fruit & Seeds
Description
Ajmod consists of dried, aromatic fruits of Cyclospermumleptophyllum (= Apiumleptophyllum), an annual herb, cultivated in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka. Fruits ovoid to conical, about 1.5-3.0 mm long and 1.2-2.8 mm wide, Surfacerough, – yellow to yellowish-green in colour, Odour aromatic, Taste is slightly bitter giving a sensation of warmth to the tongue.
Phytoconstituents
It contains mainly essential oil and fixed oil, terpenes, Phenolic compounds, volatile oil, Cardioglycosides, Saponine, Flavonoids, Alkaloids, Glycosides etc. Oil contains Isopimpinellin, rutaretin, isorutarin, anhydrorutaretin, leptophyllidin, bergapten, umbelliferone, seselin, marmesin, marmesinin, 9-hydroxy-4-methoxypsoralen, skimmin, trans-khellactone, sitosterol B-D-glucoside; D-mannito.
Ayurvedic Properties
Rasa: Katu, Tikta, Guna: Laghu, Ruksa, Virya: Usna, Vipaka:Katu
Medicinal Uses
Ajmod is used in urinary tract infections, digestive tract infections, diarrhoea, pain, inflammation, fever, dyspepsia, menstrual cramps, bronchitis, cough and asthma. It is also used in Relief from pain in osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, gouty arthritis, and non-specific arthritis.
Ayurvedic Applications
Gulma, Hikka, Aruci, Adhmana, Sula, Chardi,KrumiRoga:–Ajmod is antispasmodic, stimulant, tonic and carminative properties so it has a lot to do with the problems of the digestive system. Ajmod is also a good antimicrobial agent so it gives relief in conditions like urinary tract infections. It is useful against diseases of the digestive tract and fever. Relief from pain in osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, gouty arthritis, and non-specific arthritis. It is useful in dyspepsia and colic with or without joint pain when taken with salt and warm water. Local application of the paste or poultice of Ajmod seeds is recommended in painful joint condition.
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Botanical Name
Trachyspermum ammi (L.) Sprague
Family
Apiaceae (Umbelliferae)
Synonyms
Ammi copticum L, Trachyspermum copticum (L.) Link, Carum copticum (L.) Benth.& Hook. f.
Regional Name
English: Bishop's Weed, Hindi: Ajwain, Jevain, Sanskrit: Yavani, Yamanika, Dipyaka, Punjabi: Lodhar, Urdu: Ajwain, Assamese: Jain, Bengali: Yamani, Yauvan, Yavan, Javan, Yavani, Yoyana Gujrati: Ajma, Ajmo, Yavan, Javain, Kannada: Oma, Yom, Omu, Kashmiri: Kath, Malayalam: Omam, Ayanodakan, Marathi : Onva, Oriya : Juani, Tamil :Omam, Telugu : Vamu.
Part Used
Fruit.
Description
Ajwain is a small, erect, annual shrub that is cultivated in black soil particularly along the riverbank throughout India. It is also grown in Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Central Asian countries, China and Africa. Fruits are minute, egg-shaped, ovoid, compressed, about 2 mm long and 1 mm wide. The surface of fruits is rough with soft fine hairs, greyish brown in color with a characteristic odor and pungent taste.
Medicinal Uses
Ajwain is used in Relieves diarrhea and colic due to their stimulating, carminative, and anti-spasmodic properties. Yavani acts as an expectorant. Relieves bronchitis, habitual drinking, sore-throat, and decongest digestive and respiratory tracts. Relieves cough, cold, influenza, arthritis, asthma, and rheumatism.
Phytoconstituents
The main chemical constituents of the fruit of the herb is 50% of essential oil which consists of thymol and 21.8% fat, 21.2% fiber, and 24.6% carbohydrates per 100 grams of the seeds. Fatty acids, contains palmitic acid, oleic acid, linoleic acid, petroselenic acid, and resin acid. Other monoterpenoids include dipentene, p-cymene, camphene, b-3-carene, carvacrol, limonene, myrcene; alpha, beta, and gamma- pinene and Glycosides. The main minerals in the seeds are calcium, phosphorus, and iron, while its major vitamins are carotene, thiamine, riboflavin, and niacin.
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Botanical Name
Spilanthes acmella (L.) L.
Family
Compositae.
Regional Name
English : Toothache plant, Pellitary, Hindi : Akarkara, Sanskrit : Akallaka, Sarahattika, Bengali: Akarakara, Gujrati: Akkalkaro, Akkalgaro, Kannada: Akkallakara, Akallakara, Akalakarabha, Malayalam: Akikaruka, Akravu, Oriya: Akarakara, Punjabi: Akarakarabh, Akarakara, Telugu: Akkalakarra, Tamil : Vana-mugali, Marathi : Acharbomdi, Akalkarra, Pipu-labo, Assamese: Kulekhara,
Part Used
Flower.
Description
It is an erect, branched, annual herb that reaches a height of 15 to 60 cm. It is found in Southeast Asia and China. The plant is sprawling and much-branched, with olive-green to purple-flushed, ovate leaves. Leaves are opposite, smooth or nearly so, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, and 1.5 to 3 cm long, with a pointed tip and wedge-shaped base, and with toothed or wavy margins. Conical heads occur singly at the ends of long stalks and are about 1 cm in length. Flower heads are yellow with brown patches in the center. Achenes are flattened, oblong, dark-brown, and enclosed separately in scales.
Phytoconstituents
It contains spilanthol, acmellonate, stigmasterol, stigmasteryl-3-o-b-d-glucopyranoside and triterpenes.
Medicinal Uses
Flower heads are used for the treatment of wounds, toothache, dental cavities, looseness of teeth, pyorrhea, painful canker sores, ringworm infections, neurasthenia, insanity, flaccidity of tongue, and other mouth-related troubles. It is used for the improvements in ejaculation frequency and decreasing the post-ejaculatory interval. It is also used for the treatment of rheumatism and inflammation, tongue paralysis, stomatitis (inflamed and sore mouth), treatment for fever, sore throat, and even gum infections.
Ayurvedic Properties
Rasa: Katu, Guna: Tikshna, Ruksha, Virya : Ushna, Vipaka: Katu.
Ayurvedic Applications
Danta Krimi, Danta roga, Danta sula, Dantasaushirya, Kasa, Sotha, Svasa, Udararoga, Sullaroga, Krimi Roga, Vajikarana, Amavata.
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Botanical Name
Linum usitatissimum Linn.
Family
Linaceae
Synonyms
Linum usitatissimum subsp. bienne (Mill.) Stank, Linum usitatissimum var. crepitans Boenn., Linum usitatissimum subsp. crepitans Elladi, Linum usitatissimum subsp. humile (Mill.) Chernom., Linum usitatissimum var. humile (Mill.) Pers., Linum usitatissimum var. indehiscens Neilr., Linum usitatissimum var. stenophyllum (Boiss.) Rech.f., Linum crepitans (Boenn.) Dumor
Regional Name
English : Pellitory, Hindi : Akalkara, Sanskrit : Akallaka, Urdu : Aqaraqarha, Punjabi : Akarakarabh, Akarakara, Bengali : Akarakara, Gujrati : Akkalkaro, Akkalgaro, Kannada : Akkallakara, Akallakara, Akalakarabha, Akkallaka Hommugulu, Malayalam : Akikaruka, Akravu, Marathi : Akkalakara, Akkalakada, Oriya : Akarakara, Tamil : Akkaraka, Akkarakaram, Telugu : Akkalakarra
Part Used
Seeds.
Description
Alsi is native to the Mediterranean region and is cultivated in many parts of the world. Within India, it is cultivated throughout the plains up to an altitude of 800 m. in the Himalayas. Atasi is an erect annual herb, 0.6-1.2 m high, Seed are small, brown, glossy with a minutely pitted surface, about 4-6 mm long and 2-2.5 mm in maximum width, elongated-ovoid, flattened, rounded at one end and obliquely pointed at the other, near which on one edge, flattened planoconvex cotyledons and a radicle, nearly fills the seed and completely surrounded by a thin, whitish endosperm, both endosperm and embryo oily, test mucilaginous when soaked in water, odor, characteristic, taste, oily when chewed.
Phytoconstituents
Alsi seeds contain Fixed oil (37 - 44%), mucilage (3-10%), protein, glycosides, palmitic, stearic, oleic, linoleic acids, amino acids, and sugars. It contains campesterol, dehydroavenasterol, sitosterol, cycloartenol, omega 3, and omega 6 fatty acids, alpha-linolenic acid.
Medicinal Uses
It is useful in healing wounds and non-healing wounds, swelling, gout, rheumatism, joint and muscle pains, , ulcers, constipation, piles, fistula, chronic dysentery, Haemorrhoid, Cystitis, anorexia, cough, skin diseases, lungs disorders, breathing difficulty, Heart diseases, It is also useful in Urinary Tract Infections, potent diuretic, gonorrhea, increases the sexual stimulation and general weakness.
Ayurvedic Properties
Rasa: Madhura, Tikta, Guna: Guru, Snigdha, Vipaka: Katu, Virya: Usna, Karma: Acaksusya, Vataghna.
Ayurvedic Applications
Krmiroga, Kustha, Prameha, Siroroga.
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Botanical Name
Cassia fistula L.
Family
Leguminosae/Caesalpiniaceae.
Synonyms
Bactyrilobium fistula Willd, Cassia bonplandiana DC, Cassia excels Kunth, Cassia fistuloides Collad, Cassia rhombifolia Roxb, Cathartocarpus excelsus G.Don, Cathartocarpus fistula Pers., Cathartocarpus fistuloides (Collad.) G.Don
Regional Name
English : Indian Laburnum, Purging cassia, Hindi: Amaltas, Sanskrit : Krtamala, Vyadhighata, Sampaka, Nrpadruma, Urdu : Khiyar Shambar, Punjabi : Amaltas, Assamese : Sonaroo, Bengali : Sondala, Gujrati : Garamala, Garamalo, Kannada : Aragvadha, Kakke, Kakke-gida, Kakkernara, Kakkedai, Rajataru, Kashmiri : Kriyangal Phali, Malayalam : Konna, Kritamalam, Marathi : Bahava, Garamala, Amaltas, Oriya : Sunari, Tamil : Sarakonrai, Sarak konnai, Sarak kondi, Sharakkonrai, Telugu : Rela.
Part Used
Legume, Fruit pulp, Seeds, Bark, Wood
Description
Amaltas is native to South East Asia, now globally distributed in the Pantropics. Within India, Within India, it is found both wild and cultivated almost throughout ascending to an altitude of 1200 m. in the Himalayas. It is a golden shower medium-sized tree, growing to 10–20 m (33-66 ft) tall with fast growth, throughout India as a wild or cultivated plant, The fruit is a legume, 30–60 cm (12–24 in) long and 1.5–2.5 centimeters (0.59–0.98 in) broad, with a pungent odor and containing several seeds.
Phytoconstituents
Amaltas contain Sugar, mucilage, pectin, Anthraquinones 1.5% & Fistulic Acid. Main chemical components are anthraquinones, fistulic acid, rhein, rheinglucoside, sennosides A and B, phlobaphenes, emodin, chrysophanic acid, fistuacacidin, lupeol, beta-sitosterol and hexacosanol.
Ayurvedic Properties
Rasa: Madhura, Tikta, Guna: Guru, Vipaka: Madhura, Virya: Usna, Karma: Recana
Ayurvedic Applications
Gulma, Sula, Vibandha, Hrdroga, Prameha.
Medicinal Uses
Amaltas is used in the treatment of Cancer, Fever, Jaundice, Diabetes, skin diseases, wound, rheumatic ailments, erysipelas, constipation, diarrhea, convulsions, delirium, dysuria, epilepsy, gravel, hematuria, pimples, and glandular tumors.
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Botanical Name
Garcinia pedunculata Roxb. ex Buch.-Ham
Family
Guttiferae/Clusiaceae.
Regional Name
Hindi : Amalbeda, Urdu : Amalbeda, Assamese : Borthekera, Bengali : Tikul, Tikur, Thaikal, Kan. : Chaarigehuli, Tamil : Pulivanchi, Telugu : Pullaprabbali. ; Khasi (Meghalaya): Sohdanei
Part Used
Fruit rind.
Description
Amalveda is a tall tree up to 60 m high with fluted trunk and rather short spreading branches, with fruits of about 10 to 12 cm in length and about 8 cm in width found sporadically in upper Assam up to an altitude of 3000 feet and in Manipur and Meghalaya; occasionally cultivated; fresh mature fruits are cut and rind dried before use. Freshly dried drug occurs as curved and flat pieces of the rind of about 7 cm in length and about 0.2 cm in thickness, leathery, pliable, non-fibrous, blackish-brown in color; no characteristic odor, taste sour.
Phytoconstituents
It contains Pedunculol, garcinol and cambogin.
Ayurvedic Properties
Rasa : Amla, Kasaya, Guna : Ruksa, Tiksna, Snigdha, Laghu, Virya : Usna Vipaka : Amla, Karma : Anulomaka, Bhedana, Dipana, Kaphahara, Mutrala, Pacana, Vatahara.
Medicinal Uses
It is used in Hot in potency, strong, piercing, unctuous, oily, improves digestion strength, Digestive diseases, Cleanses urine and feces, acts as a cardiac tonic, congenial for heart, severe constipation, abdominal colic pain, bloating, fullness, and Tumors of the abdomen. It is also used in excessive thirst, hemorrhoids, vomiting, anorexia, hiccups, cough, cold, asthma, and chronic respiratory disorders.
Ayurvedic Applications
Anaha (Distension of abdomen due to obstruction to the passage of urine and stools), Ajirna (Indigestion), Asmari (Calculus), Arsa (Piles), Aruci (Tastelessness), Gulma (Abdominal lump), Hrdroga (Heart disease), Hikka (Hiccup), Krmi (Worm infestation), Kasa (Cough), Pliharoga (Splenic disease), Sula (Pain / Colic), Svasa (Asthma), Udavarta (Upward movement of gases), Vibandha (Constipation).
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