Archive for December, 2011

Brahmi

Description: Bacopa monniera, is a small, creeping herb with numerous branches,succulent, rooting at the nodes, with numerous prostrate branches, each 10-30 cm long. Brahmi leaves are petiole, oblong, sessile, and fleshy. Flowers are purple in color;axillary, solitary with peduncles. In India and the tropics it grows naturally in wet soil,shallow water, and marshes. The herb […]

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Vidarikand / Indian Kudzu

Description:  It is an adaptogen, alterative, aphrodisiac, cardiotonic, demulcent, diuretic, emetic, emmolient, expectorant, febrifuge, galactagogue, lactagogue, laxative, refrigerant, rejuvenating, restorative, sweet and tonic. Useful in spermatorrhoea, sexual and seminal debility. It contains Disogenin which help the body’s testosterone production and maintenance. Disogenin is one of the primary building blocks that the body needs to produce […]

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Bhringraj

Description:  Bhringaraj is a creeping and moisture-loving herb. It has a short, flat or round stem and small white flowers on a long stalk. It grows 3″ tall; the leaves are opposite and lance shaped. The roots of the pant are well developed, cylindrical and grayish in color. Floral heads are solitary, white in color, […]

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Baibrang

Description: The fruit is acrid, alterative, anodyne, anthelmintic, antibacterial, astringent, bitter, carminative, depurative, digestive, febrifuge, laxative, rejuvenating, stimulant, thermogenic and tonic. It is an excellent “deworming” remedy. It is also useful in fevers, obesity, fungal infections of the skin, pruritus, nervous debility, dyspepsia, gastralgia, flatulence, colic, asthma, cough, bronchitis, hemicrania, general debility, oedema and pneumonia. […]

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Bael

Description: Aegle Marmelos commonly known as Bael, bhel, bilwa, belaphal, Bengal Quince.Bael is a very good source of protein.Bael leaves, fruits and root can be used as tonic and coolant with antibiotic propertiesUses: Fresh half-ripe Bael fruit is mildly astringent and is used for dysentery and diarrhea.Bael leaves are extremely useful for treating Diabetes, jaundice, […]

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Babachi

Description : The seeds are acrid, anthelmintic, antibacterial, antifungal, aromatic, bitter, diaphoretic, diuretic and laxative. Useful in hypopigmented lesions of the skin like leucoderma and psoriasis as it contains psoralen, which causes the skin to produce new pigment when exposed to sunlight. It is used both as a local application and orally. Also useful externally […]

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Bhilawa

Description: The marking nut tree, occurs in the wild in the sub-himalayan tract, up to 3,500 ft. , in assam, khasi hills, madhya pradesh;, gujarat, konkan, and the deciduous forests of the southern states of india. It is similar to the cashew nut tree, in having an edible false fruit that is orange and fleshy. […]

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Baheda

Description :  Beleric is a large deciduous tree found throughout India, in areas up to an altitude of 1, 000 meters. The tree takes a height of 30 meters, while the bark is brownish Grey in color. The alternate, broadly elliptic leaves are clustered towards the end of the branches. They are 10 to 12 cm […]

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Ashwagandha Root

Description :  Also known as Indian ginseng or Indian winter cherry, ashwagandha is used in Indian traditional systems of medicine, namely Ayurveda and Unani. It is a stout shrub that reaches a height of about 170 cm (5 to 6 ft). The erect branched shrub is berry-like in shape and size and bears greenish or lurid […]

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Arjun Bark

Description :  Arjuna herb is also recognized as Terminalia Arjuna. In Ayurvedic herbalism it has been used from centuries. Arjuna is a medicinal plant used widely in Ayurvedic medicine. The bark of the tree is used form several centuries for treating cardiovascular ailments. There are many health benefits as well as side effects of Arjuna Herb. […]

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