Description : Althea officinalis, not the white puffy confection roasted over a campfire — has been used for more than 2,000 years as both a food and a medicine. The Romans, Chinese, Egyptians, and Syrians used marshmallow as a source of food, while the Arabs made poultices from its leaves and applied them to the […]
Description : Banyan tree is a huge tree with very extensive branches. It is said that at one time more than 10, 000 people can sit under its shade at one time. It is a evergreen tree. It branches spread out and send trunk like roots to the ground in order to support itself. It grows to a […]
Description : The Juglans Regia has a long history of medicinal use, being used in folk medicine to treat a wide range of complaints. The leaves are alterative, anthelmintic, anti-inflammatory, astringent and depurative. They are used internally the treatment of constipation, chronic coughs, asthma, diarrhoea, dyspepsia etc. The leaves are also used to treat […]
Description : Vijaysaar is a big tree whose bark is very useful for diabetes. The bark of the tree is made into a wooden glass and the glass is used as remedy to cure diabetes Some water is kept in the wooden glass overnight and is consumed early morning by diabetes patients. The color of […]
Description : Tragacanth gum comes from a thorny shrub which is native to western Asia, Iraq, Iran and the Middle East. It is a tree gum like myrrh, frankincense and balm of Gilead, and can be used, along with the stems of the plant as incense. It comes from a number of Astragalus species, but […]
Description : Glycyrrhiza glabra is known to send out long roots that tend to be closer to the surface relative to the other roots of the plant. These roots can grow in upwards of 6 feet in length and are capable of growing additional plants off of them. This allows for the plant to spread […]
Description : The plant meet within almost throughout all parts. It is found from the upper Gangetic plain eastwards to Assam and throughout central, western and southern India. The Moluccas and Sri Lanka are the other places of its distribution It is employed in nutritional disorders, syphilis, chronic rheumatism, gravel and other urinary diseases and […]
Description : Vitex negundo is the richest source of stable Vitamin C. This richness in Vitamin C makes the Nirgundi one of the best anti-inflammatory and anti-biotic (not by killing the cells…but by increasing the immunity of the body). Nirgundi is a drug of choice for problems where inflammation ha occurred like- pharyngitis, tonsillitis, endometrosis […]
Description : Curculigo orchioides grows as forest herb. Since generations, it is in use as folk medicine. In ayurveda, root is heating, aphrodisiac, fatigue, alternative, fattening and useful in treatment of piles, appetizer, blood related disorders etc. according to unani system of medicine, root is carminative, tonic, aphrodisiac, antipyretic and useful in bronchitis, ophthalmia, indigestion, […]
Description: Jatamansi/Spikenard is a soft, aromatic herb with a strong pungent rhizome root. It is native to the mountainous region of northern India. Jatamansi/ Spikenard has the power to promote awareness and calm the mind. It is very useful for palpitation, tension, headaches, restlessness and is used for promoting awareness and strengthening the mind. Jatamansi […]