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Tejbal

Description : This shrub is found in North America, Nepal, India, and Bhutan  Details : Botnical Name : Zanthoxylum armatum/Zanthoxylum Alatum English Name : Szetchwan pepper, Anise pepper, Sheguan pepper, Sprice pepper, Sichuan pepper, Chinese pepper, Japanese pepper Nepali Name :Timur    Marathi Name : Tirphal, Chirphal  German Name : Szechuan-Pfeffer, Chinesischer Pfeffer, Japanischer Pfeffer, Blütenpfeffer, […]

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KaliJiri

Description : This is a small annual erect plant. The stem is leafy and hairy. The leaves are lanceolate, acute and serrate, pubescent on both the sides. The lowering season is December to February. The flowers are purpleor violet bract one at the top of the peducle. The seeds are black. Also Seed contains a […]

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Shilajit

Description :  Shilajit herb has become a phenomenon worldwide. This natural herb is actually a mixture of various herbo-mineral components that got buried in earth centuries ago. Reference of Shilajit can be traced in so many ancient ayurvedic texts even dating back to 3000 BC.  At that moment of time people used to take Shilajit […]

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Salai Gum

Description:   Indian Olibanum is a deciduous tree endemic to India and has been recorded on dry hills and slopes, on gravelly soils between an altitude range of 275-900 m. It is a medium sized tree, 3-5 m tall, with ash coloured papery bark. Alternately arranged leaves are pinnate, crowded at the end of branches, […]

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Sarpgandha Root

Description: The root has anaesthetic, nervine and sedative properties. It has been employed for centuries for the relief of various central nervous system disorders, both psychic and motor, including anxiety states, insomnia, excitement, sexual aggression, maniacal behavior associated with psychosis, hypochondriasis, melancholia, schizophrenia, insanity, insomnia and epilepsy in Indian medicine for about 4000 years.   […]

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Safed Musli

Description : Safed Musli is a medicinal plant, with small, usually white flowers, produced on sparse panicles up to 120 cm long. In some species of the plant, the panicle also bears plant-lets, which take root on touching the ground. Since times immemorial, the tuber root and rhizome of the plant have been used for the purpose of […]

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Shankhpusphi

Description : Shankhpushpi; Convolvulus pluricaulis is a herb of choice as a brain tonic specially for the conditions of memory loss, schizophrenia, convulsions and intelligence related problems. Shankpushpi powder is used to improve the intellect qualities of children. Because of the presence of abundance of the gray matters in the intestines- Shankhpushpi also regulates the functions […]

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Nishod

Description: Operculina Turpethum or Nisoth is commonly used medicinal herb. The main part of plant that is used as medicine is its root. The plant has laxative property and thus effective in curing constipation, relieving flatulence and colic condition.It is also useful in periodic fevers as it helps in reducing body temperature. it is also […]

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Nirmali Seed

Description: The nuts of this species of Strychnos are very largely used in some parts of India for clearing muddy water, and are stated to have found their way into American commerce. (A. J. P., 1871.) The fruit is also employed by the native practitioners of Hindostan, under the name of nirmali, as an emetic […]

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Nagarmotha

Description: The plant is considered an invasive weed; it has been called “the world’s worst weed. ” the plant requires sun and moist conditions, though it grows in sandy soil (one of the old Chinese names for it was shacao, meaning sand weed), as well as in loamy moist fields and in tropical rain-forests. It has a vast growing range, […]

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