Description : Kutki is a small herb with spoon-shaped, 5-15 cm long leaves, almost all at the base. Leaves are coarsely toothed, narrowed to a winged stalk. Rhizomes of the plant are 15-25 cm long and woody. Kutaki, Piccorrhiza kurroa removes both Kapha and Pitta (when these are in excess) from the body and purifies […]
Description : The castor bean plant, an erect, tropical shrub or small tree, grows up to 30 feet tall. The flat seeds are in a seedpod that explodes when ripen. All the top of the stem and stalks are the inflorescence with the male – and female flowers. The seeds of castor bean or castor […]
Description : Withania coagulans Dunal is very well known for its ethnopharmacological activities. The withania coagulans, is common in Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan and East India, also used in folk medicine. Fruits of the plant have a milk-coagulating characteristic . The fruits have been used for milk coagulation which is attributed to the enzymatic charisma of the […]
Description : Dalchini, Cinnamon is well known for its capabilities to improve the metabolism of the body so it works well on Diabetes Mellitus and Obesity too- even this is sweet in taste. For problems of the oral cavity right from the bad breath, cavities in teeth and bad taste of mouth- Cinnamon helps in […]
Description: Barberry is a deciduous shrub, growing up to 4 meters in height. It has a gray-yellow, grooved stem and thorny branches. Leaves are borne in clusters of two to five, usually small and oval, toothed along the margins. Flowers are bright yellow, produced on long panicles from April to June. The fruits are oblong […]
Description : It has prickly stems and small, fluffy, ball shaped pink flowers in summer. It grows to a height of 50 cm with a spread of 30 cm. In some areas this plant is becoming a noxious weed. The stem is erect, slender and branching. The leaves are bipinnate, fern like and pale green- […]
Description : It grows as a shrub or a small tree up to 10 m. tall, with a gray or greenish, rough and flaky bark. Leaves are simple, opposite, oval with pointed tips, 6–12 cm long and 2–6.5 cm broad, toothed at the edges and rough like sandpaper on the upper surface. The flowers are […]
Description : Gudhal also known as Hibiscus rosa sinensis/ Shoe flower; Chinese hibiscus possesses calming effect on physical as well as the psychological part of the body.Gudhal It is quite useful in psychological up downs and physically it is recommended in gynecological problems especially excessive bleeding during menstrual cycle; hair fall and digestive disturbances. Gudhal […]
Description : A tall tree with young parts densely velvety tomentose. Leaves opposite, broadly ovate or elliptic-rhomboid, cordate or subtruncate, fulvous tomentose beneath. Flowers orange yellow or brownish yellow, in dichotomously branched, velvety tomentose panicles of 3 – flowered cymes. Gambhari or Khambhari is a tree which is valued in Ayurveda for its medicinal properties […]
Description : The fast-growing Orchid-Tree will ultimately reach 35 feet in height and width, the slender trunks topped with arching branches clothed in large, two-lobed, deciduous leaves. In fall, before the leaves drop, Orchid-Tree is festooned with many showy and delightfully fragrant, five-inch-wide blossoms, the narrow purple, pink, and lavender petals arranged to closely resemble […]