Medicinal Plants of Chandigarh

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BLACK DHATURA Datura metel DHAK Butea monosperma Habit Distribution Parts used : Herbaceous plant with pale-white flowers. : It is found as weed on waste places in all over India, occasionally grown in gardens. : Whole plant. Habit Distribution Parts used: : Deciduous tree, flowers-orange-red. : Throughout India. Sri Lanka and Myanmar, also eastward as far as Papua, New Guinea and China. Flower, bark exudation. Constitutes: The plant contains scopolamine, hyoscyamine, hyoscine, atropine and vitamin C. Therapeutic uses: The herb is violently narcotic. Seeds, leaves and roots are considered useful in insanity, fever with catarrhal and cerebral complications, diarrhoea, skin diseases, lice infestation etc. Constitutes: Butrin, Butein, Butin, Flavonoidees, Steroides. Therapeutic uses: Bark astiringent used piles, tumours and menstrual disorders. Tree yields a gum called Butea gum or Bengal kino which is astringent and used in diarrhoea. Flowers yield a brilliant but very fugitive yellow colouring matter. When the seeds are pounded with lemon juice, they act as a powerful rubefacient and have been successfully used as a cure for a form of herpes called Dhobie's itch. 14 15
GILOE Tinospora cordifolia HARAD Terminalia chebula Habit Distribution Parts used : A glabrous, climbering, succulent. Flowers small and greenish-yellow. : The climber is found throughout the tropical regions of India. : Stem. Habit Distribution : A deciduous tree. Flowers dull white. : Abundant in Northern India from Uttaranchal to Bengal and southwards to the Deccan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Malaya. Parts used : Fruits. Constitutes: Tinosporin and α furanoid diterpene, giloin, giloinin, berberine. Therapeutic uses: it is an alternative, a n t h a l m i n t i c , a n t i - a r t h r i t i c , antiperiodic, anti-pyretic, aphrodisiac, bitter tonic, blood purifier, cardiac, carminative, digestive, diuretic and expectorant. Constitutes: Tannin, chebulic acid, chebullic acid, ellagic acid, gallic acid and resin. Therapeutic uses: It is useful in asthma, bile trouble, bleeding and ulceration of the gum, blood pressure, burns and scalds, carious teeth, colling wash of the eyes, cough, dysentery, diarrhoea, piles, vaginal discharge, ulcers, vomiting, and worms. 16 17
Page 1 and 2: Giloe Tinospora cordifolia Medicina
Page 3 and 4: Contents Index AAK 1 KALMEGH 22 AKA
Page 5 and 6: AMLA Emblica officinalis ANTAMUL Ty
Page 7 and 8: BAEL Aegle marmelos BAHERA Terminal
Page 9: BHRINGRAJ Eclipta prostrata BHUMI A
Page 13 and 14: JAMUN Syzygium cumini KALA BANSA Ba
Page 15 and 16: LAKSHMI TARU Simarouba glauca LONG
Page 17 and 18: MOR PANKHI Thuja orientalis NEEM Az
Page 19 and 20: RAM TULSI Ocimum sanctum RATI Abrus
Page 21 and 22: SATAWAR Asparagus racemosus SHAM TU
Page 23 and 24: SOHANJNA Moringa oleifera SWEET FLA

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