This Rhizome is anthelmintic and also powder with hot water is used as tonic, tincture iodine in wound and cut, food poisoning and leech repellent. It contains a glucoside aparistyphnin which has depressant action on carotid pressure, myocardium and respiratory movement. It...
Uses : Used in cough and asthma. Used in fever due to cold.
Description : Pods and bark—antidiarrhoeal, astringent, antibilious.
Bark and root—antigalactic, demulcent, expectorant.
Leaf—paste used against skin diseases.
Pods—anthelmintic.
Seeds—aqueous extract administered in colic and dysentery.
English Name : East Indian Screw tree
Common Name : Valampiri
Active Ingredient : 4-quinolone alkaloid, malatyamine, diosgenin,cucurbitacin B and iso-cucurbitacin, ester tetratriacontanyl—tetratriacontanoate along with tetratriacontanoic acid, tetratriacontanol and sitosterol.
The rose petals contain compounds that improve metabolism in addition to clearing toxins from the body, thereby aiding in weight loss. Apart from this, eating a handful of rose petals satiates your senses and prevents you from eating more and thus,...
Health Remedies Neem flowers are dried, aged for months, fried and ingested to improve eyesight and treat disgestive disorders, including excessive bile, phlegm and intestinal worms. Practitioners of alternative medicine also mix neem flowers with...
Pippali also termed as long pepper is especially useful in respiratory problems. Pippali increases the fire content of the body and an increased metabolic rate which works in burning of extra fats from the body. Pippali is also of great use in liver...