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Active IngredientMucilage, tannins, asparagines, gallic acid, sesquiterpenes, alkaloids, leucoanthocyanins, flavonoids, sterols, triterpenoids, saponins and cardiac glycosides.
UsesDried, whole plant—febrifuge, anthelmintic, demulcent, diuretic, anti-inflammatory (in urinary and uterine discharges, piles, lumbago). Juice of the plant—emollient. Seeds—demulcent (used in cough, chronic cystitis), laxative. Leaves—cooked and ea
Common NameVendai, Bhindi, Raamturai, Bhaandi, Bhindaka, Bhendaa.
ApplicationSeeds causes destruction of cancerous cell growth in vitro. The pods are reported to exhibit anti-tumour activity. An ethanolic extract of pods was effective against Grampositive bacteria.
DescriptionAnti-tumour, Anti-bacterial
English NameGumbo, Lady Finger, Okra
Active IngredientQuercetin, hyperin (hyperoside), hydrolysate of precipitated mucilage, proanthocyanidins, D-glucose, D-glucuronic and galacturonic acids, flavonol glycosides and anthocyanins.
Active IngredientTannin, polyphenolic compounds, galactose; l-arabinose, l-rhamnose and aldobiouronic acids, arabinobioses. Flavonoids—kaempferol-3-glucoside, iso-quercitrin and leucocyanidin.
UsesGum resin— used in diarrhoea and dysentery. Pods— used in urogenital disorders. Seeds— hypoglycaemic in normal rats. Stembark— spasmolytic, hypoglycaemic.
Common NameKalippakku, Kaasukkatti (heartwood extract), Gaayatri
Active IngredientTannins 2–20%, catechin 25–33%, phlobatannins including catechutannic acid 20–50%, flavonoids including quercetin, quercitrin, fisetin, gums, resins, pigments.
UsesHaemostatic, used for treating excessive mucous discharges, haemorrhages, relaxed conditions of gums, throat and mouth, stomatitis, irritable bowel.
DescriptionBlood purifier, Powerful Astringent (in urinary and vaginal discharge), Anti-diarrhoeal, Anti-leprotic drug.
Active IngredientQuinazoline alkaloid vasicine, trypsin.
UsesIt is a bitter bronchodilator, respiratory stimulant, hypotensive, cardiac depressant, uterotonic and abortifacient. It is used in bronchial, asthmatic and pulmonary affections
Active IngredientCoumarins(including xanthotoxol and alloimperatorin methyl ether), Flavonoids(including rutin and marmesin), Alkaloids (including alpha-fagarine), Sterols and essential oils, Pectin, Alkaloid aegeline
UsesAsthma, Anti-inflammatory, Anti--allergic. Seed oil showed beneficial effects in regeneration of tumour cells. Aurapten is found to be the most potent inhibitor of heart rate. Rootbark is used for palpitation of the heart.
Active IngredientPalmitic acid, beta-sitosterol and alpha-amyrin
UsesAnti-calculus (used in lithiasis), diuretic, demulcent, anthelmintic, anti-diarrhoeal, anticholerin, bechic; leaf used in hepatitis, root in strangury. A decoction of the plant is used in catarrh of bladder. The flowers and roots are used for headache.
ApplicationLeaf and flower—antiinflammatory, used for boils and ulcers. Leaf—used for erysipelas. Seeds—astringent, anti-diarrhoeal, anti-bacterial. The oil from the seeds is said to cure leprosy and leucoderma.
DescriptionDNA binding activity, Anti-inflammatory and Cytotoxic activity.
Active Ingredientmethyl cinnamate, cineole and d-pinene.
UsesThroughout southern India, the rhizome of Alpinia galanga is used as Raasnaa for rheumatism, intermittent fever, dyspepsia and respiratory ailments.
DescriptionRhizome—carminative (in dyspepsia), stomachic, circulatory stimulant, diaphoretic, antiinflammatory
ApplicationDried root in jaundice, abdominal lump and splenomegaly.
DescriptionSeed—purgative. Leaves— purgative (also used in dropsy), antiasthmatic (decoction is given in asthma). Latex—used for body ache and pain of joints. Root and seed oil—cathartic, antidropsical
English NamePhysic nut
Active IngredientTeroids, terpenoids and flavonoids
Active IngredientCyanogenic glucoside—taxiphyllin, Ilicious crystalline substances.
UsesLeaf bud and young shoots—used in dysmenorrhoea; externally in ulcerations. Leaf—emmenagogue, antileprotic, febrifuge, bechic; used in haemoptysis. Stem and leaf—blood purifier (used in leucoderma and inflammatory conditions). Root—poisonous. Burn
DescriptionThe starch obtained from Maranta arundinacea Linn., Marantaceae, is also used as Bamboo-manna (known as Koovai Kizhangu, Kookaineer and Araroottu Kizangu).
Active IngredientAstragalin, isoquercitrin, quercetin, anthocyanins, chalcone glycosides.
UsesBark—astringent, antidiarrhoeal. Flower buds and flowers, fried in purified butter, are given to patients suffering from dysentery. Extract of stems are used internally and externally for fractured bones. Plant is used in goitre. It exhibited antithyroi
ApplicationPlant—used in insomnia, convulsions, cramps, chest-complaints, inflammations, tumours, chronic skin diseases. Ash—in stomachache. Leaves— diuretic, astringent, antiseptic. Paste is applied to burns, contusions and wounds. Decoction is given in stran
Active IngredientBeta-sitosterol, D-glucoside, alkaloid, oxalic acid, amino acid, saponin, quebrachitol.
UsesUsed in rheumatism, lumbago, skeletal fractures, nervous diseases, amenorrhoea, haemorrhoids, erysipelas. The herb is used in hairoils for treating dandruff, alopecia and for darkening hair.
DescriptionAnti-inflammatory activity, Sedative effect, Vasod-pressant activity, Common cold, Anti-sickling, Anti-arthritic activity, Anabolic activity, Increase body weight, Anti-bacterial activity.
Active IngredientRhein, Aloe-emodin, Kaempferol, Isormamnetin,
UsesLeaf and dried fruit—in occasional constipation. As a stimulant laxative. 1, 8- dihydoxy-anthracene derivatives have a laxative effect. This effect is due to the sennosides, specifically, due to their active metabolite in the colon, rheinanthrone. The ef
DescriptionPurgative (free from astringent action of rhubark type herbs, but causes gripe), used in compounds for treating biliousness, distention of stomach, vomiting and hiccups. Also used as a febrifuge, in splenic enlargements, jaundice, amoebic dysentery. Contr
English NameIndian Laburnum, Purging Cassia, Golden Shower
Common NameSarakkonrai
Active IngredientPulp of the pod contains anthraquinone glycosides, sennosides A and B, rhein and its glucoside, barbaloin, aloin, formic acid, butyric acid, their ethyl esters and oxalic acid, pectin and tannin.
UsesFlowers and pods— purgative, febrifugal, astringent, antibilious. Seed powder—used in amoebiasis.
DescriptionSeeds gave galactomannan free sugars and free amino acids; extract laxative, carminative, cooling and antipyretic properties. Flowers gave ceryl alcohol, kaempferol, rhein and a bianthraquinone glycoside, fistulin. Leaves gave free rhein, its glyc
Active IngredientSesquiterpenoids—alpha and beta-himchalenes, butyric and caproic acids, 8-C methyltaxifoline, dihydroquercetin, 8-C methylquercetin, quercetin, sitosterol, and tannins 8.25%, non-tannins 6.95%.
UsesThe wood exhibits sapasmolytic activity, anti-inflammatory activity, anti-bacterial activity The wood possesses diaphoretic, diuretic and carminative properties, and is used in fevers and in pulmonary and urinary disorders. The oil shows in vitro antibac
DescriptionBark—decoction is used internally as astringent, antidiarrhoeal and febrifuge. Essential oil—antiseptic (used in skin diseases).
Active IngredientAlkaloids, celastrine and paniculatine,
UsesSeeds—nervine and brain tonic, diaphoretic, febrifugal, emetic. Seed-oil—used for treating mental depression, hysteria and for improving memory; also used for scabies, eczema, wounds, rheumatic pains, paralysis. A decoction of seeds is given in gout,
DescriptionAs a tranquilizer and brain tonic. The ripe seed is used in leucoderma and vitiligo.
Active Ingredient:The herb contains inulin (up to 58% in the root); sesquiterpene lactones (including lactucin and lactucopicrin); coumarins (chicoriin, esculetin, esculin, umbelliferone and scopoletin); the root includes a series of glucofructosans. Raw chicory root conta
Uses:In loss of appetite, dyspepsia.
Description:Diuretic, laxative, cholagogue, mild hepatic. Excites peristalsis without affecting the functions of the stomach. Used in liver congestion, jaundice, rheumatic and gouty joints.
Active Ingredient:Cinnamaldehyde (74%), eugenol (28-98%), camphor (60%) and tannins (6.5%) consisting of tetrahydroxyflavandiols; diterpenes, cinnzeylanin and cinnzeylanol
Uses:Ground cinnamon is used in diarrhoea and dysentery; for cramps of the stomach, gastric irritation; for checking nausea and vomiting; used externally in toothache, neuralgia and rheumatism. The bark is included in medicinal preparations for indigestion, fl
Description:Bark—carminative, astringent, antispasmodic, expectorant, haemostatic, antiseptic. Leaf—antidiabetic. As antibacterial and fungistatic. Internally, for loss of appetite, dyspeptic complaints such as mild spastic conditions of the gastrointesti
Active IngredientThe plant contains phytogenic steroid, ketosteroids, sitosterol, alphaamyrin, alpha-ampyrone and tetracyclic triterpenoids.
UsesThe anabolic and steroidal principles of the aerial part showed a marked influence in the rate of fracture-healing. The drug exerts influence both on the organic and mineral phase of fracture-healing. Stem—alterative in scurvy (the plant is rich in vita
DescriptionThe leaf extract exhibited fungitoxicity against ringworm causing fungi with reported mycelian inhibitions.
English NameWild Mustard
Active IngredientThe aerial parts contain a macrocyclic diterpene, cleomaldeic acid, and a bicyclic diterpene, cleomeolide. The seeds contain coumarino-lignans, cleomiscosin A, B, C and D.
ApplicationPlant parts used in dyspepsia, stomachache, colic, cholera, dysentery, postnatal fever, during convalscence from measles. Root and bark—bitter tonic, usedin debility and nervous disorders.
DescriptionHepatoprotective activity. anthelmintic activity and antidiabetic activity
English NameArni
Active IngredientFlavonoids, scutellarein and pectolinarin, d-mannitol, betasitosterol, its glucosides and ceryl alcohol, clerodin, clerosterol and clerodendrin A.
ApplicationLeaf—used in urinary diseases, vaginal discharge, colic and dyspepsia. Stimulates the function of liver. Also given in epilepsy and other convulsive affections, asthma, bronchitis, cold and chronic cough. Bruised leaves are applied to burns; leaf juice
DescriptionHomoeopathic medicine, prepared from fresh leaves, is used in the affections of urinary organs, especially in difficult urination or in burning pains during and after urination.
English NameIndian Borage
Active IngredientThe aerial parts from Pakistan yield an essential oil (0.1%) which contains thymol (79.6%); whereas in Fijian sample of leaves carvacrol and camphor are major constituents. Leaves contain a large amount of oxalacetic acid, flavonoid, cirsimaritin and beta
Active IngredientSankhpushpine alkoloids, Pentatriacontane, Tricontane
UsesTranquilizer used in Nervous disorderss, Mental aberration
DescriptionThe leaves contain flavones, api-genin and luteolin, also anthocyanins. Leaves cause severe irritation in mouth. Cooked leaves are a source of dietary
Active IngredientBeta-sitosteryl-D-glucoside, Vitamin K, n-octacosanol, methyl oleanolate, lanosterol, stigmasterol, lupen-3-one, 4.9% protein having the essential amino acids, isoleucine and phenylalanine
UsesUsed in diabetes, diarrhoea, leucorrhoea, menorrhagia, nervous disorders; also in skin diseases. Applied externally on unhealthy ulcers and wounds.
DescriptionBark—astringent, antiseptic, alterative, laxative, haemostatic, vaginal disinfectant Leaves and twigs— laxative The dried fruits are used as a uterine tonic
ApplicationApplied externally to ulcerations, fissures of lips, chapped skin and skin diseases.
DescriptionFruit—antiscorbutic, cholagogue, cooling, antibilious, emollient and demulcent. A syrup from the fruit juice is given in bilious affections. Bark—astringent. Oil or Kokam Butter—used for dysentery and diarrhoea with mucus.
English NameKokam Butter tree & Mangosteen Oil tree
Active IngredientPolyisoprenylated phenolic pigment, garcinol and its isomer isogarcinol, along with (−)-hydroxycitric acid, cyanidin-3-glucoside and cyanidin-3-sambubioside, L-leucine and DNP-L-leucine hydrochloride. Kokum butter contains fatty acids— palmtic 2.0, st
Active IngredientThe plant contains iso-prenylated polyphenols—cambogin and camboginol. The fruit contains about 30% acid (dry weight basis), which is essentially (−)-hydroxycitric acid (HCA).
UsesGarcinia inhibits the supply of fatty acids without affecting adipose conversion.
DescriptionTaking Garcinia fruit rind extract orally does not seem to help decrease weight, satiety, fat oxidation or energy expenditure in obese people.
ApplicationUsed in cystitis, diseases of the genitourinary tract, diarrhoea, tropical dysentery and fevers. Used externally for eczema and other skin diseases.
Active IngredientAnthocyanin glycosides, a benzophenone, maclurin, terpenoids, xanthones and long chain hydrocarbons, xanthone derivatives, mangostin, normangostin, beta-mangostin, gammamangostin, isomangostin.
Active IngredientGlycyrrhizin (about 2– 9%), a triterpene saponin with low haemolytic index. Glycyrrhetinic (glycyrrhetic) acid (0.5–0.9%), the aglycone of glycyrrhizin.
UsesUsed in bronchitis, dry cough, respiratory infections, catarrh, tuberculosis; genitourinary diseases, urinary tract infections; abdominal pain, gastric and duodenal ulcers, inflamed stomach, mouth ulcer. Also used for adrenocorticoid insufficiency.
ApplicationThe bark and stem are used in inflammatory diseases and oedema; the fruit in dysuria and haemorrhagic diseases.
DescriptionLeaf—demulcent, bechic. Used for removing foetid discharges from ulcers. Root—stomachic, laxative, antibilious, demulcent, galactagogue. Bark—anticephalalgic. Root and bark—febrifuge.
English NameCandahar tree, White Teak
Active IngredientThe heartwood contains lignans, arborone, 7-oxodihydrogmelinol, paulownin acetate and epieudesmin; metrans-p-methoxycinnamate and trans-p-hydroxycinnamic acid.
Active Ingredient4-quinolone alkaloid, malatyamine, diosgenin, cucurbitacin B and iso-cucurbitacin, ester tetratriacontanyl—tetratriacontanoate along with tetratriacontanoic acid, tetratriacontanol and sitosterol.
UsesUsed in cough and asthma. Used in fever due to cold.
DescriptionPods 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 NameRose-of-China, Shoeflower, Chinese Hibiscus
Common NameSemparuthi
Active IngredientCyclopropanoids, methyl sterculate, methyl-2-hydroxysterculate, 2-hydroxysterculate, malvalate and beta-sitosterol, cyanidin 3-sophoroside, amino acids, aspartic acid and asparagin.
UsesDiabetes, demulcent and antidiarrhoeal
DescriptionFlower—used in impotency, bronchial catarrh. Flower and bark—emmenagogue. Leaf— stimulates expulsion of placenta after childbirth; laxative, anodyne. Flower and root—used in menorrhagia.
English NameEaster tree, Ivory tree, Tellicherry Bark
Common NameKudasappaalai-pattai-vidai
Active IngredientAlkaloids, regholarrhenine-A, -B, -C, -D, -E and -F, pubescine, norholadiene, pubescimine, kurchinin, kurchinine, kurchinidine, holarrifine, holadiene, kurchilidine, kurchamide, kurcholessine, kurchessine, conessine, conessimine and isoconessimine, and th
UsesUsed in colic, dyspepsia, piles, diseases of the skin and spleen. Used for promoting conception, also for toning up vaginal tissues after delivery.
DescriptionRoot and bark—used in amoebic dysentery. Bark—astringent, anthelmintic, amoebicidal, diuretic. Seed—antibilious.
Active IngredientIndicine (5–15 mg/g, dry basis) and the flavonoids, apigenin, kaempferol, luteolin and quercetin
UsesUsed in hepatitis. Used in enlargement of liver and spleen, skin diseases, leucoderma, burns, ulcers, piles, nervous disorders, epilepsy, asthma, lumbago, gout. Promote growth of hair.
Active IngredientXanthones— euxanthone, mesuaxanthones A and B, 4-phenyl coumarin analogues—mesuol, mammeigin, mesuagin, mammeisin and mesuone, alpha- and beta-amyrin, beta-sitosterol, biflavonoids, mesuaferrones A and B, and mesuanic acid.
UsesUsed for diarrhoea, dysentery, haemophilic conditions, leucorrhoea, morbid conditions of vagina, piles, fistula, hydrocele and glandular swellings. A decoction is taken to relieve asthma.
Botanical NameMimosa pudica
English NameSensitive-plant, Humble- Plant
Common NameThottalsurungi
Active IngredientMimosine and Turgorin, C-glycosylflavones, 2"-O-rhamnosylorientin and 2"-O-rhamnosylisoorientin.
DescriptionLeaf—astringent, alterative, antiseptic, styptic, blood purifier. Root—used in gravel and urinary complaints.
ApplicationPromising results in two cancer test systems-KB cell and sarcoma 180 in mice
DescriptionBerries and flowers- a decoction is used for cough and chronic bronchitis.Exhibit antimitotic, antitumour, antibacterial and antifungal activities
English NameClimbing Brinjal
Active IngredientSolasodine, 20% beta-solamarine, Steroidal alkaloid
DescriptionSeeds-used in emotional disorders, insomania, hysteria, epilepsy, paralytic and neurological affections, retention or nocturnal incontinence of urine, spermatorrhoea, sexual debility, GIT disorders;Bark- juice given in acute dysentry
ApplicationRecommends the seed in dysuria, polyuria, urolithiasis, also in epilepsy
DescriptionMannogalactan from seeds reduces cholestrol and triglycerides. Seeds are also applied to abscesses and venereal sores.Fruits- antidiabetic, antidysenteric, expectorant
English NameNirmali
Active IngredientDiabolin, acetyldiabolin, brucine, strychnine, novacine
ApplicationRecommends the bark in acute diarrhoea and haemorrhagic disease
DescriptionBark- in non-specific acute diarrhoea and intopical therapy for mild inflammation of the oral-pharyngeal mucose, externally in mild, superficial inflammation of the skin, blood sugar lowering effect
Active IngredientArjunolic acid, Terminic acid, arjunetin, oligomeric pronathocyanidins
UsesRecommends the powder of the stembark in emaciation, chest diseases, cardiac disorders, lipid imbalances & Polyuria
DescriptionFruit-deobstruent, Bark-used as a cardioprotective and cardiotonic in angina and poor coronary circulation, as a diuretic in cirrhosis of liver and for symptomatic relief in hypertensions;externally in skin diseases, hepes & leukoderma
Active IngredientBeta-sitosterol, gallic acid, ellagic acid, ethyl gallate, bellaricanin
UsesRecommends the drug in powder form in emesis and worm infestation, in addition to other therapeutic applications
DescriptionFruit-purgative when half ripe, astringent when ripe, antipyretic, used in prescriptions for diarrhoea, dyspepsia, biliousness, cough, bronchitis and upper respiratory tract infections