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Emblica officinalis is a deciduous tree with exfoliating bark. Its fruit contains the highest amount of Vitamin C in natural form and cytokine like substances identified as zeatin, z. riboside, z. nucleotide. Its fruit is acrid, cooling, refrigerant....... |  |
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ia arjuna is a shade and ornamental tree. Its principle constituents are §-sitosterol, ellagic acid and arjunic acid.
The bark is useful as an anti-ischemic and cardioprotective agent in hypertension and in ischemic heart disease. It....... | |
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Withnia somnifera is an erect shrub. The principle constituents of its roots are the alkaloids somnine, somniferine, withanine, tropine, pseudotropine and anaferine. It is used in asthma and as a uterine sedative. Its alkaloids have shown relaxant an....... | |
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Fruit is used in diarrhea, dysentery and cholera because of its digestive and carminative properties. It helps in the healing of ulcerated intestinal surfaces. It possesses antiviral, anthelmintic and anti-inflammatory properties and has appreciable ....... | |
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Bacopa monnieri is a small, creeping herb that contains the alkaloids brahmine, herpestine, and a mixture of three bases. It also contains the saponins monnierin, hersaponin, bacoside A and bacoside B.
The entire plant constitutes the well-known d....... | |
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Tribulus terrestris is a prostrate annual. Its principle constituent is harman. It is a diuretic drug useful in urolithiasis, dysuria, impotence and kidney dysfunction.
It has tonic and aphrodisiac properties. It is known to increase the quantity of....... | |
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Tinospora cordifolia is a large, climbing shrub. Its principle constituents are tinosporine, tinosporide, tinosporaside, cordifolide, cordifol, heptacosanol, clerodane furano diterpene, diterpenoid furanolactone tinosporidine, columbin and §-sitos....... | |
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Guggulu is excreted by the mucous membranes of the body, during the course of which it stimulates and disinfects their secretions. It also contains guggulsterones Z and E, guggulsterols I - V, two diterperoids and a terpene hydrocarbon named cembrane....... | |
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Curcuma longa is a rhizomatus, perennial herb with tufted leaves. Its rhizome contains Curcumin. It is an auspicious article in all religious observances in Hindu households. The antioxidant properties of the powder are probably due to the phenolic c....... | |
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Terminalia chebula is a tree with a rounded crown and spreading branches. Its principle constituents contain chebulagic, chebulinic acid and corilagin. Its fruits have laxative, stomachic, tonic and alterative properties. It is also known as an adapt....... | |
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Karela's principle constituents are lectins, charantin and momordicine. The fruits have long been used in India as a folk remedy for diabetes mellitus. Lectins from the bitter gourd have shown significant antilipolytic and lipogenic activities.
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?Ç>volatile oil contains allicin (diallyl thiosulphinate), an active odorous principle in Garlic.
The extracts of Allium sativum bulb and compound preparation possess pharmacodynamic properties. The extract of garlic was found to have a signific....... | |
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Centella asiatica is a prostrate perennial aquatic herb with roots in nodes. It is steamed and eaten with rice. It is rich in carotenoids, vitamins B and C. The flavonoids 3-glucosylquercetin, 3-glucosylkaempferol and 7-glucosylkaempferol have been i....... | |
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Azadirachta indica is a large, evergreen tree. Its principle constituents are nimbin, nimbinin and nimbidin. All parts of the plant yield b-sitosterol.
It is used for external applications in skin diseases. Neem extracts possess antidiabetic, anti....... | |
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Boerhaavia diffusa is a weed found throughout India. Roots contain the rotenoids, boeravinones A1, B1, C2, D, E and F besides the dihydroisofurenoxanthin and boerhavine.
It was found to stop intra-uterine-contraceptive-device (IUCD)-induced bleedi....... | |
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One of the principal constituents in the gum resin is boswellic acid which exhibits anti-inflammatory activity.
The gum resin is used as an ointment for sores and has anti-inflammatory, antiatherosclerotic and antiarthritic activities. The nonphen....... | |
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Moringa oleifera is a medium sized tree with tomentose young parts and long pendulous fruits. All parts of the tree are considered medicinal and used in the treatment of ascites, rheumatism, venomous bites, and as cardiac and circula....... | |
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Zingiber officinale is a tall herbaceous aromatic herb. The vitamins present in green ginger are: thiamine, 0.06; riboflavin, 0.03; niacin, 0.60; and vitamin C, 6.0mg./100 g. The value reported for carotene in the fresh rhizome is 40 µg./100 g. Th....... | |
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Valeriana wallichi is a tufted hairy herb found in the temperate Himalayas. The rootstocks are aromatic. They yield aromatic oil, which contains valeric acid. Valerenic acid and valerianine are the other compounds identified. Indian Valerian closely ....... | |
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Trikatu is an Ayurvedic compound preparation containing the fruits of black pepper (Piper nigrum), long pepper (Piper longum) and the rhizomes of ginger (Zingiber officinalis) in equal proportions. It is prescribed as an essential part of many multi-....... | |
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A composite herbal preparation containing equal proportions of the fruits of three myrobalans, Emblica officinalis, Terminalia chebula and Terminalia bellirica. Triphala is an effective glucose-reducing agent. This preparation is known to be a safe ....... | |
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Ocimum sanctum is an erect, herbaceous, much-branched, soft, hairy annual with purple or crimson flowers.
The leaves yield a volatile oil containing eugenol which possesses antibacterial and insecticidal properties. An aqueous decoction of the who....... | |
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Vasaka is a well-known medicinal herb beneficial particularly in treating bronchitis.
The herb vaska is used extensively in treating cold, cough, chronic bronchitis and asthma. | |
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Garcinia indica is a slender evergreen tree with dropping branches and five to eight large seeds. The fruit has an agreeable flavor and a sweetish sour taste. Kokam contains 10% malic acid and a little tartaric or citric acid. It is used as a garnish....... | |
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The principal constituent of licorice is glycyrrhiza. Licorice is used for the treatment of asthma, acute and chronic bronchitis and chronic cough. It is a mild anti-inflammatory in arthritis and rheumatism and is used to treat gastr....... | |
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