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    Naturopathy: Herbal Plants for Health Tretments
    Naturopathy: Herbal Plants for Health Tretments
    Naturopathy: Herbal Plants for Health Tretments
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    Naturopathy: Herbal Plants for Health Tretments

    By Vikas Khatri

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    Did you know that about 25 percent of the drugs prescribed worldwide are derived from plants? Of the 252 drugs in the World Health Organization's essential medicine list, 11 percent are exclusively of plant origin.
    Today, herbal plants are used to treat a number of health conditions, including allergies, arthritis, migraines, fatigue, skin infections, wounds, burns, gastrointestinal issues and even cancer. These herbs are less expensive and they're a safer means of treatment than conventional medications, which is why so many people are choosing to go back to this traditional idea of medicine.
    Herbal medicine has its roots in every culture around the world. Herbal medicine uses the plant's seeds, berries, roots, leaves, bark or flowers for medicinal purposes. Benefits of Herbal Medicine
    They have a holistic approach and aid in proper absorption and digestion
    They are not disease specific but act as a preventive medicine that positively affects the overall health and well-being by boosting the immune system
    They are at par with allopathic medicines and are at times known to be effective in treating diseases like cancer and autoimmune diseases
    They are self-contained and nutritive in nature, therefore, are non-toxic and harmless
    This book contains details of more than 150 herbal plants, their family, property, benefits and uses.
    Read the book and start deriving holistic benefits the herbal plants offer for the whole family.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherV&S Publishers
    Release dateApr 1, 2020
    ISBN9789350571859
    Naturopathy: Herbal Plants for Health Tretments

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      Naturopathy - Vikas Khatri

      Kariyat

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      Botanical Name:

      Andrographis paniculata

      Family:

      Acanthaceae (Ruellia family)

      Synonyms:

      Justicia paniculata

      Common Names:

      Kariyat, Creat • Hindi: Kirayat, Kalpanath • Manipuri: Vubati • Marathi: Oli-kiryata, Kalpa • Tamil: Nilavembu • Malayalam: Nelavepu, Kiriyattu • Telugu: Nilavembu • Kannada: Nelaberu • Bengali: Kalmegh • Oriya: Bhuinimba • Konkani: Vhadlem Kiratyem • Urdu: Naine-havandi • Assamese: Kalmegh • Gujarati: Kariyatu • Sanskrit: Kalmegha, Bhunimba • Mizo: Hnakhapui

      Description:

      Kariyat is an erect annual herb extremely bitter in taste in all parts of the plant. It grows erect to a height of 1-4 ft in moist shady places with smooth leaves and white flowers with rose-purple spots on the petals. Stem dark green, 0.3 - 1.0 m in height, 2-6 mm in diameter, quadrangular with longitudinal furrows and wings on the angles of the younger parts, slightly enlarged at the nodes; leaves glabrous, up to 8.0 cm long and 2.5 cm broad, lanceolate, pinnate; flowers small, in lax spreading axillary and terminal racemes or panicles; capsules linear-oblong, acute at both ends, 1.9 cm x 0.3 cm; seeds numerous, sub quadrate, yellowish brown.

      Medicinal Uses:

      Since ancient times, Kariyat is used as a wonder drug in traditional Siddha and Ayurvedic systems of medicine as well as in tribal medicine in India and some other countries for multiple clinical applications. The therapeutic value of Kalmegh is due to its mechanism of action which is perhaps by enzyme induction. The plant extract exhibits antityphoid and antifungal activities.

      Hophead

      Botanical Name:

      Barleria lupulina

      Family:

      Acanthaceae (Ruellia family)

      Common Names:

      Hophead, Philippine Violet • Bengali: Vishellakarani

      Description:

      Hophead is a popular medicinal plant distributed in mountains of southern and western India. Shrubbery plant with single dark green leaves, red-brown branches, and flowers that bloom in upright spikes. It is an erect shrub with smooth, hairless stems and leaves. Leaves narrowly obovate, spine-tipped, 3.5-9 cm long, 0.8-1.2 cm wide. Flowers occur in a terminal spike with overlapping bracts which are broadly ovate, 15 mm long, green with purple upper half. Flower consists of a 3m long corolla tube, opening into 1 cm long petals. Longer stamen filaments 2 cm long; shorter stamens fertile. Style is 3 cm long and smooth.

      Medicinal Uses:

      Traditional and therapeutic use is anti-inflammatory for insect bites, its fresh leaves are used for herpes simplex, and roots for anti-inflammatory centipede bites.

      Porcupine Flower

      Botanical Name:

      Barleria prionitis

      Family:

      Acanthaceae (Ruellia family)

      Common Names:

      Porcupine flower, Barleria • Hindi: Vajradanti • Tamil: Kundan • Kannada: Mullu goranti • Malayalam: Kuttivetila • Gujarati: Pilikantashelio

      Description:

      Porcupine flower is an erect, prickly shrub, usually single-stemmed, growing to about 1.5 m tall. The stems and branches are stiff and smooth and light brown to light grey in colour. The leaves are up to 100 mm long and 40 mm wide, and oval-shaped though narrow at both ends (ellipsoid) The base of the leaves is protected by three to five sharp, pale coloured spines, 10-20 mm long. The yellow-orange tubular flowers are found bunched tightly together at the top of the plant, but they also occur singly at the base of the leaves. The flowers are 40 mm long and tubular, with several long protruding stamens. The seed capsule is oval-shaped and 13-20 mm long, with a sharp pointed beak. It contains two fairly large, flat seeds, typically 8 mm long by 5 mm wide, covered with matted hairs. Barleria has a central tap root, with lateral roots branching off in all directions.

      Medicinal Uses:

      It has numerous medicinal properties including treating fever, respiratory diseases, toothache, joint pains and a variety of other ailments; and it has several cosmetic uses. A mouthwash made from root tissue is used to relieve toothache and treat bleeding gums. The whole plant, leaves, and roots are used for a variety of purposes in traditional Indian medicine. For example, the leaves are used to promote healing of wounds and to relieve joint pains and toothaches. Because of its antiseptic properties, extracts of the plant are incorporated into herbal cosmetics and hair products to promote skin and scalp health.

      Bell Weed

      Botanical Name:

      Dipteracanthus prostratus

      Family:

      Acanthaceae (Ruellia family)

      Synonyms:

      Ruellia prostrata

      Common Names:

      Bell Weed, Prostrate Wild Petunia, Black weed • Marathi: Kali dhawani • Tamil: Pottakanchi • Malayalam: Upudali • Telugu: Neelambaram • Gujarati: Kalughavani, Kali Dhraman

      Description:

      Bell Weed is a prostrate perennial herb, with stems often rooting at the nodes. Ovate green leaves, 2-10 cm long, have lower surface conspicuously paler. Leaf stalk is 5-30 mm long. Flowers occur solitary in the leaf axils, each one subtended by oblanceolate to ovate bracts 1.5-2.3 cm long. Sepals 5, linear, 6-10 mm long. Flowers are violet blue to occasionally nearly white, 2.4-3.2 cm long, the petals slightly spreading. Capsules are club-shaped, 1.5-2 cm long, densely covered with fine hairs. Flowering: August-September.

      Medicinal Uses:

      It is believed to be anti-cancer against the epidermis of the nasopharynx region and slightly hypoglycemic.

      Blue Fox Tail

      Botanical Name:

      Ecbolium linneanum

      Family:

      Acanthaceae (Ruellia family)

      Synonyms:

      Justicia ecbolia

      Common Names:

      Blue Fox Tail, Blue Justicia • Bengali: Neel Kantha • Hindi: Udajati • Kannada: Kappubobbuli, Kappukuruni • Malayalam: Karinkurinni, Kuranta • Marathi: Dhakta adulsa, Ranaboli. Ekboli • Sanskrit: Nila-sahacharah • Tamil: Nilambari • Telugu: Chikatiquratappa, Nakkatoka

      Description:

      Blue Fox Tail is a shrubby plant, with four-sided flower-spikes at the end of the branches. Bracts are oval, entire and mucronate. Leaves are elliptic-oblong, narrowed at both ends, and velvety. Flowers are large, greenish blue. The upper lip of the flower is linear, and reflexed. The Blue Fox Tail is found in Mumbai and Konkan regions.

      Medicinal Uses:

      The plant is used in gout and dysuria; decoction of leaves for stricture. Roots are given in jaundice, menorrhagia and rheumatism.

      Marsh Barbel

      Botanical Name:

      Hygrophila schulli

      Family:

      Acanthaceae (Ruellia family)

      Synonyms:

      Hygrophila auriculata

      Common Names:

      Marsh Barbel • Hindi: Gokula kanta • Marathi: Talim Khana • Tamil: Nirumuli • Malayalam: Voyal-chullai • Telugu: Kokilakshi • Kannada: Kalavankabija • Bengali: Shulamardan • Konkani: Kalaso • Sanskrit: Kokilaksha, Shrinkhali

      Description:

      Marsh Barbel is a stout aquatic perennial herb, 1-2 m high. Erect unbranched stems are hairy near swollen nodes. Densely hairy, lance-like, stalkless leaves, 10-15 cm long, occur in whorls of 6 at each node on the stem. Straight, yellow, 4 cm long spines are present in the axil of each leaf. Flowers occur in 4 pairs at each node. The 3 cm long purple-blue flowers are 2-lipped - the upper lip is 2-lobed and the lower one 3-lobed with lengthwise folds. Flowers open in opposite pairs. Flowering: October-April.

      Medicinal Uses:

      Kokilaksha, as it is known in Sanskrit, was extensively used in Ayurvedic system of medicine for various ailments like rheumatism, inflammation, jaundice, hepatic obstruction, pain, etc.

      Malabar Nut

      Botanical Name:

      Adhatoda vasica

      Family:

      Acanthaceae (Ruellia family)

      Synonyms:

      Justicia adhatoda

      Common Names:

      Malabar Nut • Hindi: Arusa, Vasala • Manipuri: Nongmangkha angouba • Tamil: Adatodai • Bengali: Basak

      Description:

      A small evergreen, sub-herbacious bush which grows commonly in open plains, especially in the lower Himalayas. The Leaves are 10 to 16 cms in length, minutely hairy and broadly lanceolate. A herbal plant which requires very little watering and is an extremely hardy plant is Malabar nut. If there is one herbal plant that needs to be singled out for propagation and planting on a large scale, it would be this one. Adhatoda in Tamil, meaning a plant shunned by herbivorous animals. Propagated easily by cuttings, grows to a height of eight to 14 feet and has attractive white flowers.

      Medicinal Uses:

      Adhatoda is useful for curing coughs, colds and asthma and is easy to administer. It has been used for centuries, and is mentioned in Sanskrit scriptures.

      Gandarusa

      Botanical Name:

      Justicia gendarussa

      Family:

      Acanthaceae (Ruellia family)

      Synonyms:

      Gendarussa vulgaris, Adhatoda subserrata

      Common Names:

      Gandarusa, Warer willow • Hindi: Nili nargandi, Kala bashimb • Marathi: Tev, bakas, Kalaadulsa • Tamil: Karunochi, Vadaikkutti • Malayalam: Karunochchi, Vada-kodi • Telugu: Addasaramu, Gandharasamu, Nalla-noch-chili • Kannada: Aduthodagidda, Karalakkigidde, Karinekki • Bengali: Jagatmadan • Oriya: Nilanirgundi • Assamese: Tita-bahak, Bishalya karani • Sanskrit: Bhutakeshi, Gandharasa, Indrani, Kapika, Krishnanirgundi

      Description:

      Gandarusa is an erect, branched, smooth undershrub about 0.8-1.5 m tall. The leaves are lanceshaped, 7-14 cm long, 1-2.5 cm wide and pointed at the ends. The rather small flowers are borne in 4-12 cm long spikes, at the end of the branches or in leaf axils. The teeth of the sepals cup are smooth, linear and about 3 mm long. The flowers are about 1.5 cm long, white or pink, with purple spots. The capsule is club-shaped, about 12 mm long and smooth.

      Medicinal Uses:

      Gandarusa is reputed for its beneficial effects in respiratory disorders like cough, cold, bronchitis, throat infections, pulmonary infections and allergic disorders like bronchial asthma. It is assumed to possess greater medicinal value to yellow vasa plant or Adhatoda vasica.

      Water Willow

      Botanical Name:

      Justicia procumbens

      Family:

      Acanthaceae (Ruellia family)

      Common Names:

      Water Willow • Marathi: Karambal, Pitpapada, Kalmashi • Tamil: Arm, Knteyu, Kotakacalai, Kukkurm • Konkani: Ghati Pitpapad

      Description:

      Water Willow is a slender, often tufted, prostrate or ascending, branched perennial herb. The stems are 10-40 cm long. The leaves are elliptic to oblong-ovate or ovate, 7-20 mm long, 5-20 mm wide, obtuse at both ends, and entire or slightly crenate as to margin. The flowers are pink, 6-7 mm long, and borne in terminal, rather dense, cylindric spikes 1-5 cm long and about 5 mm in

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