பூசணி

(கல்யாணப் பூசணி, வெள்ளைப் பூசணி) Cucurbita pepo (N. O. Cucurbitaceae) Habit: Creeper Parts used: Leaves and fruits Constituents: Vitamin B, antimercurial, sterols, dienes and cholestral. Action: Diuretic. Styptic, Alterative, Antiperiodic and…

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பூசணி

(சாம்பல் பூசணி, கோடைப் பூசணி, குழிபரங்கி) Benincasa hispida (N. O. Cucurbitaceae) Habit: creeper Parts used: Leaves, fruits and seeds. Constituents: Fixed oil, starch, an alkaline cucurbitine, an acrid resin, proteids, myoxin,…

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பூசணி

(பரங்கிப் பூசணி) Cucurbita moschata (N. O. Cucurbitaceae) Habit: Creeper Parts used: Fruits Action: Bilious, Purgative and Aperient. Uses: The fruit of this plant is yellowish inside. It is large in…

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பூலா

(நீர்ப்பூலா) Phyllanthus multiflorus (N. O. Euphorbiaceae) Habit: Herb Parts used: Root and leaves Action : Leaves and juice are employed as Diuretic and Cooling. Root and the root bark are…

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