செலுப்பை மரம்/Elaeodendron glaucum
Elaeodendron glaucum (N. O. Celastraceae) Habit : Tree Parts used: Leaves, root and bark. Constituents: Bark contains resin and tannin. Ash contains calcium carbonate and calcium oxalate. Action: Bark is…
Elaeodendron glaucum (N. O. Celastraceae) Habit : Tree Parts used: Leaves, root and bark. Constituents: Bark contains resin and tannin. Ash contains calcium carbonate and calcium oxalate. Action: Bark is…
(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…
(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,…
(மஞ்சள் பூசணி) Cucurbita maxima ' (N. O. Cucurbitaceae) Habit : Creeper Parts used: Seeds, pulp and fruit-stalk Constituents: Similar to those of cucurbitaseous plants. saponin, fixed oil, resin, proteins, sugar…
(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…
(மிளகு வேர்) Piper chaba (N. O. Piperaceae) Habit: Climber Parts used: Root Constituents: An essential oil is obtained. Action: Fruit is considered Aromatic, Stimulant. Carmi-native, Resolvent, Anti-rheumatic, Cooling and Expectorant.…
Betula utilis (N. O. Cupuliferae) Habit : Herb Parts used: Bark and oil Constituents: An essential oil Betulin' Action : Bark is Antiseptic, Carminative, Diuretic and Cooling. Uses: Betulin oil…
Maerua arenaria (N. O. Capparidaceae) Habit : Large woody climber Parts used: Whole plant Constituents: Plant contains sugar Action : Refrigerant, Stimulant, Tonic, Nutritive, Aphrodisiac and Alterative. Uses: This is…
(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…
(கருப்பு பூலா) Phyllanthus reticulata (N. O. Euphorbiaceae) Habit: Herb Parts used: Leaves and the whole plant Action : Antidysenteric, Depurative and Vermifuge. Uses: This is used mainly in the medicines…