(ஜிகிரி காக்கட்டான்) Ipomoea hederacea (N. O. Convolvulaceae) Habit : Climber Parts used: Dried seeds Constituents: Seeds contain a thick oil mucilage, glucoside tannin and pharbitisin Action: Cathartic and Anthelmintic. Uses:…
(கருப்பு காக்கட்டான்) Convolvulus nil (N. O. Convolvulaceae) Climber: Habit Parts used: Dried seeds Constituents: Similar to Ipomoea hederacea Action: Cathartic and Anthelmintic. Uses: The powder of the seed is very…
Anamirta cocculus (N. O. Menispermaceae) Habit: Climbing shrub Parts used: seeds Consituients: Picrotexin, cocculin and anamirtin Action: Emotie, Parasiticide and Naryotic. uses: This transquilians the fishes. The seeds are used…
Impatiens balsamina (N. O. Geraniaceae) Habit: Herb Parts used: Flowers and the whole plant Uses: This is used to cure statis. The extract of the whole plant is used in…
Ipomoea quomoclit (N. O. Convolvulaceae) Habit: Climber used: Leaves Action: Diuretic, Cooling and Vulnerary Uses: The squeezed leaf is used externally on the carbuncles of diabetic patients. The leaf extract…
(பெருங்காஞ்சொறி) Tragia involucrata (N. O. Euphorbiaceae) Habit: stinging nettle Parts used: Root Action: Diaphoretic. Alterative and Diuretic. Uses: Root is useful in treating the itching of the skin. It is…
Woodfordia floribunda (N. O. Lythraceae) Habit: Tree Parts used: Flowers Action: Flowers are Stimulant and Astringent, Dried ones are Astringent and Tonic. Uses: It is a small tree common in…
Urginea indica (N. O. Liliacene) Habit: Herb Parts used: Bulb Constituents: Scillarian 'B' Action: Expectorant, Stimulant, Diuretic, Emmenagogue, Deobstruent and Cardiac. Uses: Young tunicated bulbs only should be used as…
Cammelina bengalensis Habit: Herb Parts used : Whole plant Constituents : Camellin Action: Febrifuge. Stimulant and : Astringent, Aphrodisiac. Uses: This could be cooked. The leaves along with the leaves…
Coffea arabica (N. O. Rubiaceae) Habit: Shrub Parts used: Seeds Constituents: Alkaloids caffiene, adenine, xanthine, hypo-xanthine and guanosine Action: Stimulant, Diuretic, Antispasmodic and Anti-soporific and Anthelmintic.lt assists Assimilation and Digestion,…
