ஆலமரம்
Ficus Bengalensis (N. O. Urticaceae) Habit: Tree Parts used: Milky juice and bark. Constituents: Bark and young buds contain tannin Wax and caoutchouc. Action: Bark is Tonic, Alterative and Demulcent.…
ஆமணக்கு
(காட்டாமணக்கு) Jatropha curcas (N. O. Euphorbiaceae) Habit : Tree Parts used : Seeds, juice, leaves and oil. Constituents: Seeds contain fixed oil. Oil contains Jatrophic acid. Action: Seeds are Acro-narcotic.…
அத்தி
Ficus glomerata (N. O. Urticaceae) Habit: Tree Parts used: Root, root-bark, Leaves, Fruit, milky-juice and galls. Constituent: Wood possesses tannin and wax. The ash containing silica and phosphoric…
பீர்க்கு
Luffa acutangula (N. O. Cucurbitaceae) Habit: climber Parts used: fruit,fruit juice,seeds,root and leaves Constituents: Dried fruit deprived of seeds contain a principle allied to colocynthin and a gelatinoids bitter principle…
சங்கன்
(கற்சங்கன்) Azima tetracantha (N. O. Salvadoraceae) Habit: Climber Parts used: Leaves, root and juice obtained from root-bark. Action: Expectorant, Stimulant, Astringent, Antiperiodic, Diuretic, Vulnerary, Anti-rheumatic and Alexi-pharmic. Uses: This cures…
சங்கன்
(முட்சங்கன்) Monetia barberioides (N. O. Salvadoraceae) Habit: Shrub Parts used: Leaves, root and juice obtained from root bark. Action : Diuretic, Stimulant, Diaphoretic and Tonic. Uses: The leaves of this…
மாதுளை
(நாடிமக்களி) Punica granatum (N. O. Myrtaceae) Habit : Tree Parts used: Flowers, rind of the fruit, fresh fruit-juice, dried bark of the stem and root Constituents: Bark and rind of…
தர்பூசனி
Citrullus vulgaris (N. O. Cucurbitaceae) Habit: Climber Parts used: Seeds and the juice of the pulp of the fruit. Constituents: Seeds yield a fixed oil proteids and citrullin. Action: Seeds…
நன்னாரி
(காமவல்லி, நீறுண்டி) Hemidesmus indicus (N. O. Asclepiadaceae) Habit: Twining herb. Parts used: Root, root-bark, and the juice of the plant. Constituents: Cowmarin, a volatile oil hemidesmine, Stearoptin called as Smilaxperic…
நாரத்தை
(கொழுஞ்சி, போஜன கஸ்தூரி Citrus medica (N. O. Rutaceae) Habit: Small tree Parts used: Rind, Juice and oil Constituents: Oil is expressed from the rind of the fruit. It contains citrene…
