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.…
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Ricinus communis (N. O. Euphorbiaceae) Habit: Middle sized tree Parts used: Oil, leaves, roots and seeds. Constituents: Seeds contain fixed õil. Action: Oil is Non-purgative; when it reaches the…
சாம்பிராணி
சாம்பிராணி (பரங்கி சாம்பிராணி) Boswellia glabra (N. O. Burseraceae) Habit: Tree Parts used: Gum, resin and oil. Constituents: Oil is extracted from the gum or resin. Action: Resin is of a…
அலிசி விதை
Linum ustitiatissimum (N. O. Linaceae) Habit: Shrub Parts used: Seeds, oil and flowers. Constituents: Seeds contain 37 to. 44 percent fixed oil. Ash contains mineral salts. Action: Demulcent, Expectorant, Diuretic,…
சீரகம்
Cuminum cyminum (N. O. Umbelliferae) Habit: Herb Parts used: Fruit or seed and an essential oil Constituents: Fatty oil, resin, mucilage gum,protel, compounds, malates and an essential oil. A valuable…
இயூக்கலிப்ட்டஸ்
Eucalyptus globulus (N. O. Myrtaceae) Habit: Tree Parts used: Dry leaves, gum and oil distilled from the fresh leaves. Constituents: Leaves contain Volatile Oil. Action: Leaves are Febrifuge, Carminative. Stimulant.…
சுரைக்காய்
Lagenaria vulgaris (N. O. Cucurbitaceae) Habit: Climber Parts used: Seeds, seed-oil and pulp of fruit. Constituents: Fresh vegetable contains moisture and the dried material contains allbuminoids, scoluble carbohy drates, woody…
நாட்டு அக்ரோட்டு
Aleuritis Moluccana (N. O. Euphorbiaceae) Habit: Tree Parts used: Nas, Kernel and oil of Seeds. Constituent: Kernel contains cellulose, fat, organic matter Inorganic matter and ash containing lime,magnesium phosphoric unhydride…
புகையிலை
(பிரம்ம பத்திரம்) Nicotiana tabacum (N. O. Solanaceae) Habit: Herb Parts used: Dried leaves and a dark brown acrid empi rheu matic oil obtained by distillation from the stalks and the…
பூர்ஜ பத்திரம்
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…
