சிவனார் வேம்பு
(சிவன் மூலிகை, காந்தாரி) Indigofera aspalathoides (N. O. Papilionaceae) Habit: Herb Parts used : Leaves, flowers, tender shoots and roots. Constituents: Oil is extracted from the roots. Action: Cooling, Anti- Anti-rheumatic.…
பிரண்டை
(வச்சிரவல்லி) Vitis quadrangularis (N. O. Vitaceae) Habit: Creeper Parts used: Leaves and young shoots Constituents: Stem contains calcium oxalate, carotene and ascorbic acid Action: Leaves and shoots are Powerful Alteratives,…
பிரண்டை
(புளிப் பிரண்டை) Vitis setosa (N. O. Vitaceae) Habit: Cereper Parts used: Leaves and sonder shoot Action: It is exceedingly Acrid, Alterative, Stimulant. Refrigerant, Tonic and Cooling. Uses: This is sweet…
புளியாரை
(பெரும்புளியாரை) Oxalis martiuma (N. O. Geraniaceae) Habit: Herb Parts used: Leaves and sonder shoots Action: Leaves are Cooling. Refrigerant and Stomachle, Uses: The leaves of this herb is used as…
பேராமுட்டி
(செந்தொட்டி) Pavonia odorata (N. O. Malvaceae) Habit: Sub shrub Parts used: Root, leaves and young shoots Constituents: An essential oil. Action : Root is Cooling, Demulcent, Carminative. Diaphoretic, Diuretic, Refrigerant.…
மருள்
(ஜாங்குப் பட்டை) Sansevieria roxburghiana (N. O. Haemodoraceae) Habit : Tree Parts used: Root, tender shoots and leaves Constituents: An alkaloid Sanservierine Action: Purgative, Sweet, Pungent, Tonic, Expec-torant, Febrifuge and Cardiac.…
மூங்கில்
Bambusa arundinacea (N. O. Gramineae) Habit : Shrub Parts used: The interior stalks or stems (bamboo hollows) of female plant containing silicous concretions (deposit) called tabushir (bamboo mannal) in the…
கரும்பு
Saccharum officinarum (N. O. Gramineae) Habit: Tall perennial grass Parts used: Shoot Constituents: Rich in sucrose Action: Refrigerant, Diuretic, Preservative, Demulcent, Antiseptic, Cooling, Laxative, Aphrodisiac, Nutrient and Pectoral. Uses: This…
கீரை
(குப்பைக் கீரை) Amaranthus viridis (N. O. Amaranthaceae) Habit: Herb Parts used: Leaves and Young shoots Action: Diuretic, Laxative, Stomachic, Demulcent and Emollient. Uses: This has many medicinal properties. This give…
கீரை
(பண்ணைக் கீரை) Amaranthus polygamus (N. O. Amaranthaceae) Habit: Herb Parts used: Leaves and young shoots Constituents: Rich in minerals and Vitamins Action: Laxative, Diuretic, Nervine, Tonic, Astringent. and Demulcent. Uses:…
