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ABELMOSCHUS MOSCHATUS |
Botanical name : ABELMOSCHUS MOSCHATUS
Family name : MALVACEAE
Common Name : AMBRETTE SEEDS, HIBISCUS ABELMOSCHUS, MUSK MALLOW, MUSK OKRA, ORNAMENTAL OKRA, ANNUAL HIBISCUS, YORKA OKRA, GALU GASTURI, BAMIA MOSCHATA.
Part Used : seeds, seeds oil
Habitat : Cultivated in India
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Uses :Ambrette seeds come from a tropical hibiscus. The seeds contain an oil with a fatty-musky, slightly ambery odour. It's most important odoriferous components are the macrocyclic musks 5(Z)-tetradecen-14-olide and 7(Z)-hexadecen-16-olide, also called ambrettolide [6]. The oil was formerly highly appreciated in perfumery, but has now been largely replaced by synthetic musks.The seeds have a strong aroma of musk, and have been known as grani moschi. Relaxing and stimulating powers are attributed to them; and some cases, apparently authentic, have been recorded, in which they seemed to have a decided influence in casting out the poison of snakes. Possibly a further and more careful investigation of their properties, would show them to be an agreeable and useful article in cases where mild nervous prostration required a diffusible stimulant and relaxant. At present, they seem to be used for nothing beyond giving flavor to the coffee of the Arabs. |
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ABRUS PRECATORIUS |
Botanical Name : ABRUS PRECATORIUS
Family Name : FABACEAE
Common Name : ROSARY PEA, JEQUERITY, CRAB'S EYE, PRECATORY BEAN, TENTO MUIDO, CAIN GHE, GRAINES REGLISSE, WEESBOONTJE, RAKAT, HINT MEYANKOKU, HUNG TOU, JEQUERIT, LIANE REGLISSE, MA LIAO TOU, PARATELLA, PATERNOSTER,
Parts used : Seeds, leaves
Habitat : Throughout Central India
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Uses : Seeds are Abortifacient, Anodyne, Aphrodisiac, Antimicrobial, Diuretic, Emetic, Expectorant, Febrifuge, Hemostat, Laxative, Purgative, Refrigerant and Sedative. Vermifuge Paste of seeds is applied locally in sciatica, stiffness of shoulder joints and paralysis . Seeds are highly poisonous . Roots are used for gonorrhoea , jaundice and haemoglobinuric bile . Powdered seeds are said to disturb the uterine functions and prevent conception in women. The oil extracted from seeds is said to promote the growth of human hair. |
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ADHATODA VASICA |
Botanical Name : ADHATODA VASICA
Family Name : ACANTHACEAE
Common Name : MALABAR NUT
Part Used: Leaves, whole plant
Habitat: The plant grows in plains & in lower Himalayan ranges upto 1000
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Uses : Principle constituents of Malabur nuts are the several alkaloids present and chief principle being quinazoline alkaloid, vasicine. The leaves are rich in vitamin C and carotene and yield an essential oil. The shrub is the source of the drug, well known in indigenous systems of medicine for its beneficial effects, particularly in bronchitis. The leaves, flowers, fruits and roots are extensively used for treating cold, cough, whooping-cough, chronic bronchitis and asthma. It acts as a sedative-expectorant, antispasmodic and anthelmintic. It is a bronchial antiseptic, bronchodilator and expectorant.
The roots, leaves and flowers and active principles of the plant possess a number of pharmacological properties and are used in cough, chronic bronchitis, rheumatism, asthma and bronchial asthma. |
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