| Botanical Name : |
Abutilon Indicum |
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| Family Name : |
Malvaceae |
Common Name :
Abutilon, Indian Mallow
Part Used : Whole Plant
Habitat : Present in sub-himalayan tract and hills upto 1,200 m and in hotter
parts of india.
Product offered : Wholeplant |
| Uses : It is sweet, cooling, digestive, laxative, expectorant, diuretic, astringent, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, anthelmintic, demulcent and aphrodisiac.
It is useful in gout, tuberculosis, ulcers, bleeding disorders, and worms. Decoction used in
toothache and tender gums.
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| Achyranthes Aspera : |
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Botanical Name : Achyranthes Aspera
Family Name : Amarantaceae
Common Name : Prickly Chaff-flower.
Part Used : Flowers
Habitat : Throughout india and tropical asia.
Product offered : Seeds, Wholeplant
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| Uses : This plant is popularly supposed to act as a safeguard against scorpions and snakes by paralyzing them. It is described as purgative, pungent, and digestive, a remedy for phlegm, inflammation of the internal organs, piles, itch, abdominal enlargements, rheumatism and for enlarged cervical glands.
The Hindus in preparing caustic alkaline preparations use the ashes. The diuretic properties of the plant are well known to the natives of India. Different parts of the plant are ingredients in many native prescriptions in combination with more active remedies.
In Western India the juice is applied to relieve toothache. The ashes with honey are given to relieve cough and rubbed into a paste with water it is used as an anjan (eye salve) in opacities of the cornea. Stem of the plant is used as toothbrush, infusion of the twig is also used as a wash for tooth pain.
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