Medicinal Plant
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Since time immemorial plants have been used for the treatment of
various ailments. Even today several important drugs used in the
modern system of medicine are obtain from plants. The use of
medicinal plants has figured in several ancient manuscript like
Rigveda, the Bible the Iliad, the odyssey, the history of Herodotus.
As far back as 4000 B.C. the ancient Chinese were using drugs
plants.
In India, earliest references to medicinal plants appear in
Rigveda , written between 3500 and 1600 B.C. In Atharvaveda
too, detailed discriptions of several medicinal pants were given . In
Ayurveda, definite properties of drugs obtained from plants and
their uses have been given in some details. Charaka Samhita and
Susruta Samhita are two important works dealing with some 700
medicinal plants of India.
Background
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India has one of the oldest and richest cultural heritage
of using wild plants for treating the physical and mental
suffering of humanity. Our country is the birth place of
Ayurveda . This indigenous system of medicines thrives
on naturally occurring floral diversity collectively referred
to as medicinal plants.
The growing demand for herbal products in
the recent past has led to a quantum jump in the
volumes of medicinal plants traded within country .The
rising global interest poses a great threat to Ayurvedic
system of medicine more than ever before , because of
the fact that the natural healing plants are being over
extracted to meet the markets demand.
Aswaghanda
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Scientific name:- Withania somnifera
Parts used:- Root
Action
Uses
Strength Promoter
Spermo –poietic
Nutritive tonic
Anti- inflammatory
Anti- depresent
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Seminal Debility
Leucorrhoea
General debility
Mental depression
Cardiac debility
Dosage:- 3-5 grams
Kachnar
 Scientific
name:- Bauhinia variegata
 Parts used:- Bark, Flower
 Action
Uses
Astringent
Wound healer
Anti- leprotic
Anti- inflammatory
 Dosage:-
Scrofula
Prolapse rectum
Obesity
Diabetes
3-5 grams
Chrysanthemum(Guldaudi)
 Scientific
name:- Chrysanthemum coronarium
 Parts used:- Leaves, Flowers
 Action
Uses
Heart problem
Abdominal pain
Piles
 Chemical
Regulate heart beat
provide relief
provide relief
composition :-Presence of essential oil
glucoside chysenthemum
 Dosage:-
10-20grams (flowers)
5-10grams(leaves)
Ghwar Patha
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Scientific name :- Aloe vera tourn ex
Parts used:- Root
Action
Uses
Diabetes
Arthritis
Gastric trouble
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regulate sugar level
provide relief
provide relief
Chemical composition:- presence of aline glucoside
Dama Buti
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name:-Aditoda vasica
 Parts used:- branches and leaves
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Used in the cure of Asthma
Used in the cure of cough
 Dosage:-
20-30grams
Arjuna
 Scientific
name:- Terminalia arjuna
 Parts used:-Bark and leaves
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Its bark provide strength to heart
Provide relief in acidity
Leaves are used in the cure of ear diseases
Satavar
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name:- Asparagus racemosus
 Parts used:-roots and branches
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Roots are used in the cure of laprosy
Soup of soft branches provide strength
It is also used to enhance the semen productivity
 Dosage:-5-10grams
Sadabhar
 Scientific
name:- Catharantus roseus
 Parts used:- flowers
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It is used in the cure of blood sugar
It is used in the cure of cancer also
 Dosage:-10-20grams
Uchanti
 Scientific
name:- Ageratum conyzoides
 Parts used:- leaves and flowers
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Paste of leaves are used for the healing of wounds
The juice of its flowers prevents skin from diseases
 Dosage:-3-8grams
Kala Bansa
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name:- Barleria
 Parts used:-leaves
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In cough relief
Act as pain killer in teeth and gums
It provide relief in swelling
 Dosage:-5-8grams
Patharchatt
 Scientific
name:- Coleus barbatus
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It is used in cure of tumour of gall bladder
Medicinal plants : wealth of
environment
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The cultivation of medicinal plants will not only
enhance the economy of the farmer and country
, but also improve the quality of depleted soil
and natural resources. The cultivation will help
change in the cultivation practices which will
improve the over all fresh water availability,
reduce pesticides contamination and restore
nutrient cycling . The over all effect shall be on
the rehabilitation of degraded eco system. In our
country medicinal plants are used for treating
the physical and mental suffering of humanity.
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Application:
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Use as medicines for treating the several physical and mental suffering
of humanity.
The cultivation of medicinal plants will enhance the economy of farmer
and the country.
It also improves the quality of depleted soil and natural resources.
The cultivation of medicinal plants also reduces pesticides
contamination and restores nutrient cycle.
- Its cultivation will help change in the cultivation practices which
will improve the fresh water availability.
- Establishment of sustainable medicinal plants resource base.
- Popularization of cultivation and use of Indian medicinal and
aromatic plants in the area of local people