Classical Uses of Medical Plants

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Akşota (Juglans regia Linn.)
Agasti (Sesbania grandiflora Pers.)
Aguru (Aquilaria agallocha Roxb.)
Agnimantha (Premna mucronata Roxb.) Ankota (Alangium salvifolium (Linn.) Wang
Ajagandha (Thymus serpyllum Linn.)
7. Ajamoda (Trachyspermum roxburghianum (DC.) Craib.)
Atasi (Linum usitatissimum Linn.)
Atibalā (Abutilon indicum (Linn.) Sw.)
Atimuktaka (Madhavī) (Hiptage benghalensis Kurz.)
Ativişā (Aconitum heterophyllum Wall.)
Apāmārga (Achyranthes aspera Linn.)
Abhişuka (Pistacia vera Linn.)
Amlavetasa (Garcinia pedunculata Roxb.)
Amlikā (Tamarindus indica Linn.)
Aralu (Ailanthus excelsa Roxb.)
17. Arimeda (Acacia farnisiana Willd.)
18. Arka (Calotropis procera (Ait.) R.Br.)
19. Arkaparnī (Tylophora indica (Burm.f.) Merr.)
20. Arjuna (Terminalia arjuna W. & Α.)
21. Alābū (Lagenaria siceraria (Mol.) Standl.)
21(a). Katukālābū (Iksvāku) (bitter variety of alābū)
22. Avākpuşpī (Adhahpuspī) (Trichodesma indicum R. Br.)
23. Aśoka (Saraca asoca (Roxb.) De Wilde)
24. Aśvagandha (Withania somnifera Dunal.)
25. Aśvattha (Ficus religiosa Linn.)
26. Asana (Bījaka) (Pterocarpus marsupium Roxb.)
Asthisamhāra (Cissus qudrangularis Linn.)
28. Ahipnena (Papaver somniferum Linn.)
29. Akārakarabha (Anacyclus pyrethrum DC.)
30. Adhakī (Cajanus indicus Spreng.)
31. Amalakī (Emblica officinalis Gaertn.)
32. Amra (Mangifera indica Linn.)
33. Aragvadha (Cassia fistula Linn.)
34. Arttagala (Xanthium strumarium Linn.)
45 Ušira (Vetiveria zizanoides (Linn.) Nash.)
46 Eranda (Ricinus communis Linn.)
for convenience.
47. Ervāru (Cucumis utilissimus Roxb.)
tons have also
48. Elā (Elettaria cardamomum Maton.)
portion of the
49. Kangukā (Setaria italica Beauv.)
triya Osadhi-
50. Kañcața (Jussiae repens Linn.)
the end, two
51. Kațabhī (Albizzia lucida Benth.)
52. Katukā (Picrorhiza kurroa Royle ex Benth.)
d- one for
of medicinal
53. Katphala (Myrica esculenta Buch-Ham.)
glossary of
54. Kantaka-pañcamüla
55. Kantakārī (Solanum surattense Burm.f.)
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Plants contaте
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plants arranged
and systematically
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17 38 Ingudi (Balanites roxburghii Planch.)
39. Indravaruni (Citrullus colocynthis Schrad.) Urramarani (Prgularia daemia (Forsk) Chiov.)
41 Udumbara (Ficus glomerata Roxb.)
42 Upakuñcikä (Nigella sativa Linn.)
44 Urumāņa (Prunus armeniaca Linn.)
MEDICINAL P
Andraka (Fresh ginger) (Zingiber officinale Rose)
wat Sunthi (Dry ginger)
Asphota (Vallaris solanacea Kuntze) Iksu (Saccharum officinarum Linn.)
Upodika (Basella rubra Linn.)
55(a). Śveta Kantakārī
useful, on
56. Kanțakī karañja (Caesalpinia crista Linn.)
electing
57. Kataka (Strychnos potatorum Linn.)
58. Kadamba (Anthocephalus indicus Miq.)
59. Kadara (Acacia suma Buch-Ham.)
60. Kadali (Musa paradisiaca Linn.) 61. Kandali (Crinum asiaticum Linn.)
62. Kapikacchū (Mucuna prurita Hook.)
63. Kapittha (Feronia limonia (Linn.) Swingle)
64. Kamala (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.)
65. Kampillaka (Mallotus philippinensis Muell-Arg.)
66. Karañja (Pongamia pinnata Pierre.)
67. Karavīra (Nerium indicum Mill.
68. Karīra (Capparis decidua Edgew.)
Karkataśrńgī (Pistacia integemrmi a Stew ex Brandis.)
Karkandhu (Ziziphus nummularia (Burm.f.) W. & Α.)
Karkāru (Cucurbita pepo DC.)
Karkota (Momordica dioica Roxb. ex Willd.)
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Karcūra (Curcuma zedoaria Rosc.)
Karpūra (Cinnamomum camphora Nees-Eberm.)
Kalāya (Lathyrus sativus Linn.)
Kašeru (Scirpus grossus Linn. f.)
Kākajangha (Peristrophe bicalyculata Nees.)
Kākamācī (Solanum nigrum Linn.)
Kākādanī (Cardiospemum halicacabum Linn.)
Kākodumbara (Ficus hispida Linn. f.) Kāñcanāra (Bauhinia variegata Linn.)
Kāravellaka (Momordica charantia Linn.)
Kārpāsī (Gossypium herbaceum Linn.)
Vanakārpāsī (Thespesia lampas Dalz. & Gibs.)
Kālāñjana (Ipomoea nil (Linn.) Roth.)
Kāśā (Saccharum spontaneum Linn.)
Kāśmarya (Gmelina arborea Linn.)
Kāsamarda (Cassia occidentalis Linn.)
Kirātatikta (Swertia chirayita (Roxb. ex Flem.) Karst.)
Kunkuma (Crocus sativus Linn.)
Kutaja (Holarrhena antidysenterica (Linn.) Wall.)
Kupīlu (Strychnos nuxvomica Linn.)
Kumārī (Aloe vera Tourn ex Linn.)
Kumuda (Nymphoea nouchali Burm. f.)
Kumbhīka (Careya arborea Roxb.)
Kulattha (Dolichos biflorus Linn.)
Kulatthikā (Dolichos falcatus Linn.)
Kuśa (Desmostachya bipinnata Stapf.) Kustha (Saussurea lappa CB. Clarke)
Kusumbha (Carthamus tinctorius Linn.)
Kūsmānda (Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn.)
Krsna Vetra (Tiliacora racemosa Colebr.)
Ketaki (Pandamus odorotissimus Linn. f.)
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Šatapuspă (Anethum sowa Kurz.)
Šatāvarī (Asparagus recemosus Willd.)
Šami (Prospopis cineraria Druce.) Šara (Saccharum munja Roxb.)
Šarapunkha (Tephrosia purpurea Pers.)
Šarkarā (Themeda arundinacea (Roxb.) Ridley.)
Śallakī (Boswellia serrata Roxb.)
).
Kunduru (Gum-resin of Śallakī)
Šāka (Tectona grandis Linn. f.)
Šakhotaka (Streblus asper Lour.)
Śāla (Shorea robusta Gaertn.)
Šālaparnī (Desmodium gangeticum DC.)
Śāli (Oryza sativa Linn.)
Lājā (Parched Paddy)
Śālmali (Salmalia malabarica Schott. and Endl.)
Mocarasa
Šimśapā (Dalbergia sissoo Roxb.)
Śigru (Moringa oleifera Lam.)
Madhuśigru (M. concanensis Nimmo.)
Śitivāra (Celosia argentea Linn.)
Śirīşa (Albizzia lebbeck Benth.)
Śivalingi (Bryonopsis laciniosa (Linn.) Naud.)
Šukanāsā (Corallocarpus epigaeus Benth. ex Hook. f.
Śrigātaka (Trapa natan var. bispinosa (Roxb.)
Makino. Linn.)
Šaileya (Parmelia perlata Ach.)
Śaivāla (Ceratophyllum demersum Linn.) Śyāmāka (Echinochloa frumentacea Linn.)
Śyonaka (Oroxylum indicum Vent.)
Śleşmātaka (Cordia dichotoma Forst. f.)
Şaştika
Satīna (Pisum sativum Linn.)
Saptaparna (Alstonia scholaris R.Br.)
Saptalā (Euphorbia pilosa Linn.)
Sarala (Pinus roxburghii Sargent.)
- Śrīvestaka
MEDICINAL PL
Sarjarasa (Vateria indica Linn.)
Sarpagandha (Rauwolfia serpentina Benth. ex Kurz.) Sarvagandha
Sarsapa (Brassica campestris Linn. var. sarson Prain.)
Sahadevi (Vernonia cineria Less.)
Samudra Närikela (Lodoicea maldivica (Poir.) Pers.)
Särivä (Hemidesmus indicus R.Br.)
Sālasarādi gana
Sitaphala (Annona squamosa Linn.)
Sudarśana (Crinum latifolium Linn.)
Sunişannaka (Marsilea minuta Linn.)
Sürana (Amorphophallus campanulatus Blume.)
Süryakäntä (Helianthus annuus Linn.)
Saireyaka (Barleria prionitis Linn.)
a). Bana (Barleria strigosa Willd.)
Sthauneyaka (Taxus baccata Linn.)
Snuhi (Euphorbia nerifolia Linn.)
Sprkkä (Delphinium zalil Aitch Hemsl.) Svarnakşîrī (Kankuşthaprabhavā) (Euphorbia thomsoniana Boiss.) a). Svarnakşīrī (śrgālakantaka) (Argemone mexicana Lin Hamsapadi (Adiantum lunulatum Burm.) Hapuşă (Juniperus communis Linn.) Haritamañjarī (Acalypha indica Linn.) Haridra (Curcuma longa Linn.) Harītakī (Terminalia chebula Retz.) Hareņukā (Amomum subulatum Roxb.) Himsrā (Capparis sepiaria Linn.)
Hastikarna (Leea macrophylla Roxb. ex Hornem.)
Hingu (Ferula narthex Boiss.) Hilamocikā (Enhydra fluctnans Lour.)
Hribera (Valeriana hardwickii Wall.)
Appendix-I
Appendix-II
Index-I
Index-II
Disease-wise indication
Glossary of Medical terms
Sanskrit names
Latin and English names