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*BACK TO NATURE-SOUTHINDIAN HERBALS AND THEIR MEDICINAL USES*

*INTRODUCTION*

          

Man has been using plants as medicine from time immemorial. All major
civilization in the past had developed their own system of medicine,
mainly based on herbs of all such system perhaps most comprehensive
and scientific is that of ancient India, known as Ayurvedic
development during the Vedic period by our sages and seers. They had
identified hundreds and hundreds of plant species capable of
functioning as medicine in the human body and curing its maladies.

 

Green medicine have been proved to be highly effective and a
successful mode of therapy to cure various diseases caused by
microorganisms. Present, *300* plants extracts and tinctures are
utilized in modern medicine. The World Health Organization (WHO) has
estimated that about 90 percent of people in the world rely on
traditional medicine primary health needs chemical investigation and
biological screening of about *300* wild tribal medicinal plants have
been carried out by many researchers.

 

A survey indicates that *393* medicinal plant species are used in
traditional formulations and are sold in commercial outlets of the
*393* species distributed in *103* families; *Leguminosae* emerges as
the largest family of Pharmacological importance with a total of 41
medicinal Plants used in the traditional formulations. *Asteraceae* is
the second family with respect to ingredients of traditional
formulations (*19* species). *Zingiberaceae* and *Apiaceae* have *13*
species each, followed by *Euphorbiaceae* with *12* species that one
used in various formulations.

 

Herbs form a major segment of medicinal plants used in traditional
formulations with a total of *158* species. Trees and shrubs from the
next dominant group with *95* and *80* species used in the formulation
of drug respectively.

 

Based on the factual information, few medicinal Plants were selected
for gain the knowledge of herbs which enrich your health under the
followings.

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*Holy Plants*

 

*S.No*

*Botanical Name*

*Family*

*Common Name*

*Preparation Method of the Medicine, Uses*

1.

Ocimum sanctum

Laminaceae

Tulasi

Take 10 fresh leaves daily which cures the cold and develop your
immunity power.

2.

Aegle marmelos

Rutaceae

Vilvam

Shade dry the leaves and power. Powder + 5 peppers mixed and add. Take
with milk in empty stomach. It will cure the Asthma.

3.

Ficus religiosa

Moraceae

Arasu

Shades dry the young leaves and power it. Take twice daily with Hot
water. This cures the uterus related problems.

4.

Azadirachta indica

Meliaceae

Vembu

The leaf, seed oil is used as a medicine. Antiviral Tree.

5.

Cynodon datylon

Poaceae

Arugu

Take 150 gm of fresh leaves, make it juice and take it daily. Which
purify the blood and cool your body temperature

6.

Leucas aspera

Laminaceae

Thumbai

Take 150 gm of these flowers Freshly and fry with ghee. Take weekly
once which cures the cold.

7.

Tabernaemontana Coronaria

Apocynaceae

Nanthiyar- -vattam

The flower juice cures the eye problems. Particularly for the reddish
eye

8.

Ficus bengalensis

Moraceae

Àlamaram

Shade dries the young leaves, powder it. Take twice daily, with hot
water which cures the uterus related problems

9.

Santalum album

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Santhanum

Anti heat agent which equalize your body temperature.

10.

Ealeocarpus tuberculatus

Elaecocarpaceae

Ruthratsam

Anti – Radiation Effect

 

*Memory Plus*

 

*S.No*

*Botanical Name*

*Family and Common name*

*Uses*

1.

Hydrocotyle asiatica

*Apiaceae*

vallarai

Memory generator

2.

Acthyranthus aspera

*Amarantaceae* Naiyooruvi

Extra memory creator

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*Brain Growth and Development*

 

*S.No*

*Family*

*Botanical name*

*Common Name*

*Preparation method of medicine and uses*

1.

Rutaceae

Aegle marmelos

Vilvum

Take the fruit twice in a month which will help to develop your brain.

2.

 

 

Perkankai

Dry the vegetable and powder it. Make it decoction and take it once in
a week which provide stamina (or) power to the brain.

3.

 

Phyllanthus embilica

Nelli

Take one Nelli daily which helps the brain function. 

4.

 

Coccus nueifera 

Coconut

6-10 pieces of coconut in fresh form take daily. It will cure the
wounds which present in the brain.

5

Amarantaceae

Achyranthus aspera

Naioruvi

Take leaves monthly ones in form of Juice which helps with Nervous
system of the brain.  It also cure the brine nervous disorder 

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*For Health and Development*

*S.No*

*Diseases*

*Botanical name and common name*

*Paration of the medicine*

1

Sugar

Gymnema sylvestre

 

Sarkaraikolli

The leaves were shade dried and powdered. The powder was taken half
teaspoon daily morning in empty stomach, with milk or buttermilk.

2

Blood pressure

Rauwolfia sarpentina

 

Sarpaganthi

The leaves were shade dried and powdered. The powder was taken half
teaspoon daily morning with butter milk after food

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Heart

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nelumbium speciosum

 

thamarai

 

 

 

 

 

The flowers petals are shade dried and powdered and was used to make
decoction and it was taken twice in a day.

 

*Herbs for common diseases*

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*S.NO*

*DISEASES*

*PLANTS*

*1*

Cold

 

Ocimum santum       

Solanum trilobatum        

Leucas aspera           

*2*

Cough

Adatoda vasica              

Vitex negundo            

Abies webbiana          

Oldanlandia umbellate          

*3*

Digestion

Zingiber officinalis       

Cissus quadrangularis 

Cuminum cyminum  

*4*

*Gas trouble*

Cuminum cyminum        

Ferula asafetida       

Cissus quadrangularis 

*5*

*Wound healing*

Tridax procubens      

Acalypha indica   

*6*

*Teeth ache*

Zingiber officinalis          

Jussiaea suffruticosa   

Pisidium gaujava         

*7*

*Rheumatism*

Delonix regia     

Dolichos biflorus   

*8*

*Reduce the body heat*

Aloe vera  

Euphorbia thymifolia 

*9*

*To burn the fat*

Solanum malaginella   

Dolichos biflorus 

*10*

*Head ache*

Brassica nigra 

Zingiber officinalis

 

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* Conclusion*

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*       �* Indian system of medicine particularly Ayurvedic,
Siddha and Unani have contributed to development of modern medicine
and are still practiced

          To treat and benefit a large number of patients.
Even the world health organization in its meeting held in 1980
considered that for certain diseases like peptic ulcer, diabetes, high
blood pressure, a stone in the kidney and infective jaundice, no
satisfactory treatment is available in modern system of medicine and
suggested deeper study of indigenous system of medicine.

 

 

_By: *DR.V.R.BRINDHA SIVAGAMINATHAIYER*_

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