Ayurvedic Herbs

BOTANICAL NAME : PSORALEA CORYLIFOLIA FAMILY: FABACEAE Dry fruit of leguminous plant Psoraliacorylifolia Linn is one of the most popular traditional Chinese medicine and officially listed in chinesepharmacopia. The plant is an annual herb and has immense biological importance. It has been widely exploited since ages for its magical effect against several...

Khoobkala in English Khubkala (or Sisymbrium iriacum) is a flowering plant in the mustard family that blooms in July. It is useful in cough and fever and balances Vata Dosha. It grows throughout India and is native to Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, and Kashmir. Medicinal uses of this herb are known from Ayurvedic ages,...

Nagabala - Sida Veronicaefolia - Ayurvedic Herb           Synonyms in sanskrit   Nagabala Ganngeruki Khargandhinika Visvedeva Arista Khanda Jhasa Hrsvagavedhuka Kala Sita bala Udanika Mahasamga Vrisharuha Valadwaya Vridhivala Bhoomibala   VERNACULAR NAMES   English - Heart leaf fan petals, snake mallow. Hindi - Bananiyar, Bhyunli bhuinii Tamil...

Kanthala - AGAVE CANTULA Roxb Botanical Name - AGAVE CANTULA Roxb Agorve cantula is a Mexican native plant which is also seen in many parts of the world. It is a succulets with fleshy leaves which is spiney .It is being found in the Southern part too. It is available in Kerala and Karnataka too.It is...

  INTRODUCTION   Vathsanabha is known to the ayurvedic pharmacopeia since very early times. The word VISHA is delineated in ADHARVANA VEDA and BRAHMANA GRANDHA. Among the brihaththrayi’scharakacharya mentioned it under STHAVARA VISHA. He also denoted it as visha which is one of the ingredients of iendryrasayana. Vishadharana is one of the prophylactic measures for vishamajwara according...

BHRNGARAJA Eclipta alba - Ayurvedic Herb         Caraka Indicated it for Raktapitta while vagbhata advocated Its consumption for one month to have the Rasayana effect. Paraskara grhyasutra, kesava paddhati, soundkiya Atharva, Kousika sathra etc delineate Bhrngaraja for its cosmetic as well as medicinal value. In Raja nigantu the blue variety is claimed to be the best Rasayana.   VARIETIES   According to Nighantukara. Sveta...