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    Plants of your surroundings may hold key to your survival.
    By Ashwani Kumar | September 4th 2009 09:35 PM | Print | E-mail | Track Comments
    About Ashwani

    Professor Emeritus ,Former Head of the Department of Botany, and Director Life Sciences, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. 302004, India At present...

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    Man is going away from nature and many of the present day diseases are life style diseases.
    its is important to know more about the plants of our surroundings to which man as an evolved animal (sorry for this interpretation but man is one of the organism on this earth like others but treats himself as the master of universe ) and its dependence shall depend on survival of the plants. Know plants of your area and document them for medicinal uses
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    Solanum surattense<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

    Kateli

    Herb

    Antiseptic

    Solanum trilobatum

    Kantakari

    Whole plant

    Anticarcinogenic

    Soymida febrifuga

    Mansa rohini

    Tree bark

    Wound healer, Anti-inflammatory

    Streblus asper

    Sakhotaka

    Plant extract

    Filaricidal

    Swertia chirata

    Chirayta

    Whole plant

    Antihepatotoxic

    Syzygium megacarpum

    Laung, Cloves

    Whole plant

    Antiviral (against encephalitis causing virus)

    Tanacetum parthenium

    Parthenium

    Leaves

    Antinociceptive, Anti-inflammatory

    Tephrosia purpurea

    Sharpunkha

    Whole plant

    Anti-inflammatory (used to treat rheumatism)

    Terminalia arjuana

    Arjun

    Bark

    Used to cure dysentery, fractures.

    Terminalia belerica

    Bahad

    Fruits

    Antimicrobial, Antifungal, Antimalarial

    Thespesia populnea

    Paras pipal

    Flowers

    Hepatoprotective, Effective against skin diseases

    Thymus linearis

    Jungali Ajwain

    Whole plant

    Used to treat stomach disorders

    Tinospora cordifolia

    Giloy, Gelval

    Roots

    Antileishmanial, Immunomodulatory

    Toddalia asiatica

    Orange Climber

    Leaves

    Anti-inflammatory

    Trachyspermum ammi

    Ajbayan, Lovage

    Seeds

    Used to treat stomach disorders

    Trianthema portulacastrum

    Shwet punarnava

    Whole plant

    Hepatoprotective

    Trichoxanthes cucumerina

    Chachinda, Wild Snake Gourd

    Roots

    Antibacterial

    Trichurus monsoniae

    Patol patra

    Floral extract

    Antitumourous

    Tridex procumbens

    Kalali

    Leaves

    Anti-inflammatory

    Trigonella foenumgraecum

    Saunf, Fenugreek

    Seeds

    Tissue repair

    Urginea indica

    Jungali Pyaj

    Seeds

    Used to cure asthama, rheumatism, dropsy.