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- Commiphora mukul(Hook. ex Stocks) Engl: Guggul has a wide range of usefulness in indigenous medicine.
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Scientific Name Commiphora mukul(Hook. ex Stocks) Engl. syn. Balsamodendron mukul Hook. ex Stocks syn Commiphora wightii (Arn.)Bhandari Family Burseraceae Used Part Gum Distribution Area A small tree or shrub with spinescent branches occurring in the arid ...
Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 18 2009 - 11:00am
- Linum usitatissimum Linn seeds heal ulcers, urinary discharges, cure leprosy in traditiona systems.
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Scientific Name Linum usitatissimum Linn Family Linaceae. Used Part Seeds. Distribution Area An erect annual, herb, cultivated throughout the plains of India and up to an altitude of 1,800 m. Common Uses. The seeds heal ulcers, urinary discharges, cure lep ...
Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 18 2009 - 9:15pm
- Nardostachys grandiflora DC. (=N. jatamansi DC.) is traditionally used herbal CNS drug in epilepsy, hysteria, and convulsions.
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Scientific Name Nardostachys grandiflora DC. (=N. jatamansi DC.) Family Valerianaceae Used Part Rhizome Distribution Area Found in the alpine Himalayas from Punjab to Sikkim and Bhutan, at altitudes of 3,000-5,000 m. ...
Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 19 2009 - 12:41am
- Saraca asoca (Roxb.) De Wilde true Ashok tree of Ramayana dried flowers are used in diabetes and haemorrhagic dysentery and seeds are used for treating bone fractures, stangury and vesical calculi.
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Scientific Name Saraca asoca (Roxb.) De Wilde syn. S. indica auct. non Linn. Family Caesalpiniaceae (Fabaceae) Used Part Bark. Distribution Area It occurs almost throughout India up to an altitude of 750 m. in the central and the eastern Himalayas and the ...
Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 19 2009 - 6:14am
- Piper longum Linn Dried spike is used for diseases of respiratory tract, viz. cough, bronchitis, asthma,
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Scientific Name Piper longum Linn Family Piperaceae Used Part Dried spike Distribution Area A climber occurring in the hotter parts of India, from Central Himalayas to Assam, Khasi and Mikir hills, lower hills of Bengal, and evergreen forests of western gh ...
Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 19 2009 - 6:20am
- Nanotechnology has future in biotechnology also.
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Nanotechnology refers to research and technology development at the atomic, molecular and macromolecular scale leading to the controlled manipulation and study of structures and devices with the length scale in the 1 to 100 nanometers range (McNeil 2005). ...
Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Nov 25 2009 - 9:39am
- Uses of Jatropha curcus a biofuel plant.
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Jatropha curcus General introduction Jatropha is bush that grows in the warm regions of the world as it is sensitive to colder climates. Once it’s planted it grows and produces nuts that contain oil within a few years, and produces these annually for up to ...
Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 19 2009 - 11:02am
- Rhododendron anthopogon D. Don not only have beutiful flowers but have medicinal properties also
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Scientific Name Rhododendron anthopogon D. Don Family Ericaceae Used Part Stem, Leaves, buds. Distribution Area A small shrub found in Alpine Himalayas of Nepal from 3300-4000 and also in the Himalayas from Kashmir to Bhutan and the N.E.F.A. hills at altit ...
Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 19 2009 - 7:05pm
- Solanum indicum Linn. a related spp of Brinajal has great medicinal value
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Scientific Name Solanum indicum Linn. Family Solanaceae Used Part Fruits Distribution Area A spiny herb, found throughout the warmer parts of Nepal and India, up to an elevation of 1,500 m. Common Uses. The fruit is bitter, pungent, anthelmintic, useful i ...
Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 19 2009 - 7:08pm
- Myristica fragrans Houtt.(Nutmeg) is good for impotency, skin diseases, insomnia, hyperdipsia, cardiac disorders, fever and general debility.
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Scientific Name Myristica fragrans Houtt. Family Myristicaceae Used Part Seeds Distribution Area Cultivated in Karnataka, the Andamans & Nicobar Islands. Family Myristicaceae Used Part Aril (Mace) Common Uses. Please see India and Srilanka ...
Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 19 2009 - 7:14pm
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