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Barleria or porcupine flower (Barleria prionitis)

Image of Barleria prionitisBarleria prionitis L. is commonly known as Porcupine flower, Barleria, Vajradanti, Kundan, Mullu goranti, Pilikantashelio, etc. It is a herb common in India and it is also found in many parts of the world like USA, Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Naharu.

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Amaranthus spinosus L.

Image of Amaranthus spinosusAmaranthus spinosus is commonly known as spiny amaranth, prickly amaranth,  thorny amaranth, etc. The plant is astringent, diaphoretic, diuretic, emollient and febrifuge. It is used internally in the treatment of internal bleeding, diarrhoea and excessive menstruation.

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Capsicum pepper

Image of Capsicum pepperCapsicum pepper refers primarily to Capsicum annuum L.(Tabasco pepper)  and Capsicum frutescens L. (African chillies), plants used in the manufacture of selected commercial products known for their pungency and color.

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Bell Weed (Ruellia prostrata)

Image of Bell WeedBell Weed is a prostrate perennial herb, with stems often rooting at the nodes. It can be used as anticancer against the epidermis of the nasopharynx region and slightly hypoglycemic.

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Crocus sativus

Image of Crocus sativusCrocus sativus (Kumkum)  is a famous medicinal herb. It is a genus of perennial flowering plants, native to a large area from coastal and subalpine areas of central and southern Europe (including the islands of the Aegean), North Africa and the Middle East, across Central Asia to western China.

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Medicinal uses of Acorus calamus

Image of Sweet flagSweet flag (Acorus calamus L. ) has a very long history of medicinal use in many herbal traditions. It is widely employed in modern herbal medicine as an aromatic stimulant and mild tonic.

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Nigella sativa

Image of Nigella sativaNigella sativa (Black Seed) is an annual flowering plant which has been used for medicinal purposes for centuries, both as a herb and pressed into oil, in Asia, Middle East, and Africa.

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Adhatoda vasica (Malabar Nut)

Image of Adhatoda vasicaAdhatoda vasica is a common shrub distributed throughout India. In Ayurveda, the ancient system of Indian medicine it is commonly known as vasa.  It commonly grows in waste places.

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Taxus Baccata

Image of Taxus baccataTaxus baccata or Yew has important medicinal Uses. The yew tree is a highly toxic plant that has occasionally been used medicinally, mainly in the treatment of chest complaints.

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Alnus incana rugosa
Image of Alnus incana rugosa

Alnus incana is found in swamps and along the marshy banks of streams from New England south to Florida and Texas and westward to Ohio and Minnesota. The bark of this plant is alterative, astringent, emetic, laxative, ophthalmic, stomachic and tonic. The bark contains salicin, which probably decomposes into salicylic acid (closely related to aspirin) in the human body.

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Medicinal Uses of Aesculus hippocastanum

Image of Aesculus hippocastanumAesculus hippocastanum L. is a large deciduous tree. It is a flowering plant which native to a small area in the mountains of the Balkans in southeast Europe, in small areas in northern Greece, Albania, the Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, and Bulgaria (Pindus Mountains mixed forests and Balkan mixed forests).

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