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1. NAME :- AMLA
BOTANICAL NAME :- EMBLICA OFFICINALIS
FAMILY :- EUPHORBIACAE
CHEMICAL CONSTITUENT :- VITAMIN C, 0.5% FAT,PHYLLEMBLIN, 5% TANNIN, IRON
USES :- IT IS USED AS ACRID,DIURETIC,REFRIGERANT AND LAXATIVE








NAME :- CORINDER
BOTANICAL NAME :- CORIANDRUM SATIVUM
FAMILY :- UMBELLIFERAE
CHEMICAL CONSTITUENT :- VOLATILE OIL,CORINDROL,PININE
USES :- AROMATIC AND CARMINATIVE

2. NAME :- VINCA
BOTANICAL NAME :- CATHARATHUS ROSEUS
FAMILY :- APOCYNACEAE
CHEMICAL CONSTITUENT :- VINCRISTINE AND VINBLASTINE
USES :- ANTICANCER(treatment of Hodgkin’s disease and leukemia)







NAME :- SARPAGANDHA
BOTANICAL NAME :- RAUWOLFIA SERPENTINA
FAMILY :- APOCYNACEAE
CHEMICAL CONSTITUENT :- RESERPINE AND RESCINAMINE
USES :- HYPOTENSIVE AND TRANQUILLISE

3. NAME :- OPIUM
BOTANICAL NAME :- PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM
FAMILY :- PAPAVERACEAE
CHEMICAL CONSTITUENT :- NARCOTINE AND PAPAVERINE
USES :- NARCOTIC ANALGESIC, IN DIARRHOEA







NAME :- ALOE
BOTANICAL NAME :- ALOE BERBADENISIS
FAMILY :- LILIACEAE
CHEMICAL CONSTITUENT :- BARBLOIN AND ALOESIN
USES :- PURGATIVES AND CARMINATIVE

4. NAME :- SENNA
BOTANICAL NAME :- CASSIA ACUTIFOLIA
FAMILY :- LEGUMINOSAE
CHEMICAL CONSTITUENT :- SENNOID-A AND SENNOID-B
USES :- PURGATIVES AND LAXATIVES






NAME :- DIGITALIS
BOTANICAL NAME :- DIGITALIS PURPUREA
FAMILY :- SCROPHULARIACAE
CHEMICAL CONSTITUENT :- DIGITOXOSE AND GLUCOGITALOXIN
USES :- IN CHF(congestive heart failure)

5. NAME :- CLOVES
BOTANICAL NAME :- EUGENIA CARYOPHYLLUS
FAMILY :- MYRTACEAE
CHEMICAL CONSTITUENT :- VOLATILE OIL, EUGENOL(60-95%) AND CARYOPHYLLENE
USES :- CARMINATIVE AND FLAVOURING








NAME :- DIOSCOREA
BOTANICAL NAME :- DIOSCOREA DELITOIDEA
FAMILY :- DIOSCOREACEAE
CHEMICAL CONSTITUENT :- STRACH(75%) AND DIOSGENIN(4-6%)
USES :- RHEUMATIC ARTHRITIS

6. NAME :- EPHEDRA
BOTANICAL NAME :- EPHEDRA SINICA
FAMILY :- EPHEDRACEAE
CHEMICAL CONSTITUENT :- EPHEDRINE(30-90%) AND PSEUDOEPHEDRINE
USES :- ASTHMA, WHOOPING COUGH AND HAY FEVER







NAME :- FENNEL
BOTANICAL NAME :- FOENICULUM VULVARE
FAMILY :- UMBELLIFERAE
CHEMICAL CONSTITUENT :- VOLATILE OIL ,FIXED OIL AND ANETHOL
USES :- FLAVOURING AND CARMINATIVE

7. NAME :- LIQUORICE
BOTANICAL NAME :- GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA
FAMILY :- LEGUMINOSAE
CHEMICAL CONSTITUENT :- GLYCYRRHIZIN AND GLYCYRRHIZINIC ACID
USES :- DEMULCENT AND EXPECTORANT ANTI-INFLAMMATORY








NAME :- VASAKA
BOTANICAL NAME :- ADHATODA VASICA
FAMILY :- ACANTHACEAE
CHEMICAL CONSTITUENT :- VASICINE AND VASICINONE
USES :- EXPECTORANT,ANTISPASMODIC AND ANTHELMINTIC

8. NAME :- PATHARCHATTA
BOTANICAL NAME :- BRYOPHYLLUM PINNATUM
FAMILY :- CRASSULACEAE
CHEMICAL CONSTITUENT :- FLAVONOID,GLYCOSIDE AND STEROID
USES :- ANTIOXIDANT,ANTIDIABETIC,NEPHOPROTECTIVE








NAME :- NEEM
BOTANICAL NAME :- AZADIRACHATA INDICA
FAMILY :- MELIACEAE
CHEMICAL CONSTITUENT :- AZADIRACHTIN,MELACIN,ASCORBIC ACID AND AMINOACID
USES :- ANTIBACTERIAL AND ANT FUNGAL

9. NAME :- CINNAMON
BOTANICAL NAME :- CINNAMOMUM ZEYLANICUM
FAMILY :- LAURACEAE
CHEMICAL CONSTITUENT :- EUGENOL,CINNAMALDEHYDE, BETA- PHELLANDRENE
USES :- FLAVOURING AGENT AND CARMINATIVE