Caraway, or Carum carvi, is a biennial plant in the family of Apliaceae that is native to Asia. Europe and Africa. Caraway is popular for fruits (also known as “seeds”) that has pungent anise-like flavor and aroma and is used for culinary preparations with medicinal benefits. Caraway plant is similar in appearance to a carrot …
Botany
Bixa orellana
Description of Bixa orellana: Achiote (Bixa orellana) is a shrub or small tree from the tropical region of the American continent.The name derives from the Nahuatl word for the shrub, achiotl. It is also known as Aploppas, and its original Tupi name urucu. It is cultivated there and in Southeast Asia The inedible fruit is …
Bergenia ciliate
Description of Bergenia ciliate: It grows in the temperate Himalayas between altitudes of 900 and 3,000 m.It is a perennial herb with stout rootstock. The leaves are variable, coarsely hairy, sparsely hairy to glabrous, broadly obovate or elliptic, finely or sparsely denticulate or shallowly sinuate-dentate. The flowers are white, pink or purple, in long cymose …
Bauhinia variegata
Kachnar tree grows throughout India. In ayurveda different parts of this tree are used to treat various diseases. Kachnar tree parts have ant diabetic, anti-inflammatory, antitumor, liver protective, antibacterial, haemagglutinating, haematinic, antiulcer and antitumor action.Kachnar bark is used in treating stomach related problems, ulcers, cyst and tumors. Its leaves are very nutritious and helpful in …
Bambusa Arundinacea
Description of Bambusa Arundinacea : A tall thorny bamboo upto 30 m in height with many sterns, tufted on stout root stock, nodes prominent, the lowest rooting, internodes upto 45 cm long, stem sheath coriaceous, orange-yellow, streaked, glabrous or puberulous beneath, base rounded, ciliate, tip stiff, midrib narrow, leaf sheaths with a short bristly auricle, …
Aloe Barbadensis
Aloe Vera Benefits Aloe is also an excellent treatment for skin conditions such as burns and eczema. It is often reported that burns can be healed remarkably quickly and the pain reduced very quickly with topical application of Aloe Vera to the burn area. As well as applying topically, Aloe can also be taken internally …
Acorus calamus
Description Calamus is found all over the world. It is a semi-aquatic perennial, which is cultivated in damp marshy places in India and Burma. The plant is big in size, with leaves in the shape of sword and yellow-green in color. Calamus is quite common in Manipur and the Naga Hills of India and is …
Achillea millefolium
Benefits of yarrow Yarrow fights bacteria. Yarrow has an antiseptic action. The bitter parts and fatty acids encourage bile flow out of the gallbladder, known as the cholagogue effect. The free-flowing action improves digestion and prevents and gallstones from forming. Decongestant. Yarrow contains a drying effect and seems to improve coughs and sinus infections with …
Acacia nilotica
Botanical Name : Acacia nilotica/ arabica. Sanskrit name : Babbula, English Name : Indian Gum Arabic Tree, Black Babool Plant part Used: Bark Description of Acacia nilotica/ arabica. : It grows throughout the drier parts of India. It is a moderate-sized, almost evergreen tree with a short trunk, and a spreading crown. The bark is …
Abutilon indicum
Botanical Name : Abutilon indicum Sanskrit name : Atibala English Name : Indian Mallow, Country mallow, Indian abutilon, Monkey bush Family : MalvaceaePlant Parts Used : Whole Plant Description of Acacia Concinna : “An erect velvety-pubescent subshrub with suborbicular-ovate cordate coarsely crenate-serrate long-petiolate alternate leaves; pubescence of soft stellate pale hairs; flowers solitary in axils, …