Herbal remedy

March 4 2024

Guggul

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A much branched woody shrub on open dry hills and other rocky habitats, now also cultivated. Spirally crooked branches have white papery flaking bark. Leaves 1 -3 foliolate, rhomboid, smooth and shining. Flower solitary,
brownish red in colour. Fruit is an ovoid drupe and red in colour. Flowering and fruiting in January to May.

Part used: Stem and Gum resin

Usage: It is a source of Indian bedellium gum- a fragrant gum-resin obtained from stem. In local medicines it is used as an antiseptic on old wounds, as urine stimulant, in the treatment of ulcer and pyorrhea. The drug is also used as expectorant, carminative and demulcent. The smoke from the burning guggul is inhaled to cure bronchial infections. The powder of stem bark is used to cure leucorrhoea. The young branches are also used as tooth brushes. The gum resin is hypolipdaemic, hypocholesterolaemia and anti-rheumatoid arthritis.

Agrotechniques : Propagated through cuttings/seeds. The saplings are planted in pits (50 x 50 x 50cm) filled with local soil and FYM (2: 1). Pre and post plantation irrigation, weeding and 3 to 4 waterings in first two years essential. The oleo gum resin is extracted by making circular incision on at· least 3″ thick stem, during February. The yellow sap that comes out dries up as ‘guggul’ of the trade.

March 4 2024

Hadjod

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A succulent, glabrous deciduous climber in gardens with distinct nodes and
internodes. The stem is thick, quadrangular, ridged and dichotomously branched restricted at the nodes. Tendrils long and simple. Leaves thick coriaceous, broadly ovate smooth on both the surfaces. The flowers are in short cymes and the fruit is globose berry, 1- seeded and red when ripe. Flowering and fruiting in July to January.

Part used: Stem

Usage: The plant is carminative, anthelmintic, aphrodisiac and stomachic. It is used in the treatment of gastro intestinal disorders and indigestion. Crushed stem is used as a poultice for bone setting. Soaked green gram ground to paste is mixed with paste of its one internode. This mixture is fried in butter and consumed for a week for early bone setting. It is also used to relieve burns, wounds and the bites of poisonous insects. The juice of stem is said to be beneficial in scurvy. The paste of fresh shoots/stem heals bums and wounds healing.

Agrotechniques : It can be propagated through stem cuttings.

March 4 2024

Amaltas

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It occurs throughout but common in forest area or as avenue plantation along the roads. Small to medium sized tree with large dark green, shining leaflets. Bright yellow flowers are in large axillary racemes. Fruit cylindrical pod 50-60cem long and dark brown in colour. Seeds are small flat, black shiny and embedded in sweetish black pulp. Flowering and fruiting from April to February.

Part used: Whole plant

Usage: The bark is antidysentery tonic and eaten raw to treat stomach ache. It is also used in skin diseases such as eczema, leucoderma and arthritis. Leaves are useful in rheumatism and facial paralysis. Juice or paste of leaves is also used in ringworm and inflammation of the hands or feet caused by exposure to cold. Fruit pulp is well known safe purgative. The pulp is effective in loss of sense of taste (Aguesia) due to excessive use of opium. A decoction of the pods is also used for pneumonia and common fever. The powdered seeds are a cure for intestinal amoebiasis. Root is useful in common colds. Inhaling smoke from the roots encourages nasal discharge. Root and bark are also useful in reducing fever.

Agrotechniques : It can be raised by direct sowing, planting out saplings or stump planting. The nursery raised
saplings 15-30 cm tall are planted in pits 30 cm at the start of monsoon rains. These are spaced at 5×5 m. One light irrigation is required after transplantation of plant. After that one or two irrigations are required up to flowering. Weeding required regularly. Mature pods collected directly from the plant and dried in shade.

March 4 2024

Sonamukhi

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A wild drought hardy shrub of semi arid regions of south India, becoming popular in Rajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. Leaves have glabrous pale green leaflets. Flowers bright yellow, borne as a racemose. The pods are fiat, brown and papery, contain 5-7 dark brown smooth compressed seeds. Flowering and fruiting through out the year.

Part used : Leaf, Bark and Pod

Usage: Leaves are effective purgative, also used as an anthelmintic for killing intestinal worms. A paste of the dried leaves made with vinegar as a base can be used for acne, eczema and pimples. Bark is astringent and is used to treat sore throat and for treatment of rheumatism. Its decoction relieves stomach ache and juice of fresh bark is good for dysentery.

Agrotechniques : Sandy loam soil pH 6-8.5 is suitable for cultivation. It can be raised through seeds in warm arid region except in water logged area. Seeds are sown in mid of July to last week of August. It dose not require irrigation but one weeding. Leaves are harvested after 80 to 90 days and second cut after 90-120 days of first cut. Two to three cuttings of leaves possible in a year.

March 4 2024

Kapal-phori

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Commonly spreading on shrubs and hedges, it is a herbaceous annual climber. Leaves alternate, biternate to trinate, serrate, acute narrowed at base and ape deeply segmented, Flower white in umbellate cymes with a pair of tendrils. Fruit a bladdery capsule, pyriform, trigonous and membranous, Seed globose, smooth black with small white heart shaped aril. Flowering and fruiting in September to November.

Part used: Whole plant

Usage : Promotes hair growth and for treating rheumatism, piles, nervous
disorders and sprains, The juice of plant cures earache. Paste of plant cures rheumatism and stiffness of limbs. Roots are diuretic and laxative. According to Charak, Sushrat and Vagbhatt the plant is used as an antidote to snake and scorpion bite. The extract of plant is used to regulate the menstrual cycle.
Agrotechniques : It is directly collected from nature hence no specific Agrotechniques are available. However, it can be easily propagated through seeds.

March 4 2024

Kerro

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Occuning on rocks, gravel and impeded sandy loamy plains, and even stabilized sand dunes it is a much branched, glabrous leafless spinous shrub or small tree with zigzag green branches and scanty small caducous leaves Flowers usually 2-8 in terminal fascicles and red in colour. Fruit is a subglobose ovoid berry, consist of many seeds. The ripe berry is scarlet red. Flowering and fruiting in March-June, some times September-December.

Part used: Fruit, Stem and Root

Usage: Powdered young shoot cures toothache. The tender branches and young leaves are used as plaster for boils and swellings. Bark is useful for cough and asthma. Root bark is given in intermittent fever, rheumatism and Inflammation. The ash of root used for bone setting. Fruit edible, useful in biliousness and cardiac trouble. Dried powdered fruit is used to cure cough and as vermifuge. The fresh juice of the stem cures ring worm disease.

Agrotechniques : The rooted stem cuttings are transplanted in 3×3 m spaced pits (SO x SO x 50cm) during rainy season. One irrigation is required after transplantation, followed by weeding. Unripe and ripe fruits are collected from plants. Unripe fruits dried in shade and graded into smaller, medium and big sized products.