Herbal Cure

Vikas Khatri

Description

We all are well aware of the fact that Medicinal Plants and Herbs have been used by mankind from times immemorial, particularly in the traditional Indian systems of medicine, such as Ayurveda and Homeopathy. Some of them are even toxic, but of immense pharmaceutical value. Basically, plants have the ability to synthesise a wide variety of chemical compounds that are used to perform important biological functions and to defend against attack from predators, like insects, fungi, bacteria and viruses, thus, protecting us from a number of deadly diseases like Cancer, Tuberculosis, AIDS and many incurable Skin and Venereal diseases.The study of plants for medicinal purposes is called as Herbalism or Herbal Medicine and the usage of these medicinal plants for treatment and cure of different types of diseases is known as Herbal Cure. This book contains an exhaustive list of about 130 medicinal plants and herbs which are used totally or in parts, such as their roots, stems, leaves, or barks, crushed or decocted, boiled or mixed with warm water or honey, etc., to treat innumerable commonly occurring diseases like: cough and cold, fevers, pneumonia, skin diseases, indigestion, diarrhoea, asthma, and even snake-bites and scorpion-stings.

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• Publié par: V & S Publishers
• Date de parution: 01 avril 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9789350571842
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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Alternative Therapy Health Series
Herbal Cure
Medicinal Plants that Heal Naturally
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Publisher's Note
Medicinal Plants and Herbs have been used by mankind from times immemorial, particularly in the traditional Indian systems of medicine, such as Ayurveda and Homeopathy. Some of them are even toxic, but of immense pharmaceutical value.
Basically, plants have the ability to synthesise a wide variety of chemical compounds that are used to perform important biological functions and to defend against attack from predators, like insects, fungi, bacteria and viruses, thus, protecting us from a number of deadly diseases like Cancer, Tuberculosis, AIDS and many incurable Skin and Venereal diseases.
The study of plants for medicinal purposes is called as Herbalism or Herbal Medicine and the usage of these medicinal plants for treatment and cure of different types of diseases is known as Herbal Cure. This book contains an exhaustive list of about 130 medicinal plants and herbs which are used totally or in parts, such as their roots, stems, leaves, or barks, crushed or decocted, boiled or mixed with water or honey, etc., to treat innumerable commonly occurring diseases like: cough and cold, fevers, pneumonia, skin diseases, indigestion, diarrhoea, asthma, and even snake-bites and scorpion-stings.
Though all the usage and treatments suggested in the book have been authenticated by the author, yet a doctor's advice is a must before consuming or applying these plant extracts on your body.
All said and done, the book has been aimed to enlighten all its readers about the Natural Cure and Healing of several diseases with Plants and Plant Products, which generally do not have any side effects and help to completely eradicate the diseases from their roots. Hope the book is beneficial to all and serves its purpose well. We would be glad to receive your valuable suggestions and queries on the subject to make it all the more appealing and worth reading..............
However, though all the treatments suggested in the book have been authenticated by the author, yet a doctor's advice is a must before consuming or applying these plant extracts on your body.
Contents Publisher 's Note 1. Motherwort 2. Honeyweed 3. Common Leucas 4. Horse Mint 5. Bengal Sage 6. Catnip 7. Pink Catmint 8. Tulsi 9. Cat’s Whiskers 10. Cuban Oregano 11. Sangbrei 12. Common Self-Heal 13. Bicolor Skullcap 14. Barringtonia 15. Wild Guava 16. Banchalita 17. Bandicoot Berry 18. Garden Asparagus 19. Satawari 20. Kumarika 21. Flax 22. Nux Vomica 23. Blistering Ammannia 24. Common Crape Myrtle 25. Queen Crape Myrtle 26. Fire Flame Bush 27. Madhavi Lata 28. Barbados Cherry 29. Indian Mallow 30. Bush Sorrel 31. Fragrant Swamp Mallow 32. Indian Tulip Tree 33. Ironwood Tree 34. Pithraj Tree 35. Ranabili 36. Persian Lilac 37. Gulbel 38. Shikakai 39. Eucalyptus 40. Malay Apple 41. Red Spiderling 42. Yellow Jasmine 43. Weaver’s Beam Tree 44. River Beauty 45. Evening Primrose 46. Crested Coelogyne 47. Tiny Dendrobium 48. Edgeworth’s Habenaria 49. Jeevak 50. Desert Hyacinth 51. Bilimbi 52. Opium Poppy 53. Love in a Mist 54. Bara Gokhru 55. Mousetail Plant 56. Black-Honey Shrub 57. Chamber Bitter 58. Guinea Henweed 59. Chir Pine 60. Shiny Bush 61. Long Pepper 62. Lal Chitrak 63. Chitrak 64. Crowfoot Grass 65. Perennial Buckwheat 66. Oriental Pepper 67. Arrowleaf Dock 68. Nepal Dock 69. Arrow Leaf Pondweed 70. Oval Leaf Pondweed 71. Common Rock Jasmine 72. Traveller’s Joy 73. Jackal Jujube 74. Hairy Agrimony 75. Yellow Himalayan Raspberr y 76. Gummy Gardenia 77. Great Morinda 78. Indian Pavetta 79. Curry Leaf 80. Ceylon Satinwood 81. Lavang Lata 82. Rue 83. Winged Prickly Ash 84. Indian Willow 85. Mahua 86. South Indian Mahua 87. Maulsari 88. Chameleon Plant 89. Brahmi 90. Horned Lousewort 91. Sweet Broom Weed 92. Asiatic Witchweed 93. Indian Tree of Heaven 94. Belladonna 95. Henbane 96. Mandrake 97. Ground Cherry 98. Horse Nettle 99. Indian Nightshade 100. Black Nightshade 101. Thorny Nightshade 102. Ashwagandha 103. Apple Mangrove 104. Devil’s Cotton 105. East-Indian Screw Tree 106. Guest Tree 107. Fiji Arrowroot 108. Elegant False Tamarisk 109. Phalsa 110. Indian Elm 111. Bichchhoo 112. Indian Valerian 113. Arni 114. Hill Glory Bower 115. Gamhar 116. Frog Fruit 117. Vervain 118. Chaste Tree 119. Spade Flower 120. Leafless Mistletoe 121. Bush Grape 122. Shell Ginger 123. East Indian Arrowroot 124. Wild Turmeric 125. Black Turmeric 126. Turmeric 127. Hill Turmeric 128. Red Ginger Lily 129. Spiked Ginger Lily 130. Puncture Vine

Motherwort

Botanical Name
Leonurus cardiaca
Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Common Names
Motherwort, Throw-wort, Lion’s Ear
Description
Motherwort is an erect, leafy perennial herb from the mint family which grows up to 2-5 ft tall. Flowers are small, pinkish, mauve or white, about 1.2 cm and hairy. They are borne in numerous dense interrupted whorls, in leafy spikes. Flowers are two-lipped, upper concave, and the lower 3-lobed. Leaves are ovate to lance-shaped, variously cut, but mostly with 3-7 deep or shallow triangular, toothed lobes. The upper leaves may be entire or 3-lobed. Motherwort is found in the Himalayas, from Pakistan to Nepal, at altitudes of 2400-3600 m. Flowering: June-August.
Medicinal Uses
Motherwort is primarily a herb of the heart. Several species have sedative effects, decreasing muscle spasms and temporarily lowering the blood pressure. Chinese studies found that the extracts from decrease clotting and the level of fat in the blood and can slow heart palpitations and rapid heartbeats. Another of motherwort’s uses is to improve fertility and reduce anxiety associated with childbirth, postpartum depression and menopause. If used in early labour, it, will ease the labour pains and calm the nerves after childbirth.
Honeyweed

Botanical Name
Leonurus japonicus
Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Synonyms
Leonurus sibiricus
Common Names
Honeyweed, Chinese Motherwort, Little marijuana
Description
Honeyweed is an east Asian relative of motherwort, a well-known European weed used traditionally to treat infections and circulatory and menstruation disorders. Chinese motherwort grows in the first summer 4-5 ft high and flowers from August until late fall. The flowers and the fine foliage resembling Japanese maples are quite pretty and would make a nice herb garden hedge, but the branches get bare and twiggy in late summer. Whilst flowering continues, the leaves turn reddish and fall off in late September.
Medicinal Uses
It is known in Chinese medicine as Yi-mu-cao. The Chinese motherwort is unusual amongst the Chinese herbs in that it is often prescribed for use on its own and not in a mixture with other plants. The whole plant is antibacterial, antispasmodic, astringent, cardiac, depurative, diaphoretic, diuretic, emmenagogue, hypnotic, nervine, oxytocic, stomachic, tonic, uterine stimulant.
Common Leucas

Botanical Name:
Leucas aspera
Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Common Names
Common Leucas • Hindi: Chhota halkusa, Gophaa • Manipuri: Mayanglambum • Marathi: Tamba • Tamil: Thumbai • Malayalam: Tumba • Telugu: Tummachettu • Kannada: Tumbe guda • Bengali: Ghal ghase • Oriya: Bhutamari • Konkani: Tumbo • Sanskrit: Dronapushpi
Description
Common Leucas is an erect and diffusely branched annual herb. Leaves are linear or oblong, 2.5 to 7.5 cm long with blunt tips and scalloped margins. Whorls are large, terminal and axillary, about 2.5 cm in diameter and crowded with white bell shaped flowers. Calyx is variable, with an upper lip and short, triangular teeth.
Medicinal Uses
A popular Pot Herb believed to help develop r