Other Names :

Tamil

Villvam

English

Bael

Telugu

Bilva

Malayalam

Bela

Kannada

Bael

Hindi

Bilva

Sanskrit

Kuvalam

Found all over India, Bengal and in Burma. "Two kinds of fruit are available in the market small one is wild variety and another variety is cultivable variety". Both of them have same medicinal properties when they fully ripened. It is a tree that grows upto 3 to 6 metres height. The Leaves are oval in shape and flowers has a pleasant fragrance. Fruit is round in shape greenish white in colour with a hard but smooth outer surface. The inner content of the fruit is mucillaginous and aromatic.

Chronic dysentery, diarrhoea, mild laxative, asthma, fever, jaundice, constipation, indigestion, discomfort.

The following are some useful household formulae 

 1.  Take of Beal fruit 1, Holarrhena antidysenterica 2, Indian sweet fennel seeds 1, chebulic myrobalan 1 and Sugar 3 parts. Mix the above and prepare whole thing as powder then Plantago ovata. Dose - One to three drachms. Useful in        subacute and chronic dysentery.

 2. Take of Bael fruit 4 drs, Scindapsus officinalis 1 dr., Andropogon muricatus 1 dr., Symplocos racemosa 1 dr., Mix and reduce the whole to a fine powder. Dose - 20 to 30 grains.

Other Names :

Tamil

Chiru peelai

English

Thumbe

Telugu

Pindi-konda

Malayalam

Thumba

Kannada

Thumba

Hindi

Pashanabhed

Sanskrit

Cherupila

Common weed in South India. It is found in waste lands has white flowers.

Calculus affections, Coughs, etc.

For scrofula, the decoction of the grain with pepper powder is given and for diarrhoea one tola of the expressed juice of the fresh plant and 1/4 tola of catechu mixed together is given thrice a day. With asafoetida, ginger powder and bidalone added the decoction is given for  colic. A soup is a diet in sub-acute cases of enlarged liver and spleen; also a diet in piles. Pulse is a demulcent in calculus affections, coughs, etc. A powder of the seeds is applied to the skin to check cold sweats. 

Other Names :

Tamil

Chiru peelai

English

Thumbe

Telugu

Pindi-konda

Malayalam

Thumba

Kannada

Thumba

Hindi

Pashanabhed

Sanskrit

Cherupila

Common weed in South India. It is found in waste lands has white flowers.

Calculus affections, Coughs, etc.

For scrofula, the decoction of the grain with pepper powder is given and for diarrhoea one tola of the expressed juice of the fresh plant and 1/4 tola of catechu mixed together is given thrice a day. With asafoetida, ginger powder and bidalone added the decoction is given for  colic. A soup is a diet in sub-acute cases of enlarged liver and spleen; also a diet in piles. Pulse is a demulcent in calculus affections, coughs, etc. A powder of the seeds is applied to the skin to check cold sweats. 

Other Names :

Tamil

Anaikathalai

English

Century plant

Telugu

Kithanara

Malayalam

Panamkattazha

Kannada

Bhuttale

Hindi

Kantala

Sanskrit

Kalakantala

It is grown in tropical countries. This plant looks rosette in nature. The leaves are smooth having prickly edges and producing a long, erect stem which bears bulbis that fall to the ground and grow into new plants

Purifies blood wounds, inflammations and checks excessive falling of hair.

Take two grams of leaves for a cup of water and drink one cup a day for cleansing the blood. Soak the leaves in the water for a day and apply as a tonic, in the case of falling hair.

Other Names :

Tamil

English

Telugu

Malayalam

Kannada

Hindi

Sanskrit

This tree normally grows in South India  and  Burma.

Finely powder the drug and apply over wounds and itching. Soak this bark with goats urine for some times and dry in shade and take internally for centipede bite.

Other Names :

Tamil

Vagai

English

Siissa tree

Telugu

Girishamu

Malayalam

Nenmeni

Kannada

Shereesh

Hindi

Siris

Sanskrit

Shirisha

Albizia is a tree usually grow in all soils particularly in Bengal and South India.

White discharge, eye diseases, snake bite.

Resin 1 to 2 gm is given for white discharge. The ground leaf is applied over the eye for eye diseases. The flower decoction is given for snake bite.

Other Names :

Tamil

Woodooga

English

Indian walnut;filberts;Candle-nut

Telugu

Malayalam

Nat-akrodu

Kannada

Ramakrot

Akhrot

Hindi

Sanskrit

Askhota

This plant, which is a native of the Malay Archipelago is found wild in many parts of South India.

Intestinal Worms, piles etc.

Juice of the fruits or nuts is a remedy for intestinal worms, piles etc. Fruits or nuts soaked in oil and placed in the anus for piles.

Other Names :

Tamil

Pooneeru

English

Telugu

Malayalam

Kannada

Hindi

Sanskrit

It is sodium carbonate with several chemical impurities.

Other Names :

Tamil

Allamanda

English

Golden trumpet

Telugu

Allenandatheega

Malayalam

Kolaambi

Kannada

Arasinhu

Hindi

Pilaghanti

Sanskrit

Allamanda is hardy climber having bell shaped bright yellow flowers. The leaves are opposite to each other and are smooth and shiny.

Acute abdominal pain.

The infusion of the leaves is given for abdominal pain.

Other Names :

Tamil

Vengayam

English

Onion

Telugu

Erra-gadda

Malayalam

Erulli

Kannada

Nirulli

Hindi

Piyaz

Sanskrit

Pallandu

This is a small herb normally cultivated all over India.

Colic, scurvy, fever, piles

Onion is mixed with common salt is given for colic and scurvy. Roasted onion with cumin, sugar candy and cow's ghee is given for piles.

Other Names :

Tamil

Ulli Poondu

English

Garlic

Telugu

Vellulli, Tellagadda

Malayalam

Vellulli

Kannada

Bellulli

Hindi

Lahsan

Sanskrit

Lasuna

This herb cultivated in hotter plains. 

Fevers, cough, flatulence, colic, skin diseases, rheumatism and in adequacy of memory secreations.

Garlic juice is given for above diseases.

Other Names :

Tamil

Merukan kizhangu

English

Giant Taro

Telugu

Sarachema

Malayalam

Marambu

Kannada

Maanaka, Maanakanda

Hindi

Maanaka, Maanakanda

Sanskrit

Maanaka, Maanakanda

Mostly found in Marshy places.

Constipation, piles.

Conjee made of the dried stem (tubers) boiled with rice flour is given for the patient in cases of  piles and for habitual constipation.

Other Names :

Tamil

Katrazhai

English

Indian aloes

Telugu

Kalabanda

Malayalam

Kathalai gida, lolisara

Kannada

Korphad

Hindi

Kumari

Sanskrit

Kaattuvazha

It is a xerophytic plant. Aloe is cultivated both for ornamental and medicinal purposes. It has short stemmed and spiny toothed leaves which are very succulent or juicy in nature. Flowers are yellow in colour.

Chronic ulcers, Fevers, Uterus, Colic, Good laxative, Heals wounds and fresh cuts. Soothes burns, cures eczema and falling hair. 

Fresh juice is useful in fevers ; pulp is used on uterus ; root is used in colic. The juice of the leaves, applied externally, is soothing in all cases of burns, wounds and cuts, eczema and falling hair.

Other Names :

Tamil

Chitrarattai

English

Smaller Galangal

Telugu

Sannarastram

Malayalam

Dumparasme

Kannada

Koshta kulinjan

Hindi

Kulanjan

Sanskrit

Rasnah

It looks like Alpinia Galanga, but smaller in size.

Bronchial catarrh, stomach complaints, disinfectant and cold, cough, chest complaints, indigestion.

2 to 4 gm of Alpinia calcarata powder is given with honey for cough, cold, chest complaints and Indigestion.

Other Names :

Tamil

Perarattai

English

Greater Galangal

Telugu

Sanna-rahtramu

Malayalam

Dumparasme

Kannada

Koshta kulinjan

Hindi

Kulanjan

Sanskrit

Rasna

It is herbaceous plant, leaves are long, narrow, median nerve very strong. Flowers are greenish white in compound dense bunches, lip of the corolla white, streaked with red. Rhizomes slightly aromatic. This plant usually found in eastern Himalayas and western Ghats. Now the cultivation is taking up.

Rheumatism, respiratory complaints, bronchial catarrh, stomach complaints, disinfectant and deodorant.

The decoction of the rhizome is used for dyspepsia, fevers, incontinence of urine, destroy bad smell in the mouth and improve the voice in throat affections.