Pavionaayurvedic medicinal uses, chemical contents, vernacular namesswamp mallows, fragrant pavoniasugandabala. Known as sugandha bala in native indian subtropical areas, the roots and shoots of this plant are extremely aromatic. It is not an ornamental plant as it has no showy colored flowers. List of various diseases cured by chromolaena odorata. Medicinal plants used in traditional medicine by oromo. Its main disadvantage is that it can sucker very freely200. The oil from the flowers and seeds will promote growth of hair and is useful in checking scabies.
Two hundred fifteen plant species were collected, identified and their vernacular names and traditional uses recorded. A member of the arso committee and author of food as medicine. Antimirobial effects of chromolaena odorata on some human. Pulsatilla vulgaris pasque flower, european pasqueflower pfaf. The decoction of the bark will take care of all the disorders listed in section three of medicinal use. The plant is often used as a rootstock for the various ornamental cultivars of lilac. Information on the side effects and benefits of the medicinal herb buchu agathosma betulina and its history and tradtitional uses in herbal medicine. Syringa vulgaris lilac, common lilac pfaf plant database. Efficacy of chromolaena odorata leaf extracts for the healing of rat.
Internally, it is considered excellent for indigestion and. You can also include here herbs and plants, which can be eaten as food. The roots are anaphrodisiac, anodyne, antiscrofulatic, astringent, cardiotonic, demulcent and sedative. Alkaloids as drug leads a predictive structural and biodiversitybased analysis. My research focuses on the health benefits of naturally occurring chemicals found in plants. Viola odorata, ethnobotanical uses, pharmacology, antimicrobial potential, and phytochemistry. The root is alterative, anodyne, antiseptic, astringent and demulcent. In the present paper an attempt has been made to summarize the traditional uses and reported biological activities of. We advise that these remedies should not be used by anyone who hasnt been trained in traditional.
Medicinal uses of banyan tree learn about medicinal uses of banyan tree. Moreover, the investigation of herbal drugs from plants to treat aids, cancer, and malaria, chronic complaints such as rheumatism, arthritis and. Edible uses none known medicinal although poisonous, the plant is. For comparison of traditional plant use in southwestern serbia, zlatibor district and in its neighboring regions five published studies which meet the standards of a scientific ethnobotanic study were exploited, although the research areas do not have the same dimensions and the research methods differ. We sought to identify herbal medicines nominated by ugandan. It is by no means exhaustive and wild makes no claim as to the actual efficacy of these plants as medicine. Names of spanish needle in various languages of the world are also given. Elaeodendron buchananii is an evergreen shrub or tree with a muchbranched, rounded crown. In addition, the use value and the relative importance of species were determined and the informant consensus. The use of medicinal plants for treatment of various. It can be used for many diseases like cardiac asthma, renal failure etc. Database of medicinal plants az list of herbal plants used in ayurveda with details. The use of medicinal plants in health care is now a common practice hashemi and davoodi.
The juice of the crushed leaves is applied externally for the cure of scabies. The decoction of the leaves, mixed with some common salt, works well a a laxative. When tested on a choice of living organisms, this oil caused relaxation in the rabbits intestine. Traditional medicinal plant use in loja province, southern. At invasiveweedspublicationsguidelinesalertpubscodorata. A collection of medicinal and edible plants, even herbs in central europe.
The bole is often irregular, it can be up to 60cm in diameter 299. It has various medicinal properties that enables the plant to be used for treating several ailments. Medicinal plants india a study of indian medicinal plants, medicinal plants used in ayurveda, herbal plants used in ayurveda medicines, list of kerala medicinal plants, ayurveda medicines and ingredients, a complete list of medicinal plants, ayurveda and medicinal. The antimicrobial effects of independence leaves chromolaena odorata siam weed. Too much cutting of the bark and root digging for medicinal uses has left many trees dead in botswana. They are small trees, ranging in size from template. There is an increased awareness, nowadays, about the efficiency of natural products in the maintenance of health and people, the world over, prefer the medicinal plants for their day to day health needs. This paper examines the traditional use of medicinal plants in loja province, southern ecuador. There are a number of reports that the plant is edible but one report suggests that the plant is poisonous without giving further details. Diarrhea, brucellosis, scabies, intestinal abdominal worms. Banyan leaves remedies, banyan milky latex remedies, banyan aerial roots remedies, banyan bark remedies. About 85% of world population uses herbal medicines for prevention and treatment of diseases, and the demand is increasing in developed and developing countries. A plant of the warm and humid tropics and subtropics, where it is found at elevations up to 1,000 metres.
Medicinal plants of the family lamiaceae as functional. Furthermore, about 74% of all plantderived drugs in worldwide clinical uses have been discovered through followup investigation of the ethno medicinal uses of plants. Medicinal use of mint pudina pudina also known as mint is one of the most common herbs and extremely popular in alternative medical treatments, mint has several medicinal uses in treating skin problems. In bangladesh about 500 plant species have been identified as medicinal plants because of their therapeutic properties ghani, 2000. Medicinal plants of the family lamiaceae plants have been the source for medicinal treatments for thousands of years.
Medicinal and edible plants of central europe project noah. Traditional medicine uses plants for both their curative and their preventive properties. Pluchea odorata is an annual or perennial herb growing erect to a maximum height over one meter. Medicinal plants of karbi anglong bijits organic travel. It is sometimes grown as a hedge and has also been planted on an experimental basis in uganda for its essential oil, which is of potential use in perfumery. Chromolaena odorata herb uses, benefits, cures, side. The flowers and the seeds are diuretic, or they promote the flow of urine. How spanish needle is effective for various diseases is listed in repertory format. Alkaloids as drug leads a predictive structural and. Syringa vulgaris is a deciduous shrub growing to 6 m 19ft 8in at a medium rate. Antibacterial potential of some medicinal plants of the. The arboretum shows off its collection of over 422 lilac plants, of 194 different varieties. Medicinal plants india, kerala kottayam herbal plants. Nymphaeaceae waterlily family medicinal use of fragrant water lily.
Every part of the plant, be it the seeds, leaves, and the roots is said to have high medicinal value. Pdf medicinal value of mimosa pudica as an anxiolytic. List of medicinal plants in english and tagalog philippine. The philippine medicinal plant entrees now number over. This book continues as volume 7 of a multicompendium on edible medicinal and non medicinal plants. Indian acalypha is a wild annual that grows along the roads, in gardens and wastelands. I take undergrads out to collect wild plants growing in the sonoran and mojave desert. Traditional and medicinal uses of mimosa pudica holisticzine. Mint is an effective treatment for stomach ache and chest pains. Learn what are its health benefits and how you can use this to treat different diseases. Names of pavonia in various languages of the world are also given. Several locations in north america hold annual lilac festivals, including. Medicinal plants contain substances that can beaeruginosa.
Plant information taken from the plants for a future. Medicinal plants and complementary and alternative medicines, including. Several medicinal plants presented here contain toxic ingredients and may be allergic or poisonous. Disease is as old as life itself and man has always been consumers are increasingly interested in in search of agents to cure diseases. Each part of tree is used as medicine to treat various diseases. A tea made from the roots is used in the treatment of tb, chronic bronchial complaints, diarrhoea, dysentery, gastrointestinal inflammation, gonorrhoea, vaginal discharge, inflamed glands, mouth sores and to stop bleeding. Published information on the wound healing property of c. How pavonia is effective for various diseases is listed in repertory format. On the basis of recent pharmacological studies some additional medicinal properties of various species of the genus have been established. Quantitative traditional knowledge of medicinal plants used. The leaves are opposite occasionally in whorls of three in arrangement, and their shape is simple and heartshaped to broad lanceolate in most species, but pinnate in a few species e. Gohil and others published medicinal value of mimosa pudica as an anxiolytic and antidepressant. Edible medicinal and nonmedicinal plants springerlink.
Tridax procumbens is a very promising species that produces secondary metabolites reported to have a variety of medicinal uses including among others, antianemic, antiinflammatory, antidiabetic and anesthetic properties. Uses, benefits, cures, side effects, nutrients in spanish needle. Asteraceae synonyms as eupatorium odoratum is a traditional medicinal plant that is widely used for its wound healing property. Pdf plants containing pyrrolizidine alkaloids used in the. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 20 35c, but can tolerate 16 38c. The arnold arboretum in boston, massachusetts, which celebrates lilac sunday every may. Names of chromolaena odorata in various languages of the world are also given. The leaf petioles are long and slender and the ovate leaves are about 3 to 8 cms. Uses, benefits, cures, side effects, nutrients in pavonia. Pdf the anticancer potential of pavonia odorata extract. Pdf medicinal value of mimosa pudica as an anxiolytic and. Uses, benefits, cures, side effects, nutrients in chromolaena odorata.
Functional food plants of africa, prof maurice iwu, told the guardian that the body has committees in so many thematic areas. Oct 10, 2006 this paper examines the traditional use of medicinal plants in loja province, southern ecuador. When it is tobe used for other skin diseases, a very small quantity of white lime. It covers plants with edible flowers whose floral parts including the stalk and flower nectar are eaten as conventional or functional food and may provide a source of food colorant, additive or neutraceuticals. Some 25% of drugs contain compounds obtained from higher plants. Ethnoherbalist explores the biology, cultural history and health benefits of medicinal plants as a professor, i teach classes on cell biology and ethnobotany. The anticancer potential of pavonia odorata extract on human breast mdmb231, prostate pc3 and lung calu6 cancer cell lines article pdf available in pharmacognosy journal 81. Chromolaena odorata is a tropical and subtropical species of flowering shrub in the sunflower. Guava amrud medicinal uses guava is one of the most important fruit full of nutrients and medicinal properties.
Mint or pudina has been used as a medicinal plant since centuries. Pipsissewa was an important herb among the native americans in north america, and they used it in the form of herbal teas for a variety of health problems, especially as a tonic and diuretic medication for rheumatism, kidney and bladder ailments. Pavonia herb uses, benefits, cures, side effects, nutrients. Chromolaena odorata is considered invasive weed of field crops in its introduced. It is in flower in may, and the seeds ripen in august. Pulsatilla vulgaris pasque flower, european pasqueflower. This book continues as volume 7 of a multicompendium on edible medicinal and nonmedicinal plants. Catalogue of some household herbal medicines used in the districts of nakapiripirit, pallisa, kanungu and mukono. It is glandular, coated in rough trichomes hairs, and strongly aromatic. The following is a list of some of the plant species or plant families and their known uses as medicines for the koori people of victoria. Medicinal plants constitute major ingredient of traditional medicine practiced all over the world. A tea made from the roots is used in the treatment of tb, chronic bronchial complaints, diarrhoea, dysentery, gastrointestinal inflammation, gonorrhoea, vaginal discharge, inflamed glands. The turbidity of the bacterial inoculums was used for therapeutic purposes or which are used as compared with 0. Leaves to 5 x 5 cm, orbicular, 35angled, cordate at base, 37nerved from base, densely hairy beneath.
This paper is dedicated to the memory of andrew marston 195320, outstanding phytochemist who is much missed by his friends and colleagues and forms part of a special issue of phytochemistry letters commemorating his life and work. A survey was performed using questionnaires with 220 informants mean age 47, 79% female, 21% male. Have sweet peas flowers any medicinal, culinary or cosmetic application. Pharmacology and traditional uses of mimosa pudica baby joseph, jency george, jeevitha mohan interdisciplinary research centre, department of biotechnology, malankara catholic college, mariagiri, kaliakkavilai, tamil nadu, india abstract mimosa belongs to the taxonomic group magnoliopsida and family mimosaseae.
Breaks and rebreaks the kidney stones and that is it is the drug of choice for most of the ayurvedic doctors. Green and brown dyes can be obtained from the leaves168. Traditional uses, antimicrobial potential, pharmacological properties. An introduction to medicinal plant, and describe how it is useful to us.
The species is hermaphrodite has both male and female organs and is pollinated by bees. International journal of pharmaceutical sciences and drug research 20. The decoction of the leaves is used to take care of the first 3 ailments given under medicinal use. This paper provides significant ethnobotanical information on medicinal plant uses in the zlatibor district, southwestern serbia. Flowering plants are always appealing and sugandha bala, scientifically known as pavonia odorata is even more interesting with its natural healing values. Pdf fulltext xml references citation report citation.
Oct 10, 2012 guava amrud medicinal uses guava is one of the most important fruit full of nutrients and medicinal properties. Herbal medicine use and linked suspected adverse drug. Please do not attempt selfdiagnosis or self treatment. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Antibacterial potential of some medicinal plants of the cordillera region, philippines rosemary m.
Ethnobotanical study on traditional use of medicinal. Philippine herbal medicine an illustrated compilation of medicinal plants in the philippines by dr godofredo stuart, with botanical information, chemical properties, folkloric uses and research studies. The tree is harvested from the wild for its edible fruit, various medicinal uses, and essential oil. Know about its botanical description, medicinal properties and sideeffects. It is an offspring of the mallow family, malvaceae.
Spanish needle herb uses, benefits, cures, side effects. It grows as a large tree and is found in all medicinal system for a number of diseases, these includes its usefulness in jaundice, in liver, complains, as an acid refrigerant, as a gentle laxative, in yellow fever, as a blood tonic, and as a skin cleanser. The following buzzle article elaborates more on the traditional and medicinal uses of mimosa pudica. It is especially useful in treating acne, itching, inflammation, and burns. Putting these pieces of information together it does seem likely that blackeyed susan has medicinal activity like echinacea, and it may even be more effective against colds and flus than echinacea. Ethnobotanical study on traditional use of medicinal plants. In this mission we look for plants with medicinal effects, which can be used as various products, such as tea etc. This project is intended for education on medicinal plants and not as a medical source for selftreatment. Pdf plants containing pyrrolizidine alkaloids used in. It is in flower from april to may, and the seeds ripen from june to july. I will not be held responsible for claims arising from their inappropriate use. The intense study on the pharmacological screening of essential oil of pavonia odorata revealed that this essential oil contains a series of interesting pharmacological actions based on various parameters. A comparative study of the plants used for medicinal purposes by the creek and seminoles tribes by kimberly hutton a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of master of science department of cell biology, microbiology, and molecular biology college of arts and science university of south florida.
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