Thursday, January 13, 2011

Azadirachta indica - Nimba

Meliaceae
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Vernacular names

  Bengali             Nim
  English             Neem, Margosa
  Gujarati:           Limdo -લીમદો 
  Hindi:                Balnimb, नीम neem, निम्ब nimb
  Kannada:          Bevu
  Konkani:           Kadu Neem -कडुनीम 
  Malayalam:      Aryaveppu, Vepp
  Marathi:            Kadunimba - कडूनिंब,  Kadulimba -कडूलिंब 
  Rajasthani:       Nimkauli
  Sanskrit:           Nimba, निम्बक nimbak, पिचुमर्द -Pichumarda
  Tamil:                Veppali, Vembu
  Telugu:              Vepa
  Urdu:                  Neem - نيم 

Ayurvedic Properties
Rasa           - Tikta & Kashaya
Guna          -  Laghy (Light)
Veerya        -  Sheetha (Cold)
Vipaka        -  Katu (Pungent)
Karma        -  Blood purifier, Anti- in flammatory, Anti- parasitic,Antiseptic                         
 -       Agnikrut, Netryam, Kushtanut, Bhedanam, Mehanut, Hrudyam.

Medicinal Properties
Nimba pacifies pitta, good for skin disease, eczema, fever, wound, ulcer, tumor, worms, cough, diabetes, inflammation and arthiritis

Parts Used
All the parts are used – root, rootbark, stem bark, flowers, Leaves, Twigs, Seed, Oil, Neem cake

Uses
·      The bark is used in intermittent and remittent fevers, general debility and convalescence. It is a reputed blood-purifier and hence it is given as a specific in cased of skin diseases (Kushta), Vaararakta, and other disease the blood.

·      The tender leaves ground into mass with pepper and salt are given as carminative an anthelmintic and in skin diseases

·      The twigs are used as toothbrush – Neem is an excellent antiseptic for teeth and gums.

·      The Juice of the leave is used with honey in kamala or jaundice and worms.

·      The seeds are anthelmintic and alternative

·      The oil extracted from it is better in, anthelmintic and stimulant and has a specific action in skin diseases.

·      Soaps, Shamoopoo, Toothpaste and come facial products are in makrert with the oil and extract base

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Piper nigrum - Maricham


Family: Piperaceae
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Vernacular Names
·      Assamese:     Jalook
·      Bengali:          Kala Marich
·      Gujarati:         કાળા મરી Kala mari
·      Hindi:               काली मिर्च Kali mirch, ऊषण ushan
·      Kannada:        Kari menasu
·      Kashmiri:        मरिचम् Maricham
·      Konkani:          मीरे miire, पोख्ळें मीरीं Pokhlem mirim
·      Malayalam:    Kurukulak,
·      Marathi:           मरीच marich, काळी मिरची Kali mirachi,
·      Mizo:                Thinghmarcha
·      Nepalese:       मरिच Marich
·      Oriya:               Dolo maricho
·      Pali:                  पिप्फळी Piphali
·      Punjabi:           ਕਾਲੀ ਮਿਰਿਚ Kali mirich
·      Sanskrit:         कृष्ण krsna, मरिचं Maricham, उल्लाघः Ullaghah, उषणम् Usanam
·      Tamil:               மரிசம் Maricam, மிளகு Milaku
·      Telugu:             Marichamu, Miriyamu
·      Urdu:                سياه مرچ Siyah mirch, اوشن Ushan



Sanskrit Synonyms
Vellaja            - Because of its resourcing from climber
Krushna        - As its fruits are black in color
Ushana           - Its taste is Ushana i.e. Pungent
Suvrutta         - Because of the round shape of its fruits






Properties
Maricham is pungent, acute and improving appetite
It check kapha and vata
It promotes pitta and is dry (rooksha)
Maricha is useful in the treatment of swaasa, sula and krimi

Rasa         - Katu (Pungent)
Guna        - Laghu (Light) & Teekshna 
Veerya     - Ushna (Warm)
Vipaka      - Katu (Pungent)

Actions  
Febrifuge, antiperiodic, antipyretic, stimulant to heart, carminative, anthelmintic and parasiticide
Deepanam, Krimi hara,

Uses
Ò        Maricha is commonly used in the early stage of all fevers and also as a preventive of further troubles in cold, catarrh and influenza.
Ò        Marich a is very good digestive and carminative. So it recommended in diarrhea, dyspepsia, flatulence and atonic of the stomach
Ò        In cough, cold, asthma and other pulmonary affections it is given in powder form with ghee, honey and sugar or as a decoction with milk, like coffee or tea.
Ò        It acts as stimulant to heart and increases expectoration.
Ò        It acts as good anthelmintic if it is given along with other drugs.