Thursday, March 12, 2009

Clitoria ternatea / APARAJITA - Medicinal Plants - Internal uses


Clitoria ternatea / APARAJITA - Medicinal Plants - Internal uses


Internal uses


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Nervous system : It has a tranquillizing effect on the brain hence it is used in symptoms like syncope, vertigo and brain weakness.



Circulatory system : Being haemostatic and blood purifier, it is useful in haemorrhagic disorders and vatarakta. Hot infusion of dhamasa is given to prevent small pox.


Respiratory system : It is used in common cold, cough, asthma as it acts as an expectorant and reduces the irritation of respiratory organs. Besides this, whole plant isused for smoking. Decoction is used for gargling in throat manifestations


Mansavaha srotas : Dhamasa is applied over neck stiffness.


Urinarysystem : It increases urination. Decoction is used in dysuria.


Reproductive system : Being spermatogenic, it is given in semen debility


Skin : It can be used in various skin disorders by.



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Clitoria ternatea / APARAJITA - Medicinal Plants - External uses


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External uses


It alleviates swelling and pain. It has haemostatic action hence it is ued in piles specially bleeding piles. Piles are cleaned with the decoction and the paste of whole plant is applied over it. Leaf juice is used as nasal drops in headache. Oil boiled with dhamasa is used for massage in rheumatoi4 arthritis..


Decoction is used for gargling in stomatitis and for cleaning wounds. It prevents pus formation.


Internal uses


Nervous system : It has a tranquillizing effect on the brain hence it is used in symptoms like syncope, vertigo and brain weakness.


Digestive system : It is an antiemetic. antidypsetic. mild-laxative and cholagogue Therefore it is used in emesis.dyspepsia, constipation jaundice and piles. Kapha and pitta work together in the lower part of the stomach.It is used in healing ulcers of pylorus duodenum etc.


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Clitoria ternatea / APARAJITA - Medicinal Plants - brain activity


Nervous system : It has a tranquillizing effect on the brain hence it is used in symptoms like syncope, vertigo and brain weakness.


Mansavaha srotas : Dhamasa is applied over neck stiffness.


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Aconitum heterophyllum - Medicinal Plant


Morphology



(i) A. heterophyllum-


Roots biennial, paired, tuberous; whitish or grey. Stem erect, simple or branched, from 15-20 cm high. glabrous below, finely crispo-pubescent in the upper part.


Leaves heteromorphous, glabrous: lowest on long petioles (13cm); blade orbicular- cordate or ovate-cordate in outline with a usually narrow sinus (1-1.5 cm deep); usually 5- lobed to the middle, amplexicaul.


Inflorescence slender raceme or a lax, leafy panicle, crispo-pubescent; Sepals bluish or violet (rarely whitish); navicular obliquely erect, shortly or obscurely beaked, 18-20 mm high, 8-9 mm wide. Carpels 5, elliptic-oblong. Follicles contagious, linear-oblong, straight, 16-18 mm long.


Seeds pyramidal, 3-4 mm long, blackish brown.


Distribution- commonly found in sub-alpine and alpine zones Himalayas from Indus to Kumaon at 2000-5000 m (6000-16000 ft.).


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