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STUDY OF MEDICINAL IMPORTANCE AND USES OF PLANTS EASILY
AVAILABLE IN SURROUNDINGS IN PERSPECTIVE OF AYURVEDA Dr. Amit Sharma*1, Dr. Kallapa S Kuchanur*2
*1MD Scholar Ayurveda Dravyaguna Himalayiya Ayurvedic
Pg Medical College and Hospital Dehradun Uttarakhand *2Professor & Head of Department of Dravyaguna Himalayiya
Ayurvedic Medical College and Hospital Dehradun
ABSTRACT India is enriched with wealth of plants. There are many plants around us which are very beneficial for human
being. In almost all states of India Tulsi, Peruk, Erand, Vat Vriksh, Asvatha, Palasa, Punarnava, Bhanga, Palasa,
Taruni, Arka, Durva, Karveer, Shiris, Shiship, Durva, Khadir, Chakramard plants are available. As plants are
playing important role in human life since ancient time they can be more helpful if the knowledge of the
surrounding plants is spread among the people. Many diseases like Dadru, Kasa, Shwas, Kandu, Aruchi, Krimi,
Jvara, Svitra, Prameha, Shotha, Pandu, Arsa etc. can be cured by using these plants available in our surrounding.
Most of the people in India are using Tulsi plants in their daily life either in the form of extract or fresh juice or
leaves of the tulsi. People are using these plants as medication because they believe that these herbal plants are
less expensive as comparison to modern medicine. This “study of medicinal importance and uses of plant easily
available in surroundings in perspective of Ayurveda” is aims to information about cultivation, Medicinal uses,
botanical Description, indication, Therapeutic uses of plants.
Keywords: Plants, Tulsi, Erand, Kasa, Shwas, Kandu, Prameha, Shotha, Krimi, Ayurveda.
I. INTRODUCTION
Ayurveda is a Research Oriented science, which deals with physical, Mental as well as spiritual wellbeing.
Ayurveda adopted natural materials to make equilibrium of body, out of them one is medicinal plants. Rig -
Veda, the oldest among traditional text contains many concepts of Ayurvedic fundamentals, Several Diseases
and their treatment through medicinal plants.
II. MEDICINAL IMPORTANCE AND USES OF PLANTS
Chakramarda
❖ Botanical Name - Senna tora (L.) = Cassia tora L.
❖ Family - Fabaceae
❖ Sanskrit Name - Dadrughan, Praunnada, Edagaj, Cakri
❖ English Name - Ring – worm plant
❖ Hindi Name - Chakavad
❖ Local - Pavaad
Morphological feature
• It is an annual herb growing to a height of 1 meter and grows widely all over India.
• Leaves - Compound 3 pairs 1-1.5 inch long.
• Flowers - Bright Yellow flowers, Flowering in winter
• Pod - Thin, 6-12 inch long
• Seed - Rectangular and whitish in colour
• Fruiting - Rainy season
• Part used - Seeds, leaves, Root
Ayurvedic properties
Rasa Guna Virya Vipak Karma
Katu Laghu, Ruksa Usna Katu Kapha –vata hara , Kandu
Indications - Dadru, Kasa – Svasa, Kandu
Medicinal Use- Chakramarda leaves are used as a Vegetable in the dietary preparation for vataroga.
• Sidhma - Chakarmarda, SarjaRasa etc. are mixed with kanjika and applied externally.
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Khadira
❖ Botanical Name - Senegalia catechu (L.f.) P.J.H.Hurter & Mabb. = Acacia catechu
(L. f.) Willd.
❖ Family - Fabaceae
❖ Sanskrit Name - Gayatri, Dantdhavan, Raktsara, Somavalka
❖ English Name - Cutch tree
❖ Hindi Name - Khaira
❖ Local Name - Khaira
Morphological feature
• It is a moderate sized tree.
• Leaves - Pinnate with a pair of re curved prickles at base of rachis; pinnate 40-80;
leaflets 60-100, small ligulate.
• Flowers - dark yellow in cylindrical spikes; flowers in rainy.
• Pod - pods thin, glabrous, lustrous, straight strap – shaped, dark down.
• Seed - Rectangular and whitish in color
• Fruit - Fruiting in winter.
• Part used - Stem bark, heartwood, flowers
Ayurvedic properties
Rasa Guna Virya Vipak Karma
Tikta, Kasaya Laghu, Ruksa Sita Katu Kapha – pittahara, Medoghan
Indications - Kandu, Kasa, Aruchi, Krmi, Prameha, Jvara, Svitra, Sotha, Pandu, Vrana, Danta
roga,Arsas etc.
Medicinal Use -
Bhagander – Decoction of Khadira and Triphala is enriched with ghee and powder of vidang is
given orally.
Svitra – Internal and external use of Khadira Kasaya is useful.
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Punarnava
• Botanical Name - Boerhavia difiusa L.
• Family - Nyctaginaceae
• Sanskrit Name - Punarnava, Sothghani
• English Name - Spreading hogweed
• Hindi Name - Gadahapurana, Sathi
• Local Name - Satha
Morphological features -
Herbs mainly spread on the ground.
It is a diffusely branched pubscent and prostrate herb.
Leaves- are small whitish on the lower surface and upper green.
Flowers - very small reddish in colour
Fruits with 5 colouring glandular
Flowering and Fruiting - July to October
Part used - Herb, Root.
Therapeutic uses -
Herb is used as diuretic, stomachache, in jaundice, enlargement of spleen. Used in relieving abdomen pain.
Decoction of punarnava is very useful in Nidra nasha.
Ayurvedic properties -
Guna karma (pharmalogical properties)
Rasa Guna Virya Vipaka Prabhava
Madhura, Tikata Laghu,ruksha Ushna Katu Kaphapitta shamaka
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Bhang
❖ Botanical Name - Cannabis sativa L.
❖ Family - Cannabaceae
❖ Sanskrit Name - Bhanga, Madni, Matulani
❖ English Name - Indian Hemp
❖ Hindi Name - Bhang
❖ Local Name - Charas
Morphological feature
It is a tall annual herb. 1.2-1.5 meter height stem rectangular
Leaves - Palmately divided.
Flowers - Small greenish unisexual male bom in long dropping penicale and female in
short spikes.
Fruit - Ovate flat seed oke having sping growth
Part used- Leaves
Flowering and Fruiting- April-May
Ayurvedic properties
Guna-Karma (Pharmacological Properties)
Rasa Guna Virya Vipak Karma
Tikat Laghu, tikshna Ushna Katu Pitta-vardhak
Prabhav - Madak
Indications - Gatisaar, Grahani Agni - manth, Anidra Amalpitta rakt pradar , nidra naash, madahtye, shool etc
Medicinal use -Bhang is made, into-pills prader with udumber--kshra. Will be usefull, Kustha Bhang should-
be taken. as honey. and ghee.
Medicinal Use-Leaf paste is used for Cuts, Skin Ulcer and Insect Bite.
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Amalki
❖ Botanical Name - Phyllanthus emblica L. = Emblica officinalis Gaertn.
❖ Family - Phyllanthaceae
❖ Sanskrit Name - Aamalki, Dhatri
❖ English Name - Indian Gooseberry, Emblic myrobalan
❖ Hindi Name - Aamla
❖ Local Name - Aamla
Morphological feature
It is large deciduous tree with greenish gray or red bark leafs pinnate linear oblong opused.
Flowers densely fascicled along the branchlets yellowish males on the cylinder pedicle female sub sessile
Flowers – Dark yellow in cylindrical spikes glabrous lustrous straight strapped shaped dark brown.
Fruit – berry globused yellow pink when riped opscurily 6 lobed
Seeds trigonus
Part used – Fruit pulp , fruit ring
Flowering – Feb – May
Fruiting Oct – April
Ayurvedic Properties –
Guna – Karma (Pharmacological Properties)
Rasa Guna Virya Vipak Karma
Panch Ras Lavan
Rahit Amla
Pradhan
Guru Ruksha Sheet Sheet Madura Tridosh Har
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Parbhav – Rasayan
Indication- Parmeh Rakt – Pitt Netar – Rog, Kushtha Arsh Som Rog
Therapeutic use - SOM rog- ripen banana juice of amalki honey and sugar are taken.
Parmeh – Amalki and haridra juice taken with honey
Medicinal Use - Hikka juice of amalki and kapittha with pipli powder with honey.
Durva
❖ Botanical Name - Cynodon Dactylon (Linn.) Pers.
❖ Family - Poaceae
❖ Sanskrit Name - Durva, Satparva
❖ English Name - Conch Grass
❖ Hindi Name - Dub
❖ Local Name - Dub
Morphological feature
It is Perennial, procumbent grass found all over India.
Durva dvaya is used in the Ayurvedic therapeutics very extensively.
Flowers – Green or purple 2-5 cm long .
Seeds – The seeds heads are produced in cluster of 2-6 spikes
Part used – Whole plant
Indications – Mtrkrcchra, Tvak roga, Rakta pitta, Pradara, Trsna, Daha, Visarpa.
Medicinal Use -
Chardi – Durva taken with rice water will be useful.
Kustha – Paste of Durva and Haridra cures scabies, eczema, ring worm & urticaria.
Doasage – Fresh juice 10-20 ml.
Ayurvedic properties –
Guna – Karma ( Pharmacological Properties )
Rasa Guna Virya Vipak Karma
Kasaya Madhura Laghu Sheet Madura Kapha,Pitta
Hara,Varnya
Prajasthapana
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Arka
❖ Botanical Name - Calotropis Procera (Aiton)W.T. Aiton.
❖ Family - Apocynaceae
❖ Sanskrit Name - Arka, Tulfala, Ksirparna, Arkparna
❖ English Name - Madar
❖ Hindi Name - Aak. Akvan
❖ Local Name - Aak
Morphological feature
A shrub up to 2.5 m high . Young leaves hoary, Glabrous when fully grown.
Flowers – in terminal and axillary corymobose cymes, purplish-red.
Fruits – Follicles, 10-14 cm long, recurved seeds nuerus with silk hair.
Leaves – 10-18 cm long, ovate – obovate or obovate-oblong, acute, infloresence covered with white wooly-
tomentum.
Part used – Root bark, flower, leaf, latex, seeds.
Dosage – Root bark powder 0.5-1g, flower powder 1-3g.
Indications – Sopha, Vrana, Kustha, Arsas, Krmi, Kandu, Pliharoga, Medoroga,visa roga, Visarpa, Udara, ulma,
Graharoga etc.
Medicinal Use -
Pliharoga – Arka leaves and salt are burnt by closed heating. This is given with curd water.
Netra roga – Seeds of arka processed in milk is useful.
Arsas – Fumigation with root of Arka and sami will be beneficial.
Ayurvedic properties –
Guna – Karma ( Pharmacological Properties )
Rasa Guna Virya Vipak Karma
Katu, tikta, Laghu, ruksa,
tiksna
Usna Katu Vata, Hara, Rechan,
Dipan.
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Taruni
❖ Botanical Name - Rosa Centifolia – Linn.
❖ Family - Rosaceae
❖ Sanskrit Name - Taruni, Satpatri, Karnika, Laksha
❖ English Name - Rose
❖ Hindi Name - Gulab
❖ Local Name - Gulab
Morphological feature
It is a thorny shrub possessing pinkish red flowers. It is mainly grown as an arNamental plant.
Part used – Flower.
Indications – Rakta pitta, Vibandh, Daha, Hrdroga.
Dosage – Powder 3-6g, Paste 20-40 ml\g
Ayurvedic properties –
Guna – Karma (Pharmacological Properties)
Rasa Guna Virya Vipak Karma
Kasaya, tikta,
Madhura
Laghu, Snigdha Sita Madhura Tridosahara,
Hrdya, Sukrala,
Pacana.
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Palasa
❖ Botanical Name - Butea monosperma (Lam.) Kuntze.
❖ Family - Fabaceae
❖ Sanskrit Name - Palasa, Kinshuk, Raktpushpak
❖ English Name - Flame of the forest tree
❖ Hindi Name - Dhaka, Tesu
❖ Local Name - Lehsua
Morphological feature
A deciduous tree growing upto 15 m. height and 1.5-1.8 m in girth, trunk is crooked. Bark light-brown
or bluish-grey, Yielding a ruby-red vitreous gum.
Flowers – in racomes, brilliant orange-red, 3.8-5.1cm. Long,lower calyx-teeth deltoid.
Fruits – Pods, silvery-white, broad, dehiscent.
Seeds- Flat, elliptic, reddish-grey, 3.2cm.
Leaves – Trifoliolate, large, unequal, 10.2-20.4cm.
Part used – Stem bark , flowers, seeds, gum.
Dosage – Bark decoction, seed powder, flower powder.
Indications – Krimi, Pliha roga, gulma, grahani, arsas.
Medicinal Use -
Kirmi – Seed paste or juice of palasa may be taken with butter milk.
Ayurvedic properties –
Guna – Karma ( Pharmacological Properties )
Rasa Guna Virya Vipak Karma
Katu, tikta, kasaya Laghu, snigdha Usna Katu Vatakaphahara,
Kirmighna, Dipana
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Asvattha
❖ Botanical Name - Ficus religiosa Linn.
❖ Family - Moraceae
❖ Sanskrit Name - Asvattha, Pippal, Chalpatra
❖ English Name - Sacred fig
❖ Hindi Name - Pipal
❖ Local Name - Pipal
Morphological feature
It is a huge tree attaining 20 m height bearing flowers in hypanthodium infloresence. It is found all over India.
Leaves – The peepal tree has heart-shaped leaves.
Part used – Bark, leaf, fruit, leaf bud.
Dosage – Powder 3-6g decoction 50 – 100 ml.
Indications – yoniroga, Vatarakta, Kustha, Dusta, Vrana.
Medicinal Use -
Vatarakta – Bark decoction shall be taken .
Klaibya - Milk coocked with fruit, root, Bark and leafbud given with honey and sugar.
Ayurvedic properties –
Guna – Karma ( Pharmacological Properties )
Rasa Guna Virya Vipak Karma
Madhura, kasaya Guru, Ruksa Sita Katu Vatakaphahara,
Varnya, Vrsya
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Sinsipa
❖ Botanical Name - Dalbergia sissoo Roxb. Ex DC.
❖ Family - Fabaceae
❖ Sanskrit Name - Sinsipa
❖ English Name - Sissoo
❖ Hindi Name - Seesam
❖ Local Name - Seesam
Morphological feature
It is a big tree about 100 ft. height and bearing yellowish green flowers.
Flowers – small yellowish 2-3 inch long.
Flowering - March – April
Part used – Leaves, Bark, wood.
Fruiting - Winter
Medicinal Use -
Vasameha – Sinsapa kasaya is useful.
Netra roga – Tender leaves of simsapa are grinded with honey and used as eye drops.
Indication
Vasti vicar,krmi, kustha, Prameha, Sotha, Dusta, Vrana .
Ayurvedic properties –
Guna – Karma (Pharmacological Properties)
Rasa Guna Virya Vipak Karma
Kasaya, Kattu,
Tikta
Laghu, Ruksa Sheet Katu Kapha vata hara,
Garbhapataka
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Vat- Vriksh
❖ Botanical Name - Ficus bengalensis L.
❖ Family - Moreaceae
❖ Sanskrit Name - Vat- Vriksh, Nyogradh, Bahupada
❖ English Name - Banyan Tree
❖ Hindi Name - Bargad, Bad
❖ Local Name - Bad
Morphological feature
It is very big tree, possessing supporting roots and therefore may spread upto miles
Commonly found all over India. It is a fastgrowing evergreen tree up to 30 m tall.
Leaves – stalked, ovate heart shaped 3 nerved when young velvety on bothside. The unique feature of the tree
is that the leaves have a pocket like fold at the base leaf stalks with a broad smooth greasy gland at the apex
compressed, downy.
Part used – Bark, leaf but fruit, latex, hanging root.6-20 mm kong
Flowering – May and June
Fruiting – Summer and Winter
Medicinal Use -
Pumsavana– Leaf – bud of vata is dissolved in milk and used as nasal drops in the rights nostril to the pregnant
woman for attaining male child.
Timira – Campor is mixed with latex of Vata in applied as collyrium.
Indications- Trishna, Varne-Stambhan, Yoni-Rog, Rakat-Pitta, Visarpe, Viyanga Chardi.
Ayurvedic properties –
Guna – Karma (Pharmacological Properties)
Rasa Guna Virya Vipak Karma
Kasaya Guru, Ruksa Sita Katu Kapha Pitta hara, Mutra
sangrahaniya, Varnya,
Sthambhana .
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Sirisa -
❖ Botanical Name - Albizia Lebbek (L.)Benth.
❖ Family - Fabaceae
❖ Sanskrit Name - Sirisa, Sukrapriye
❖ English Name - Albizia Lebbek
❖ Hindi Name - Siris
❖ Local Name - Siris
Morphological feature
It is a Deciduous, erect, speading tree, growing to 15.2-18.3 m height.
Bark – Rough, Dark brown to greenish black with transverse and longitudinal striations inside.
Leaves – Bipinnate with 8-18 leaflets.
Flowers – Benzyl alcohol, benzok acid, P-nitrobenzoate etc.
Fruits – Pods, Yellowish brown, with 6-10 seeds.
Seeds – Proteins, amino acids.
Part used – Stem bark, Seeds, Flower, leaves.
Flowering – During rainy season.
Fruiting – During winter.
Indications - Sotha, kasa, vrana, visarpa, kustha, krmi visa roga.
Medicinal Use -
Sarpavisa – Sveta Marica soaked in sirisa flower juice for 7 days is used for nasya, pana and anjana.
Kusta -paste of the bark of sirisa is useful.
Ayurvedic properties –
Guna – Karma (Pharmacological Properties)
Rasa Guna Virya Vipak Karma
Tikta, Kasaya,
Madhura
Laghu, Ruksa,
Tiksna
Usna Katu Tridosahara,
Varnya, Visaghna,
sothara
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Peruk –
❖ Botanical Name - Pesidium Guajava (L.)
❖ Family - Myrtaceae
❖ Sanskrit Name - Perukam, Dradbijam
❖ English Name - Guava
❖ Hindi Name - Amrud
❖ Local Name - Amrud
Morphological features -
Astringent, the unripe fruit is undigestible and often causes bilious vomiting and feverishness, the ripe fruit is
edible but produces costiveness.
Bark –The bark white guava is astringent, and the decoction is used along with other astringents, for chronic
diarrhea of children.
Leaves - The leaves are astringent and stomachic, and are used to arrest, vomiting in diarrhea, The bark and
leaves of the red variety are used to allay vomiting and diarrhea in cholera.
Part used - Leaves, bark.
Medicinal uses -
Astringent, the unripe fruit is undigestible and often causes bilious vomiting and feverishness, the ripe fruit is
edible but produces costiveness. The bark white guava is astringent, and the decoction is used along with other
astringents, for chronic diarrhea of children. The leaves are astringent and stomachic, and are used to arrest,
vomiting in diarrhea, The bark and leaves of the red variety are used to allay vomiting and diarrhea in cholera.
Indications
Chronic diarrhea, vomiting.
Ayurvedic properties -
Guna- Karma (pharmacological properties)
Rasa Guna Virya Vipaka Prabhava
Amal, Madhura Guru, Tikshana Shit Madhur Tridoshghanam, Vrishaya
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Eranda
❖ Botanical Name - Recinus communius Linn.
❖ Family - Euphorbiacea
❖ Sanskrit Name - Eranda, Gandharvhast, Panchgul, Vardhman, Urubuk
❖ English Name - Castor
❖ Hindi Name - Redi, Andi
❖ Local Name - Arandi
Morphological feature –
It is a evergreen glabrous shrub 2-2.5 meter height leafs palmately many lobed oblong to linear acute or
acuminate flowers in large terminal sub peniculed racemes in a dense globous head of branched filaments and
anthers.
Leaves – Glorious leaves as used as costus rhizome. Flowers – Red color glorious flower.
Fruit – Capsules globosely, oblong, smooth echinate.
Seed – Oblong smooth motted.
Part used – Root, Leaf, Seed oil.
Flowering – Throughout the year.
Fruiting – Throughout the year
Parbhav – Rechan, Vrishye.
Indications – Vat Viyadhi, Pliha-Rog, Gulm, Vasti-Shool, Prameh etc.
Therapeutic use – Slipad - Erand tail mixed with cow urine may be taken for 1 month with diet of rice milk
Yavaksara – is added to Erand kwath and taken.
Medicinal Uses –
Kas – ksara of Erand leaf is mixed with trikatu, oil and jiggery is forused for oral administration.
Erand oil is used as a laxative. It is also usefull for joint pain.
Ayurvedic Properties –
Guna-Karma (Pharmacological Properties)
Rasa Guna Virya Vipak Karma
Katu. Madhur
Kasaya
Snigdha
Tikshana
Suksama
Ushana
Madhur
Kaphavaather
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Tulsi -
❖ Botanical Name - Ocimum sanctum (L)
❖ Family - Lamiaceae
❖ Sanskrit Name - Surasa, Sulagni, Gouri, Pavani, Apetaraksasi.
❖ Hindi Name - Tulsi
❖ Local Name - Tulsi
❖ English Name - Holy Basil
Morphological properties –
Branched aromatic herb, sometimes woody hairy.
Leaves – Leaves are oblong or ovate – oblong, obtuse or acute, entire or subserrate.
Flower – Flowers are very small borne in terminal and axillary racemes.
Fruit – Fruits are subglobose or broadly oblong nutlets.
Seeds – Seeds are round or oval smooth reddish in colour sometime black spots are present on seed.
Flowering – Feb – April.
Fruiting - Jun – July.
Part used – Root / Root bark
Ayurvedic Properties –
Guna- Karma ( Pharmacohological Properties)
Rasa Guna Virya Vipak Karma
Katu- Tikt Laghu- Ruksha Usna Katu Kapha vatta
shamak
Medicinal uses -
Fresh juice of tulsi leaves with honey is given in kaphaja kasa juice of Tulsi leaves is taken with old jaggery and
Manda in Makkal shola.
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Karveer
❖ Botanical Name - Nerium Oleander L. = Nerium indicumMill.
❖ Family - Apocynaceae
❖ Sanskrit Name - Asvamarak, Candataka, Karveer
❖ Hindi Name - Kanera
❖ Local Name - Kaner
❖ English Name - Indian oleander
Morphological properties –
A large glabrous erect shrub with milky juice, about 5 high.
Leaves – linear, dark green and shining above , thickly coriaceous .
Flower – Red rose coloured, white or yellow, fragrant.
Fruit – Cylindric, straight, hard follicles
Flowering and fruiting – usually during April – June .
Part used – Root / Root bark
Ayurvedic Properties –
Guna- Karma ( Pharmacohological Properties)
Rasa Guna Virya Vipak Karma
Katu- Tikt Laghu- Ruksha Usna Katu Kusthaghna
Therapeutic use
Indralupta – The affected are should be pasted with karveer juice
Kustha – Oil Prepared with Karaveer root and aconite alongwith cows Urine is useful
Apasmara- The powder of Svetakaravira leaves is used for nasya.
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• Chakramarda – Questin Showed antibacterial activity against Staph. Aureus, (Chem. Abstr. 1981, 94,
20287t).
• Khadir – A flavonoid isolated from ethonolic extract of central wood of A. catechu showed hypoglycaemic
activity (Chakravarthy et al., 1983).
• Bhanga – Cannabinol produced deep anesthesia in dogs at a dose of 40 mg/kg body weight (Singh, 1968).
• Aamalki- Antidiabetic property and hypoglycemic activity : Emblica fruit powder reduced blood sugar levels
in normal rabbits, as well as in hyperglycemic rabbits proving the hypoglycemic activity (Tripathi et al.,
1979).
• Durva – The alcoholic extract of the entire plant was found to have antiviral activity against Vaccinia virus
(Dhar et al., 1968).
• Arka – The crude latex of Calotropis procera and its protein fraction were found to possess high fibrinolytic
activity and anti-coagulant activity both in rabbit and human plasma (Srivastava et al., 1962).
• Palash – Flower extract exhibited antihepatotoxicity activity (Planta Med. 1986).
• Asvatha – β-sitosteryl-D-glucoside, showed hypoglycemic activity which compared favourably with that of
tolbutamide (Ambike & Rao, 1967).
• Vata – The aqueous extract (bark) was found to reduce the blood sugar in normal as well as alloxon diabetic
rabbits (Shrotri & Aiman, 1960).
• Sirisa – The alcoholic extract of roots was found to possess anti-cancer activity against sarcoma 180 in mice.
The stem bark of the plant had hypoglycemic activity in albino rats. The pods possessed anti-protozoal
against Ent. Histolytica. It also showed hypoglycemic activity in albino rats and anti-cancer activity in
human epidermal carcinoma of the nasophyarynx in tissue culture (Dhar et al., 1968).
• Eranda – Fresh leaves protected against liver injury induced by CC14 in rats while cold aqueous extract
provided partial protection (Ind. J. Pharmacol. 1977, 9,265).
• Tulsi – Leaves shown abortificient and antifertility activity. The aqueous extract (100mg/kg) showed anti
inflammation and abortificient action (Vohora et al., 1969).
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• Antiviral activity of Tulsi leaf extract is reported (Roy et al., 1979, Tripathi & Tripathi, 1982).
• Karveer – The cardio tonic activity of tincture N. indicum is reported (Chopra & Chopra 1955; Sanyal & Das
1956).
III. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMANDATION
In almost all states of India Tulsi, Peruk, Erand, Vat Vriksh, Asvatha, Palasa, Punarnava, Bhanga, Palasa, Taruni,
Arka, Durva,Karveer, Shiris, Shiship, Durva, Khadir, Chakramard plants are available. As plants are playing
important role in human life since ancient time they can be more helpful if the knowledge of the surrounding
plants is spread among the people. Many diseases like Dadru, Kasa, Shwas, Kandu, Aruchi, Krimi, Jvara, Svitra,
Prameha, Shotha, Pandu, Arsa etc. can be cured by using these plants available in our surrounding. Most of the
people in India are using Tulsi plants in their daily life either in the form of extract or fresh juice or leaves of the
tulsi. People are using these plants as medication because they believe that these herbal plants are less
expensive as comparison to modern medicine. This “study of medicinal importance and uses of plant easily
available in surroundings in perspective of Ayurveda” is aims to information about cultivation, Medicinal uses,
botanical Description, indication, Therapeutic uses of plants.
Recommendations
• There is a need of thorough study and comparative analysis of herbs used in Ayurveda and folklore which
will certainly enrich the Ayurvedic system of medicine.
• There is also need to established herbal drug center for collection, processing and preparation of herbal
medicine. There should develop cultivation, farming and documentation of potential medicinal plants for
improving the life and economy of farmers.
• There should be training program for traditional practitioners and local people to provide them additional
skills.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
My heartfelt thanks to my teachers, friends and family members for the support and co-operation, I received
from them.
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