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ADOXA BOTANICAL NAME:  Adoxa moschatallina Linn. FAMILY:  Adoxaceae COMMON NAMES:  English:  Moschatel, Five-faced bishop, Town hall clock, Good Friday plant. DISTRIBUTION:  A small herb with creeping rhizome.  Primary leaves are light green and basal with a long slender stalk before they split into 3 smaller stalked leaves that split again into 3 more leaflets, the center one also stalked. Flowers are small and yellowish-green in color. DISTRIBUTION:  Germany. PART USED: Flower. HOMOEOPATHIC USES Nervous tremors. Sleepiness. Vertigo and headaches. Weariness of the eyelids. Dryness of the pharynx and esophagus. Qualmishness in the epigastrium. POTENCY:  Mother tincture and higher. 

Children reach developmental milestones at their own pace. Minor, temporary delays are usually no cause for alarm, but an ongoing delay or multiple delays in reaching milestones can lead to issues later in life. Delay in reaching language, thinking, and motor skills milestones is called developmental delay. Developmental delay may be caused by a variety of factors, including hereditary, problems with pregnancy, and premature birth. The cause is not always known. Fine and gross motor skill delay: Fine motor skills include small movements like holding a toy or using a crayon. Gross motor skills require larger movements, like jumping, climbing stairs, or throwing a ball. Children progress at different rates, but most children can lift their head by 3 months old, sit up by 6 months and walk well before their 2 nd birthday. By age of 5 , most children throw a ball overhand and ride a tricycle. Exhibiting some of the following symptoms can mean that your child has delays in developi...

EUPHORBIA HETERODOXA BOTANICAL NAME:  Euphorbia heterodoxa  Mull. Arg. FAMILY:  Euphorbiaceae COMMON NAMES: English: Killwart. DESCRIPTION:  A shrub. The dried resin from the plant is used for the preparation of medicine. It is a soft resin insoluble in water or alcohol. So it is triturated for the preparation of medicine. DISTRIBUTION:  Brazil PART USED: Dried resin HOMOEOPATHIC USES CANCER PAIN:  Euphorbia heterodoxa has been found to alleviate the burning pains of cancer. POTENCY:  1X and higher. 

NYMPHAEA ODORATA BOTANICAL NAME: Nymphaea odorata Soland FAMILY —Nymphaeaceae COMMON NAME: English: American white water lily, Sweet water lily; German:Seerose DESCRIPTION : A perennial aquatic  herb with a thick horizontal root stock. Leaves floating and orbicular. Flowers large, solitary, axillary, white, fragrant. Fruit depressed globular flesh; seeds oblong. DISTRIBUTION : Eatern and Southern parts of USA PART USED : Root HOMOEOPATHIC USES Irritable bowel syndrome. Diarrhea-morning diarrhea. Back pain. Acrid leucorrhea. Ulcerative sore throat. Coryza. Cancer of uterus. POTENCY— Mother tincture, 3 rd and 6 th  potency 

ABELMOSCHUS BOTANICAL NAME:  Hibiscus ablemoschus Linn. FAMILY:  Malvaceae COMMON NAMES: English:  Musk seed, Musk Mallow, Yorka okra, Ornamental okra. DESCRIPTION:  An erect annual or biennial herb up to 2m height. Leaves ovate, cordate or usually palmately 5-7 lobed, lobe spreading and oblong-lanceolate and coarsely toothed, hairy on both surfaces. Petiole usually longer than the leaf blade. Flowers bright yellow with purple or crimson center. Fruit a capsule. DISTRIBUTION: Cultivated in hotter parts of India. Common in Bengal. Grows in Egypt, West Indies, Mexico and other sub-tropical countries. PART USED:  Seed. HOMOEOPATHIC USES Addison’s disease. Anemia. Dysphagia. Lymphangitis. Neuromyelitis. Paralysis. Polyneuritis. Tachycardia. Tetany. GLAUCOMA: Acute and chronic glaucoma. Scotoma with spots before the eyes, impedes the vision. Tearing pain , as if produced by nail. Detachment of retina. POTENCY:  3X and higher. 

Ulcerative colitis is a chronic condition that affects the large intestine, particularly the colon. It is considered as one of the one of the two bowel diseases along with Chron’s disease. The condition is characterized by inflammation within the linings of the gut walls. Ulcerative colitis affects the innermost lining of the large intestine ( colon) and rectum. Types Doctors often classify ulcerative colitis according to its location. Types of ulcerative colitis include: ·          Ulcerative proctitis.  Inflammation is confined to the area closest to the anus (rectum), and rectal bleeding may be the only sign of the disease. This form of ulcerative colitis tends to be the mildest. ·          Proctosigmoiditis.  Inflammation involves the rectum and sigmoid colon (lower end of the colon). Signs and symptoms include bloody diarrhea, abdominal cramps and pain, and an inability to move the b...

FRAXINUS AMERICANA BOTANICAL NAME:  Fraxinus Americana Linn. FAMILY:  Oleaceae COMMON NAMES: English : White ash, American ash, Cane ash. DESCRIPTRION: A tall tree up to 40 m in height. The bark appears  in the form of long curved fragments, grayish outside and reddish on inner side.  Leaflet 5-9, oblong to ovate obovate, usually abruptly acuminate , entire or serrate. Flowers appear in early spring. White ash is dioecious, means male and female flowers are on different trees. The fruits have long narrow wings. Buds are rich brown with an interesting scaly texture. DISTRIBUTION: Eastern north America PART USED:  Bark HOMOEOPATHIC USES UTERUS:  Uterus enlarged and patulous. Fibroids with bearing down sensation, cramping in feet, worse in afternoon and night. Dysmenorrhea. Watery irritating leucorrhea. POTENCY:  Mother tincture. 

USTILAGO MAYDIS BOTANICAL NAME:  Ustillago maydis DC FAMILY:  Ustilaginaceae COMMON NAMES:  English:  Maize smut, Corn smut. DESCRIPTION:  A fungus, growing on the stems, grains and Indian corn in masses, varying in size from a cherry to that of a child’s head, smooth, spherical or lobed, of a bluish tinge becoming blackish, composed of innumerable minute globular spores covered with small processes. It has a peculiar, heavy, unpleasant smell. DISTRIBUTION:  Tropical parts of India. PART USED:  Fungus HOMOEOPATHIC USES UTERUS: Uterine fibroids, bleeding. Vicarious menstruation. Hypertrophy of uterus. Cervix spongy, easily bleeding. Menses half liquid, half clotted, bright red, worse slightest provation. Profuse menses after miscarriage. Menorrhagia at menopause. Foul, yellow or brown leucorrhea. Bearing down pains when child nurses. Acute ovarian pain, worse left. POTENCY:  Mother tincture to third potency. 

CITRUS LEMONUM BOTANICAL NAME : Citrus limon ( L ) Burm.f FAMILY: Rutaceae COMMON NAMES: Bengali- Baranebu, Goranebu; English— Lemon; French —Citronnier, Limonier; German— Limone; Hindi —Baranimbu, Jambira, Paharikaghzi; Malayalam —Cherunaranga, Ganapatinarakam; Tamil— Mahanimbu, Vanabijapura; Telugu —Bijapuram, Gajanimma, Naradabba DISTRIBUTION:  It is a native of northern India. It is cultivated; grown in the orchards in Uttar Pradesh , Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka. Found wild in the north – west regions of India, ascending 1300 m. It is also cultivated in all countries bordering on the Mediterranean , especially in Sicily and southern Italy, in Spain and Portugal. DESCRIPTION: A straggling , bushy , small tree, 3-4 m high, with throny branches. Leaves ovate, petiole margined or winged. Flowers small, white, or pinkish, sweet-scented. Fruit ovoid or obovoid, externally bright yellow and nearly smooth , about 6-10 cm long and 4-7 cm wide, usually with a nippl...