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MUSA SAPIENTUM BOTANICAL NAME: Musa sapientum Linn. FAMILY:  Musaceae                   COMMON NAMES:  English:  Banana DESCRIPTION:  A robust, rapidly growing, tree-like monocot, 3-9 m high with several thick, partially woody stems, arising from a bulb-like base. The leaves are spirally arranged, with their petiole –like bases successively sheathing the stem and forming the trunk. The inflorescence ie terminal and emerges from the leafy sheaths in the form of a drooping spike. DISTRIBUTION: The species exists only as a cultivated form, and is widespread throughout the tropics, where it is grown for its edible fruit and a crude fiber produced in the leaf sheaths. PART USED:  Flowers. HOMOEOPATHIC USES CONSTIPATION:  Constipation with feeling of fullness about anus. CYSTITIS: Discharge of large quantities of mucus with urine with dull, aching pain in bladder region. HEM...

TERMINALIA CHEBULA BOTANICAL NAME: Terminalia chebula Ritz FAMILY: Combretaceae COMMON NAMES: Myrobalan DESCRIPTION: A moderate sized, sometimes large, deciduous tree. Leaves not clustered, often sub opposite, 10-18 cm, ovate or elliptic, usually acute, not acuminate, rounded at the base, petiole 2-5 cm often with glands at the summit. Spikes terminal, often panicled. Flowers dull white, with an offensive smell. Fruit a drupe. DISTRIBUTION: Common throughout India, PART USED: Semi-mature fruit. HOMEOPATHY CONSTIPATION: Frequent desire for stool but passes only small quantity with great force or nothing comes out. Sweat during stool. Pressive pain. Itching and sensation of fullness in rectum. Stool hard and small. DIARRHOEA: Small quantity of faces mixed with mucous, flatulence associated with burning in the stomach. VERTIGO & HEADACHE:  Vertigo remains whole day and night aggravated by hot sun’s rays. Worse from motion, hard pressure, better by cold bathing, in the evening, fro...

TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS BOTANICAL NAME: Tribulus terrestris Linn FAMILY: Zygophyllaceae COMMON NAMES: Bengali —Gokhru, English —Calthrops; French —Croix de chevalier; Hindi —Gokhru, Gokshri; Malayalam —Neringil; Sanskrit —Bahukantaka, Gokhura, Ikshugandha; Tamil —Nerunji, Sirunerinji; Telugu —Chirupalleru, Palleru. DISTRIBUTION : It is found in dry soils of waste places , road sides, and deserts. Tribulus is distributed throughout the warmer regions of India including West Rajasthan and Gujarat. Also found other warm regions of the world. DESCRIPTION: A small hirsute, or silky, prostrate, annual herb. Stem recumbent, pubescent, branching to 1yd length. The root when fresh is slender, fibrous, cylindrical and of a light brown color. Leaves stipulate, opposite, usually unequal, abruptly pinnate. Leaflets 4-7 pairs, 6-12 mm long, oblong mucronate with appressed hairs beneath and more or less so on the upper surface, base rounded, oblique, entire, almost sessile or with very short petioles. ...

AVERRHOA BILIMBI BOTANICAL NAME: Averrhoa bilimbi Linn. FAMILY: Oxalidaceae DISTRIBUTION: India, Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Maldives, Myanmar, Malaysia. HOMEOPATHY USES • Regulates high cholesterol levels. • Regulates blood sugar level. • For high blood pressure. • Dissolve blood clots. • Liver protective. • Improves bone density and maintains the structural integrity of skeleton in the body. • For hemorrhoids-bleeding piles. • Boost immune system, so effective for cough and colds. • Laxative. • Skin health. It is highly rich in anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and antioxidant properties, which is good for skin health, and helps to prevent various skin related diseases. POTENCY: Mother tincture.  

  PIPER METHYSTICUM BOTANICAL NAME: Piper methysticum Forst. FAMILY: Piperaceae COMMON NAMES: English: Kava kava DESCRIPTION: A shrub with woody, fibrous, rugged, aromatic rhizome. Leaves alternate, petiolate, roundish or cordate. Stipules free, caducous, linear lanceolate. Flowers solitary, axillary, on short pedunculated spreading spikes. DISTRIBUTION: Indigenous to Sandwich islands. PART USED: Rhizome. HOMEOPATHIC USES MIND: A feeling of buoyancy, as if every nerve was strung up to the highest pitch, feels he can work without fatigue, quickly followed by a feeling of tired brain and over sensitiveness to all external impression. Mental tension, feeling as though the head were enlarged even to bursting. PAIN: Agonizing pain with tossing, twisting, and writhing. Pain better by diverting the attention. Toothache, teeth sensitive to cold water and cold air. ARTHRITIS DEFORMANS: Pain and numbness. Heaviness of legs when walking. POTENCY: Mother tincture and lower potencies.