plantmedicine

GALPHIMIA GLAUCA BOTANICAL NAME: Galphimia glauca FAMILY: Malpighiaceae   COMMON NAMES: Rain of gold, Golden showers. DESCRIPTION: It is an ever-green wild erect shrub with branched taproot system that reaches a height of up to 1.8 to 3 meters. The alternate leaves are ovate or elongate, green above and bluish green below which may become bronze colored during the cold. The sweet- scented flowers are yellow in color, 2 cm in size, with five petals and sepals, and are produced in flowery racemose. The plant can bloom in cycles all year round in the right conditions and under full sun, but mostly from early spring to first frost. DISTRIBUTION: Native of Mexico, Guatemala, and Panama. PART USED: Dried leaves and flowers. HOMEOPATHY Suited to allergic type of people with hay fever, asthma, and sensitive skin. Allergic rhinitis. Sneezing. Hypersecretion from the nasal and ocular mucous membranes.  Bronchial asthma. Hypersensitive to weather changes. Hay fever. Skin allergies. ...

  DOLICHOS PRURIENS OR MUCUNA PRURIENS BOTANICAL NAME: Mucuna pruriens Baker FAMILY: Leguminosae COMMON NAMES: English-Cowhage, Horse-eye; French-Pois velus; German-Juckbohme; Hindi-Kawanch. DISCRIPTION: An annual twining herb. Leaves 3-foliate. Leaflets ovate or rhomboid. Flowers in elongated racemes., purplish in colour. Pod 5-6 seeded. DISTRIBUTION: Throughout the plains of India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar. PART USED: The hairs carefully scraped from the epidermis of pod HOMOEOPATHY USES. Mucuna pruriens is the best-known natural source of L-dopa, so used in the treatment of Parkinsonism. Skin, intense itching without eruptions. Haemorrhoids, bleeding.  Pain in throat, below right angle of jaw, as if splinter were embedded vertically. POTENCY: Mother tincture, 6 th potency.   

POOPING BURNS Pooping burns or burning anus refers to a burning sensation experienced during or after a bowel movement. This sensation can be caused by various factors, including diarrhea, constipation, spicy foods, piles or certain medical conditions like irritable bowel syndrome. It is essential to identify the underlying cause for appropriate treatment. CAUSES SPICY FOODS: Consuming spicy foods can lead to irritation in the gastrointestinal tract and cause a burning sensation during digestion and elimination. DIARRHEA: Diarrhea can irritate the sensitive tissues in the rectum and cause a burning sensation during bowel movements. CONSTIPATION: Constipation can lead to small tears or fissures in the skin around the anus, causing pain and a burning sensation. ANAL FISSURE: Anal fissures lead to pooping burns because when you pass stool, these tears are aggravated, causing discomfort and a burning sensation. The exposed tissues in the anal canal becomes irritated, especially during ...

SOLANUM XANTHOCARPUM BOTANICAL NAME:  Solanum surratense Burm.  FAMILY:  Solanaceae COMMON NAMES: Yellow berried nightshade, Kantakari, Wild eggplant. DESCRIPTION: Is a very prickly, diffuse, bright green perennial herb. Leaves ovate or elliptic, sinuate, or sub pinnatifid. Flowers in extra axillary, few flowered cymes, sometimes reduced to single flower. PART USED: Whole plant is used for the preparation of mother tincture HOMOEOPATHIC USES It is a sovereign remedy in asthma. Excellent remedy for hoarseness with cough. Catarrhal fever. Chest pain. Respiratory diseases with aphonia. Broncho-pneumonia. Retention of urine. It is also a sure preventive against small pox. POTENCY-Mother tincture, 2x and 3x.  

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. ...