Botanical Name: Allium sativum Family Lilaceae Other Names: Garlic/Garlick/Gerlick, Poor Man’s treacle, Clove Garlic, Common garlic, Allium, Stinking Rose; Spanish: Ajo Parts Used: Whole or dried bulb Description: Originally from central Asia, garlic has long since spread worldwide. It is a perennial of the onion family, growing to more than a foot high and producing [...]
Botanical Name: Tinospora cordifolia Wild. Other Names: Giloy, Gulancha, Gulbel, Gulbel, Indian Tinospora, Ningthou khongli (Manipuri);Gulvel(Marathi); Kunali (Tamil); Manapala (Telugu);Madhuparni (Kannada);Nimgilo (Bengali); Amritvel (Konkani); Hoguni-lot (Assamese); Guruchi (Sanskrit), Giloe, Tinospora, Guduchi, Amrita. Habitat: The creeper of Guduchi is found all over India from Himalaya to planes of India. It is evergreen as it has excellent [...]
Name : Guarana Botanical : Paullinia Cupana, Kunth. Other Names : Paullinia. Guarana Bread. Brazilian Cocoa. Uabano. Uaranzeiro. Paullinia Sorbilis Family : Sapindaceae Parts Used : Prepared seeds, crushed. Habitat : Brazil, Uruguay. Description : This climbing shrub took the name of its genus from C. F. Paullini, a German medical botanist who died 1712. [...]
Some specific uses of Gokshura The Tribulus is now being promoted as a booster for the purpose of increasing the low sex-drive. The drug has been used for this purpose since years in Ayurvedic medical science and also in Eastern Europe in the 1970′s. Independent studies have revealed that Tribulus terrestris extract slightly elevates the [...]
Name : Ginger Botanical : Zingiber officinale Roscoe Other Names : Ginger, Shunthi, Adrak, Sunth, Raceginger, Chiang, Gan-jiang dry, Nagara dry, Shen-jiang, Sunthi. Family : Zingiberaceae Parts Used : Roots and rhizomes Habitat : Indigenous to tropical Asia and cultivated in other tropical areas,especially amaica. Constituents : Volatile oil, acrid soft resin, resin insoluble in [...]
