Botanical Name: Panax ginseng Family: Araliaceae Common Names: Chinese Ginseng, Korean Ginseng, Oriental Ginseng, Five-fingers, Red berry, Ren Shen Parts used: Roots Description: Ginseng is native to northeastern China, eastern Russia, and North Korea; but it is now extremely rare in the wild, and cultivation requires great skill. It is a deciduous perennial, growing to [...]
Botanical Name: Ginkgo biloba Family Ginkgoaceae Common Names: * Ginkgo, Maidenhair-Tree, Bai Guo, Kew Tree Parts used: Leaves, seeds Description: Native to China, and possibly Japan, the trees are now grown on large plantations in France and South Carolina, as well as China. Ginkgo is a very slow-growing, hardy tree whose fossil records date back [...]
Botanical Name: Agastache rugosa Family: Labiatae/Lamiaceae Common Names: Giant Hyssop, Huo Xiang,Spanish: Toronjil, Toronjil Morado/Rojo/Blanco, Té de Menta, Nahuatl: Tlalhaueuetl, Tlalámatl, Tzompilihuitzpatli, Tzompilihuitzxíhuitl. Parts Used: Aerial parts Description: Native to China, but also found in Japan, Korea, Laos, and Russia, the Chinese species grows wild on slopes and along roadsides. It is an aromatic perennial [...]
Botanical Name : Gentiana lutea Family : Gentianaceae Common Names: Yellow Gentian, Bitter Root, Bitterwort, Gentian Root, Pale Gentian Parts Used: Root Description: It is native to the Alps and other mountainous regions of central and southern Europe from Spain to the Balkans. It flourishes at altitudes up to 8,000 feet. It is an erect [...]
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 [...]
