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Ayurvedic herbs known to have confirmed therapeutic effects

Disease/symptoms                        Herb                                    Popular name

1. Edema                                      Achyranthes aspera Linn.      Apamarga

2. Mental distress                         Acorus calamus Linn.           Vacha

3. Bronchiolar constriction            Adhatoda zeylanica Medic.   Vasa

4. Intestinal worms                       Butea monosperma (Lam        Palasha

 5. Arthritis, inflammation            Commiphora mukul, Wightii     Guggul      

6. High cholesterol                        Commiphora mukul, Wightii     Guggul

7. Bone fracture                                     Cissus quadrangularis Linn.    Vajravalli

8. Malaria                                       Alstonia scholaris R. Br.         Saptaparna      

9. Liver disorders                          Andrographis paniculata          Bhunimba       

10.Cardiac disorders                     Artemisia vulgaris Linn.            Nimba             

                        Terminalia arjuna                         Arjuna        

11. Bacterial or virus                     Azadirachta Indica A. Juss            Nimba                                                              12. Memory problem  Bacopa monnieri (Linn.) Pennell                                         Brahmi

13. Inflammation &                       Boerhaavia diffusa                       Punarnava  

15. Severe constipation                 Cassia angustifolia Vahl.              Rechani      

16. Muscle spasm                         Cedrus deodara (Roxb.).               Devadaaru  

17. Memory problem                     Celastrus paniculatus Willd          Jyotishmati 

18. Nerve weakness                      Centella asiatica (Linn.)              Urban                                                     Mandukaparni          

19. Malaria and fevers                  Caesalpinia crista Linn.              Natakaranja                                                                                        

20 Inflammation                           Haridra                                          Curcuma longa Linn.                                  

21. Diabetes                                 Eugenia jambolana Lam.              Jamboo       

22. Dysentery                             Holarrhenaantidysenterica Wall.       Kutaja      

23. Convulsions                            Masilea minuta Linn.                   Sunisannak

24. Liver toxicity                                       Picrorhiza kurroa Royle.                             Kutuka

25. Mild constipation                    Plantago ovata Forsk                     Ishadgola

26. Skin white spot                       Psoralea corylifolia Linn.                Akuchi      

27. Low breast milk                       Pueraria tuberosa DC.                   Vidarikanda

28. Low muscle mass                    Sida rhombifolia Linn.                      Mahabala

29. Fever                                       Swertia chirata Buch.-Ham.               Kairata                                                        

30. Mental distress,                     Withania  somnifera Dunal           Ashwagandha

exhaustion, and inflammation            

 

 

 

 


 

 

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