Aspidopterys wallichii

Aspidopterys wallichii Hook. f.
Family: Malpighiaceae

Synonyms: Aspidopterys nutans var. wallichii (Hook.f.) Nied., Aspidopterys wallichii var. dehradunensis R.C.Srivast., Hiraea nutans Wall. , Hiraea nutans Wall.

A climbing shrub with slender, white pubescent branches. Leaves opposite, sometimes in whorls of three, simple, glabrescent above, white tomentose beneath, apex acute or subacute, base subcordate or rounded.Fruit of 1-3 samaras, wings variable, usually orbicular-oblong.

38 compounds were isolated from this plant 

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Picrorhiza kurroa, katuka rohini, kutki, โกฐก้านพร้าว, Kadu, Katu photos with Over 200 Published articles

 

Picrorhiza kurroa Royle ex Benth
Family: Plantaginaceae

• Assamese : Katki, Kutki
• Chinese: Hu Huang Lian
• English : Hellebore
• Gujrati : Kadu, Katu
• Hindi : Kutki
• Kannada : Katuka rohini, katuka rohini
• Malayalam : Kaduk rohini, Katuka rohini
• Marathi : Kutki, Kalikutki
• Nepali: कुट्की
• Oriya : Katuki
• Punjabi : Karru, kaur
• Sanskrit : Katuka katurohini
• Tamil: Kadugu-rohini
• Telugu: కటుక రోహిణి katuka-rohini
• Thai: โกฐก้านพร้าว

Used in Ayurveda. Tonic, bitter, stomachic, cathartic, ant allergic, anti-anaphylactic, blood purifier, diuretic, hepatoprotective, used for fevers, cold, cough, liver diseases, diarrhea, dyspepsia, to stimulate the immune system, and also applied in scorpion bites. Used as cooling cardio tonic, antipyretic, antiperiodic, for jaundice, indigestion and common fever. Dried roots used orally in malarial fever, abdominal pain, liver complaints, anemia and jaundice; root extract given in cough, colds and fever; root decoction in jaundice, stomachache; paste of roots mixed with sugar and flower of saffron to cure dyspepsia and dysentery. Roots and stems chewed to relieve cough. Rhizomes used for children’s stomach troubles known as juka. Veterinary medicine, much valued for horse diseases. [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]
Used orally to treat fever, immune disorders and skin diseases. While two studies have suggested a possible role of the rhizome for the treatment of bronchial asthma and viral hepatitis [WHO MONOGRHAPS MEDICINE PLANTS]

200 Published articles of  Picrorhiza kurroa

Cyperus malaccensis, benerong, jiang du

Cyperus malaccensis Lam.
Family: Cyperaceae

Synonyms: Chlorocyperus malaccensis (Lam.) Palla, Cyperus fortunei Steud., Cyperus incurvatus Roxb., Cyperus malaccensis subsp. malaccensis, Cyperus malaccensis var. malaccensis, Cyperus neesii D.Dietr. [Illegitimate], Cyperus spaniophyllus Steud., Cyperus tegetiformis Benth. [Illegitimate], Cyperus wallichii Nees

Chinese: jiang du,  茳芏
Sarawak: benerong
Japanes: eshishito-i

Description: Perennials. Rhizomes , woody, culms 0.5-1.5 m tall, 4-6 mm thick, acutely trigonus; with 1-2 leaf sheaths; leaf blade absent; Involucral bracts 3 or 4, leaflike, unequal, one upto 40 cm long, remaing shorter. Inflorescence a simple ; rays 6-10, variable many,10-21cm long, . Spikes broadly ovoid, with 5-10 spikelets; rachist, glabrous. Spikelets laxly arranged, linear, 1-2.5 cm × ca. 1.5 mm, slightly turgid, spreading, 10-42-flowered; rachilla wings white, narrow, hyaline. Glumes reddish brown , lax, oblong to elliptic, 2-2.5 mm, papery, inconspicuously 7-9-veined, margin involute at maturity, apex obtuse to rounded. Stamens 3; anthers linear; connective prominent beyond anthers. Style short; stigmas 3, slender. Nutlet blackish brown when mature.

Uses: Pounded roots rubbed on forehead as a febrifuge [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]

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