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| Latin
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Lactuca scariola
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| English Name
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Lettuce |
| Sanskrit / Indian Name
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Vanya kahu |
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 An
erect leafy plant, usually prickly towards the base.
The seeds yield a greenish yellow, semidrying oil. They are used
for coughs and as a decoction for insomnia. The seeds are also reported
to possess hypnotic and antipyretic properties.
Used in Confido
(Speman forte), Speman
(ProstaCare), Speman
Vet.
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Lens culinaris |
| English Name
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Lentil |
| Sanskrit / Indian Name
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Masura |
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 A
small, erect, softly pubescent herb.
The seeds contain flavonoids, kaempferol-3-a-L-rhamnopyranoside-7-O-ß-glucopyranoside
and kaempferol- 7-O-rutinoside, saccharides, ciceritol (manninotriose,
a-D-galactopyranosyl-(1->6)-a-D-galactopyranosyl-(1->2)-4-O-methyl-
chiro-inositol), D-glucose, D-fructose, sucrose, raffinose, stachyose
and verbascose, and sterol, 24-methylene-25-methylcholesterol.
The paste of the seeds is a cleansing application on the face.
Used in Acne-n-Pimple
Cream,
Anti-Wrinkle Cream, Gentle Exfoliating Daily Face Wash.
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Leptadenia reticulata |
| Sanskrit / Indian Names
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Jivani, Jivanti, Madhusrava |
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 It's
principal constituents are Leptadenol , n-triacontane, cetyl alcohol,
ß-sitosterol, ß-amyrin acetate, lupanol 3-O –diglucoside
and leptidin. The plant is stimulant and restorative and shows anti-bacterial
activity against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria.
Used in
Confido (Speman forte), Speman
(ProstaCare), Galactin Vet,
Speman
Vet, Chyavanaprasha.
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Lilium polyphyllum |
| English Name
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White Lily |
| Sanskrit / Indian Name
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Ksirakakoli |
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plant is a narrow bulbous herb with few narrow subequal fleshy scales.
It has soothing, astringent and anti-inflammatory properties. The
bulbs are sweet, bitter, refrigerant, galactagogue, expectorant,
aphrodisiac, diuretic, antipyretic and tonic. They are useful in
agalatia, cough, bronchitis, vitiated conditions of pitta, seminal
weakness, strangury, burning sensation, hyperdipsia, intermittent
fevers, hematemesis, rheumatalgia and general disability.
Used in Revitalizing
Night Cream, Chyavanaprasha.
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Linum usitatissimum |
| Sanskrit
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Atasi |
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is an erect, herb, cultivated for its oily seeds. Leaves narrow and
entire. Flowers are large, blue or bluish violet and entire. Flowers
are large, blue or bluish violet and pentamerous in terminal panicles.
Stamens 5 and alternating with staminodes. Fruits capsular, with five
cells, each containing 2 seeds. Seeds are yellowish or blackish brown,
small, flattened, oval, with smooth and shining seed coat and small
albumen. It is cultivated throughout India.
It is used internally in habitual constipation, functional disorders
of the colon resulting from the misuse of laxatives and irritable
colon, as a demulcent preparation in gastritis and enteritis. Externally,
the powdered seeds or the press-cake are used as an emollient, in
poultices for boils, carbuncles and other skin afflictions.
Used in Soothing
Body Lotion for dry skin, Canisep,
Scavon
Vet.
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Loh bhasma |
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Iron Calx |
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A special process makes the iron easy to assimilate for the elderly.
A powerful hematinic indicated in anemia, it stimulates the appetite
and has a general vitalizing effect.
Used in Geriforte
(GeriCare / StressCare), Lukol.
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