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1 Botany name : Abrus precatorius 
Tamil name : Kundumani
Habit : Climbing shurb
Parts used : Roots, seeds, leaves.
Constituens : Seeds contain poisonous proteins and the roots contain glycyrrhizin.
Action : Leaves are laxative, expectorant and aphrodisiac, seeds are purgative,
emietic,tonic antiphlogistic, aphrodisiac and anti- opthalmic.
2 Botany
name : Acacia arabica
Tamil name : Karuvelam
Habit : Tree
Parts used : Bark, gum,leaves, seeds and .pods.
Constituents : Gum contains arabic acids combined with calcium magnesium and
potacium.
Action : Astringent,
demulcent,aphrodisiac,nutritive and expectorant. bark is
powerful astringent.pods are expectorant.
3Botany
name : Acalypha fruticosa 
Tamil name : Siru chinniI
Habit : Herb
Parts used : Leaves and roots..
Action : Alterative,
attenuate ,stomachic, antibilios and alexipharmi.
4 Botany
name : Aacalypha indica
Tamil name : Kupai meni
Habit : Herb
Parts used : Whole plant
Constituents : Acalypus and acaliphine.
Action : Cathartic,
antihelmintic, emetic, expectorant, emmenagogue, anodyne,
hypnotic and stomachic.
5 Botany
name : Achras zapota
Tamil name : Zapota
Habit : Tree
Parts used : Fruit
Constituents : Glucosides, alkaloid and sapotin.
Action : Tonic,
febrifuge and diuretic.
6
Botany name : Aachranthes aspera
Tamil name : Nayurivi
Habit : Herb
Parts used : Whole plant
Constituents : Fruit contains a large percentage of alkaloid and ash
containing potash.
Action : Leaves are
astringent, diuretic, alterative and antiperiodic root is purgative
and anti-lithic. abortifacient, uterine sedative, emetic and emmenagogue and
parturifacient.
7 Botany
name : Achiranthes aspera
Tamil name : Chennayurivi 
Habit : Herb
Parts used : Whole plant
Constituents : Similar to white variety.
Action : Leaves are
astringent, diuretic,alterative and antiperiotic root is
purgative and anti-lithic. abortifacient, uteri sedative, and emmenagogue and
parturifacient.
8
Botany name : Adathoda tranqubarensis
Tamil name : Thavasu murungai
Habit : Herb
Parts used : Leaves
Constituents : Rich in proteins and vitamin A B and C
Action : Carminative
expectorant, diuretic and injecticide.
9
Botany name : Adathoda vasica 
Tamil name : Adathodai
Habit : Shrub
Parts used : Leaves, roots, flowers and barks.
Constituents : A Volatile essentiol oil, fat resin, a bitter non volatile,
alkaloid called
vasicine, an organicacid "ADOTHODIC ACID" The antiseptic properties of the
leaves is due to the volatic princeple.
Action : Expectorant,
diuretic, anti-spasmodic and alterative.
10
Botany name: Aegle marmelos
Tamil name : VilvamI
Habit : Tree
Parts used : Fruit [both ripe and unripe] root bark, leaves, rined of the
ripe and flowers.
Constituents : The pulp contains mucilade, pectin, sugar tannin, volatile
oil and ash. the
wood-ash contains potassium and sodium compounds, phosphates of lime and iron,
calcium c
arbonate, magnesium carbonate, slica etc. leaves yield an oil.
Action : Rip fruit
is sweet, aromatic, cooling, alterative and nutritive. unripe fruit is
astringent, digestive, stomachic, and little constipative. pulp, is stimulant,
antipyretic and
antiscorbutic, fresh juice is bitter and pungent.
11Botany
name : Agati grandiflora 
Tamil name : Agathi
Habit : Shrub
Parts used : Leaves , flowers, bark.
Constituents : Vitamin A ,C,& D,leaves are rich in calcium.
Action : Astringent,
laxative, refrigerant,digestive, cooling, antidote.
12Botany
name : Agave americana
Tamil name : Aanai katraalai
Habit : Herb
Parts used : Root,leaves,and gum
Constituents : Agavose which is an inactive sugar and saponins.
Action : Roots is diuretic
and anti-syphiltic. sap is laxative, diuretic,
emmenagogue and anti scorbutic.
13Botany
name : Allium cepa
Tamil name : Vengaayam
Habit : Herb
Parts used : Bulb and seed
Constituents : Bulk contains an acrid volatile oil which contains sulphar,
essential oil and organic
sulphides. outer skins of the bulb contains a yellow colouring matter called
quercetin. fresh red
onion contain albuminoids, solible carbohydrates, woody fibre and ash etc. onion
aiso contain some amount of sugar.
Action : Oil contain in the
bulb is stimulant , diuretic and expectorant. bulb is
emmenagogue. externally it is stimulant and rebefacient. juice of the onion is
aphrodisiac,
stimulant and expectorant. eaten raw it is also diuretic and emmenagogue.
14
Botany name : Allium sativam
Tamil name : Vellai poondu
Habit : Herb
Parts used : Bulb
Constituents : It contains vitamins A, B, C, and protein. oil is extracted
frome the garlic. it contains
allin and allinase. allyl propyl disulphide is prepared from the bulb.
Action : Carminative
stomachic, alterative, stimulant, expectorant, anthelmintic,
diuretic and tonic . garlic tones up breast and uterus muscles.
15Botany
name : Aloe indica
Tamil name :Chotrukkaththazhai
Habit : Herb
Parts used : Leaves.
Constituents : It contains amixure of glucosides collectively called 'ALOIN'.
Action :Stomachic,
tonic in small doses purgative and indirectly emmenagogue and anthelmintic.
16
Botany name : Alternanthera
sessilis
Tamil name : Ponnanganni keerai
Habit : Creeping herb
Parts used : Whole plant
Constituents : Rich in minarals and gold
Action : Refrigerant,
diuretic, demulcent cooling, febrifuge and alterative.
17
Botany name: Anacardium occidentale
Tamil name : Mundhiri
Habit : Tree
Parts used : Nut false fruit and bark
Contituents : Two peculiar principle i. e. anacartic acid and a yello
oleaginous liquid cardel.
Action : Fruit is diuretic
and stimulant. kernal is tonic and aphrodisiac bark is astringent.
18 Botany
name : Anamirtta cocculus seed ( fish berry)
Habit : Climbing Shrup
Parts used : Seed
Constituents : Picrotoxin, Cocculin and Anamirtin.
Action : Emetic ,Parasiticide
and Narcotic.
This Transquilises The Fishes. The Seeds Are Used To Eradicate Lices. This Is
Also
Used In Treating Epilepsy, Paralysis And Head Ache.For The Boils And Feruncles
This Is Used
As An External Application. The Seed Are Also Used To Cure Ashthma.
19
Botany nmae : Ananas sativus
Tamil name : Annaasi
Habit : Short stemmed terresrtrial
Parts used : Ripe and unripe fruit and leaves
Constituents : Juice contains a protein digestive ferment which acts eqully
well in acid or
alkalline intestinal secretion. ash contains acids of sulphur and phosphorus,
lime, megnesium, silica,
iron, chlorid of potassium and sodium.
Action : Fresh fruit
juice of the leaves are purgative anthelmintic and germicide.
juice of the ripe fruit is anti-scorbutic, diuretic, diophoretic, refrigerant
and help in the digestion
of albuminous substances. unripe fruit in large quantities is abhotifacient.
20
Boatany name : Andrographis echinoides
Tamil name : Kopuramthaangi
Habit : Herb
Parts used : Tuber
Action : Alterative,
expectorant and febrifuge.
21
Botany name : Andrographis paniculatas
Tamil name : Nilavembu
Habit : Herb
Parts used : Whole plant
Constituents : Leaves contain an essential oil and kameghin is extracted
from this plant.
Action : Roots
and leaves are stomachic, tonic, antipyretic, alterative,
anthelmintic,febrifuge, choagogue, hepatic, stimulant and antiphloglistic.
22
Botany name: Anisochilus carnosus
Tamil name : Karpuravalli
Habit : Herb
Parts used : Leaves
Constituents : Volatile essential oil
Action : Volatil
oil is stimulant, diaphoretic and expectorant.
23
Botany name: Annona squamosa
Tamil name : Seetha
Habit : Tree
Parts used : Fruits, leaves, bark,root and seeds.
Constituents : Seeds yield an oil, amorphous alkaloid and toxic resin.
Action : Fruit is
cooling and cholagogue. seeds and leaves are anthelmintic,
detergent and insecticide. roots is purgative. bark is astringent and toxic.
24
Botany name: Arachis hypogaea
Tamil name : Verkkadalai
Habit : Herb
Parts used : Nut and the kernal of the seed
Constituents : An edible oil vanilline is prepared frome the shell of the
fruit.
Action : Seed is
nutrient, laxative, emollient, tonic and cholagogue.
25Botany
name : Aristolochia bracteata
Tamil name : Aadutheendaapaalai
Habit : Shrub
Parts used : Herb, seeds and leaves and "almost every part of the plant"
Constituents : A Volatile substance, an alkaloid and salts.
Action : Anthelmintic,
purgative, emmenogogue,stimulant,alterative, anti-periodic and tonic.
26Botany
name: Aritolochia indica
Tamil name : Eesuvaramooli
Habit : Twiner
Parts used : Roort,rhzome [stem] and leaves
Constituents : It contains an aromatic oil, isoranillin, arists linsdure and
aristolochiasdure.
Action : It is
stimulant, emmenagogue, emetic abortivum, antidote.
27Botany
name : Artocarpus integrifolius
Tamil name : Palaa
Habit : Tree
Parts used : Fruit, seeds leaves and root
Constituents : Fruit contains carbohydrates and albuminoids. wood contains
morin and cynomaclurine.
seeds contain starch.
Action : Ripe fruit
is demulcent, nutritive and laxative. unripe fruit is astringent. seeds,
latex and root are astringent.
28Botany
name : Averrho acida
Tamil name : Arunelli
Habit : Tree
Parts used : Fruit, seeds and leaves
Constituents : Fruit contains vitamin ' C'
Action : Diaphoretic,
antibilious, laxatives are mucilaginous and demulcent
seeds are cathertic.
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