B 30 Botany name : Bassia longifolia    
Tamil name            : Iluppai                
Habit                      : Tree 
Parts used             : Seeds and bark 
Costituents            : Seeds contain fatty oil called ' bassia oil'  
Action                   :  Bark is astringent and emollient. flowers are stimulant and anthelmintic.

31 Botany name :  Bassia obtusifilia       
Tamil name       : Vellai thagarai                      
HabitA             : Tree
Parts used        : Bak and leaves.. 
Constituents      :  Glucosides and chrysophanic.
Action              : Bark, leaves and seeds are cathartinic.
roots is considered expectorant. leaves are anthelmintic and antiseptic.

32 Botany name : Bergera koengii            
Tamil name        : Kariveppilai 
Habit                 : Tree                               
Parts used         : Bark, root and leaves 
Constituents      :  Leaves contain a volatile essential oil and vitamin 'A' &'B' 
Action :  Leaves, bark and root are stomachic, root is slighly purgative. 

33Botany name :  Blumea balsamifera             
Tamil name      :  Narakkaranthai 
Habit               :  Herb  
Parts used       : Whole plant 
 Action            : Astringent, anthelmintic, sudorfic, carminative
and expectorant

34  Botany name : Bombax pentandru                    
Tamil name         : Ilavam 
Habit                  : Tree 
Parts used           : Gum, unripe fruits, seeds,flowers,roots and leaves 
Constituents        : Seed contain oil 
Action                 : Juice has tonic, alterative, astringent, aphrodisiac and laxative properties, dried flowers are demulcent.
roots are stimulant and tonic effect. unripe fruit are rearded
as demulcent and astringent.

35  Botany name : Borassus flabellifer     
Tamil name         : Panai maram                                    
Habit                  : Tree 
Parts used          : Bark,roots,flowering stalk, and fruit.  
Constituents       : Fat and albuminoids 
Action : Root is cooling and restorative. pulp from the unripd fruit is diuretic, demulcent and nutritive. t
erminal bads are nutritive and diuretic toddy is stimulant and antiphlogestic tender kernal is demulcent, nutrient and diuretic.

                                              

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