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66 Botany name : Eclipta alba
Tamil name         : Karisalaanganni
Habit                  : Herb
Parts used          : Whole plant
Constituents       : Ecliptine
Action              : Alterative, deobstruent, hepatic and tonic. root and leaf are cholagogue.

67 Botany name : Eclipta prostrata
  Tamil name      : Manjal karisalaanganni
  Habit               :Herb
Parts used         : Whole plant
Action            : Emetic, alterative, deobstruent, carminative, refrigerant and demulcent.

68 Botany name : Eleusine coracana
Tamil name          :Kelvaragu
Habit                   :Herb
Parts used           :Seeds
Constituents        : Albuminoids and starch and proteins.
Action                 :Astringent and nutrient.

69 Botany name : Emblica officinalis
Tamil name        : Nelli
Habit                 : Tree
Parts used          : Fresh and dried fruits, the nut leaves, root bark and flowers.
Constituents       : Fruit are rich in vitamin 'C' and pectin. fruit is edible and an oil is extracted.
Action              : Fresh fruit is refrigerant, diuretic, laxative, carminative and stomachic. dried fruit is sour                                 and astringent. flowers are coolig and aperient. bark is astringent.

70 Botany name : Enterrolobium saman
Tamil name          :Thoongumoonjimaram
Habit                   : Tree
Parts used           : Fruit and leaves

71 Botany name : Ervatamica coronaria
Tamil name        : Nandhiyavattam
Habit                 : Shrub
Parts used          : Latex flowers and root.
Constituents       : It contains coronaridin, montanine, and terpinoids.
Action                : Flowers and roots are anthelmintic, acrid, purgative and vermicide.

72 Botany name : Erythrina indica
Tamil name          :Kalyana murungai
Habit                   : Tree
Parts used            : Leaves, flowers and bark
Constituents         : Leaves contain two resins a bitter poisonous alkaloid erithrine.
Action                  : Bark is antibilious, expectorant, febrifuge and anthelmintic. leaves are diuretic, laxative                              emmenagogue and galactagogue.

73 Botany name : Eucalyptus globulus
Tamil name          : Eucalyptus
Habit                   : Tree
Parts used           : Dry leaves, gum and oil, distilled from the fresh leaves.
Constituents         : Leaves contain volatile oil.
Action                : Leaves are febrifuge,carminative, analgesic, antiphilogestic and expectorant.                                       eucalyptus oil is powerfully antiseptic and disinfectant. eucalyptus increases the flow of       saliva,                                            gastric and intential juices andthus increases appetite and digestion.

74 Botany name : Eugenia jambolana
Tamil name       : Naaval
Habit               : Tree
Parts used       : Fruit, leaves, dried seeds and bark.
Constituents    : Seed contains jamboline, phenolic substance, an essential oil, fat, resin, gallic acid and                            albumen. bark contains tannin and kinolic gum.
Action           : Bark leaves and seeds are astringent, and stomachic. berry is astringent juice of the fruit is                            stomachic, astringent, diuretic and demulcent.

75 Boatany name : Euphorbia antiquorum
Tamil name           : Sathurakkalli
Habit                    :Small tree
Parts used             : Stem, root and root-bark.
Constituents          : Dried juice contain euphorbin two resins and gum.
Action                   : Purgative, emetic, alterative, stomachic, rubefacient and vesicant

76 Botany name : Euphorbia nerifolia
Tamil name          : Ilaichevikkalli
Habit                  : Shrub
Parts used           : Root and whole plant.
Constituents        : Euphorbon, resin malate of calcium and gum.
Action                : Juice is purgative and expectorant. root is anti-spasmodic.

77 Botany name : Euphorbia tirucalli
Tamil name         : Thirugu kalli
Habit                  : Small shrub
Parts used           : Bark and whole plant.
Constituents         : Euphobon, gum, resin, caoutchouc, and malate of calcoum.
Action                 : Milky juice is in small doses is purgative in large doses an acrid, counter-irritant and emetic.                        externally it is rubifacient.

78 Botany name : Evolvus alsinoides
Tamil name          :Vishnu kiranthi
Habit                  : Herb
Parts used           : Whole plant
Constituents        : A Yellow fat, an alkaloid, an organic and saline substances.
Action              : Tonic, alterative, febrifuge, anthelmintic and antiphlogistic.


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