Acorus Calamus

Sanskrit Name: Vacha

Common Name (English): Sweet Flag

Pharmacological Action: aromatic, stimulant, bitter, tonic, carminative, antispasmodic, emetic, expectorant, emmenagogue, aphrodisiac, laxative, diuretic. Alcoholic extract is sedative, analgesic, hypotensive, hyporespirative, intestinal relaxant (frog) negative inotropic (frog's heart), insecticidal to houseflies.

Plant Part Used: root

Aegle marmelos

Sanskrit Name: Bilva

Common Name (English): Bael Fruit (ripe)

Pharmacological Action: more astringent than bark, grahi (regulates peristalsis), dipana (digestive), panchana (cooks ama), atisaraghana ( antidiarrhial), hemostatic.

Uses: diarrhea, dysentary, worms, ulcerative colitis, diabetes, chronic fevr, nausea, vomiting, gastritis, enteritis, bleeding disorders

Plant Part Used: fruit

Pharmacological Action: stimulates thyroid, increases metabolism, reduces cholesterol, reduces stomach pain, antihelmintic, stomachic, carminative, antipyretic, analgesic, astringent, nervine tonic, stimulant, demulcent.

Plant Part Used: tuber