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August 5, 2022

Syzygium nervosum A.Cunn. ex DC. Family : Myrtaceae Common name : jamun

🌿 Syzygium nervosum A.Cunn. ex DC.

Family : Myrtaceae
Common name : jamun
Habit : Tree
Habitat : Near perennial stream
Fl. & Fr. : Jun - Aug

🍁 The decoction of S. nervosum leaves and flower buds has been consumed to cure digestive problems. 

Sweta Mishra
Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.
Ambika Prasad Research Foundation
Cuttack, Odisha India

July 28, 2022

Xenostegia tridentata (L.) D.F.Austin & Staples Family : Convolvulaceae Common name : Prasarini

🌿 Xenostegia tridentata (L.) D.F.Austin & Staples

Family : Convolvulaceae
Common name : Prasarini
Habit : Creeper
Habitat : Common in open places and gassy fields. 
Fl. & Fr. : Jul - Apr

🍁 The plant is considered bitter, astringent, tonic and it’s used in the treatment of rheumatism, piles, 
swellings and urinary disorders.

Sweta Mishra
Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.
Ambika Prasad Research Foundation
Cuttack, Odisha India

July 26, 2022

Nymphoides indica (L.) Kuntze Family : Menyanthaceae Common name : Floating hearts, Kumudini Habit : Herb

Nymphoides indica (L.) Kuntze
Family : Menyanthaceae
Common name : Floating hearts, Kumudini
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Mud and shallow water

Medicinal uses :
✔ It is used to cure anaemia, jaundice and asthmatic conditions.
✔ Potential against bleeding disorders, dysentery, wound healing. 

Sweta Mishra
Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.
Ambika Prasad Research Foundation
Bhubaneswar, Odisha India

Moringa oleifera Lam. Family : Moringaceae Common name : Drumstick tree, Sajana ( Odia)

Moringa oleifera Lam.
Family : Moringaceae
Common name : Drumstick tree, Sajana ( Odia)
Location : Kalahandi, Odisha India

Among myriad of natural plants, Moringa oleifera is called miracle vegetable because it is medicinal as well as functional food. The flowers, fruits as well as leaves have culinary uses.

Medicinal uses:
✨Moringais used for malnourished children and forimprovement of the immune system, againstAIDS and HIV linked illnesses. 
✨Flowers are potential against Throat infection, common cold, anthelmintic, anti-tumor, rheumatism, tonic, abortion.
✨Moringa leaf powder encourages neuro-protection.  
✨Having anticancer, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, anti-hyperlipidemic, hypotensive, anti-diabetic, antiasthmatic, anthelmintic, anti-fertility etc. activities.
✨Bark is used in Toothache, Common cold, External Sores/Ulcer, Anti-Tumor, Snakebite, Scorpion bite, Headache etc.
✨Roots are used against Fever, Asthma, Diuretic, Diarrhea etc.

Sweta Mishra
Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.
Ambika Prasad Research Foundation 
Bhubaneswar, Odisha India

July 23, 2022

Hypericum japonicum Family : Hypericaceae Common name: Kanike ghas, Chalakjhar Habit : Herb

Hypericum japonicum
Family : Hypericaceae
Common name: Kanike ghas, Chalakjhar
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Moist or wet areas 

Uses:
✔ It is used in the treatment of asthma and dysentery, hepatitis.
✔ The plant has also shown antitumour activity. 
✔ Externally, it is used to treat wounds, leech bites, swellings and fungal skin diseases. 

Sweta Mishra
Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.
Ambika Prasad Research Foundation
Cuttack, Odisha India

Hyptis suaveolens Family : Lamiaceae Common name : Ganga tulsi (Odia) Habit : Shrub

Hyptis suaveolens
Family : Lamiaceae
Common name : Ganga tulsi (Odia) 
Habit : Shrub
Habitat : Along roadside & waste grounds

Medicinal uses :
✔ Leaf extracts cure swellings, abscesses and haemorrhoids. 
✔ Roots are chewed with betel nuts as a stomachic and its decoction is used as an appetizer.
✔ Tea made from the roots is used to purify the blood, and is also used as a remedy for the diseases of women. 

Sweta Mishra
Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.
Bhubaneswar, Odisha India

Bacopa monnieri (L.) Pennell Family : Scrophulariaceae Common name : Brahmi Habit : Herb

Bacopa monnieri (L.) Pennell
Family : Scrophulariaceae
Common name : Brahmi
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Wetlands and muddy shores 

Medicinal uses :
✔ It is used in improving intellect and memory. 
✔ It is also useful in the treatment of cardiac, respiratory and neuropharmacological disorders like insomnia,insanity, depression, psychosis, epilepsy and stress.

Sweta Mishra
Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.
Bhubaneswar, Odisha India

Schleichera oleosa (Lour.) Oken Family : Sapindaceae Common name : Kusum

Schleichera oleosa (Lour.) Oken
Family : Sapindaceae
Common name : Kusum
Location : Mayurbhanj, Odisha India
Habit : Tree
Habitat : Dry as well as swampy areas in low altitude

Medicinal uses :
✔ Bark is used as astringent and the leaves are used as fodder for cattle.
✔ The bark paste with water can be used to treat menorrhea, malaria and dysentery. 
✔ The seed oil by heating with garlic is applied over body to get relief from cold fever and ear ache. 

Sweta Mishra
Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.
Bhubaneswar, Odisha India 

Justicia betonica L. Family : Acanthaceae Common name : Squirrel Tail, Hadpat (Hindi)

Justicia betonica L. 
Family : Acanthaceae
Common name : Squirrel Tail, Hadpat (Hindi) 
Location : Bhubaneswar, Odisha India
Habit : Under shrub
Habitat : Found along roads and stream banks

Medicinal uses :
✔ Crushed leaves used against pain and swelling. 
✔ The aerial parts are used in diarrhoea and inflammation and swelling. 
✔ Inflorescence is given orally to treat vomiting and constipation. 

Sweta Mishra
Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.
Bhubaneswar, Odisha India

Ficus semicordata Family : Moraceae Common name : Bhuin dimri Habit : Medium sized tree

Ficus semicordata
Family : Moraceae
Common name : Bhuin dimri 
Habit : Medium sized tree
Habitat : Hill slope

Medicinal uses :
✔ Fruits are edible and a mixture made from the fruit and bark is used as bath to cure leprosy. 
✔ Bark soup after boiling in water is taken against dysentery. 
✔ Juice of stem bark is used for treating boil. 

Sweta Mishra
Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.
Bhubaneswar, Odisha India

Evolvulus nummularius (L.) L. Family : Convolvulaceae Common name : Roundleaf, Bichamalia (Odia)

Evolvulus nummularius (L.) L. 
Family : Convolvulaceae
Common name : Roundleaf, Bichamalia (Odia) 
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Found along the roadsides, wastelands, grasslands

Medicinal uses :
✔ The whole plant is used as a medicine for hysteria, to cure burns, cuts, wounds and scropion stings.
✔ The paste of the plant is used to treat scabies. . 

Sweta Mishra
Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.
Bhubaneswar, Odisha India

Ziziphus mauritiana Lam. Family : Rahmnaceae Common name : Indian jujube, Barakoli (Odia)

Ziziphus mauritiana Lam.
Family : Rahmnaceae
Common name : Indian jujube, Barakoli (Odia) 
Location : Bhubaneswar, Odisha India 
Habit : Tree
Habitat : In dry habit

Medicinal uses :
✔ Dried fruits are used in stomachache and tonic. 
✔ The root is used in the treatment of dyspepsia. 
✔ A decoction of the root has been used in the treatment of fevers.

Sweta Mishra
Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.
Bhubaneswar, Odisha India

Ficus benghalensis L. Family : Moraceae Common name : Banyan tree, Bara (Odia) Habit : Tree

Ficus benghalensis L.
Family : Moraceae
Common name : Banyan tree, Bara (Odia) 
Location : Puri, Odisha India
Habit : Tree
Habitat : Evergreen to deciduous lowland forest

Medicinal uses :
✔ Latex is useful in piles, nose diseases and in gonorrhea. 
✔ Arial root is useful in dysentery, inflammation of liver. 
✔ Leaves infusion is useful in diarrhea and dysentery. 
✔ Bark is potential against diabetes. 

Sweta Mishra
Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.
Bhubaneswar, Odisha India

Portulaca quadrifida L. Family : Portulacaceae Common name : Wild purslane Habit : Herb

👉 Portulaca quadrifida L.

Family : Portulacaceae
Common name : Wild purslane
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Found along the roadsides and wastelands
Fl. & Fr. : Jun - Sept

👉 Uses : In Tamil Nadu, leaves and tender shoots cooked and eaten as leafy vegetables. 
Leaf decoction is used to treat dysentery. . 

Sweta Mishra 
Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.
Cuttack, Odisha India

Oldenlandia corymbosa L. Family : Rubiaceae Common name : Gharpodia (Odia)

Oldenlandia corymbosa L.
Family : Rubiaceae
Common name : Gharpodia (Odia) 
Location : Kalahandi, Odisha India

Medicinal Uses :
✔ The plant is known to clear heat and toxins, activate blood circulation, promote diuresis. 
✔ It is also active against appendicitis, hepatitis, pneumonia, urinary infection. 
✔ It is also potential against skin sores, ulcers, sore throat, bronchitis, jaundice, constipation, leprosy, skin diseases, cough, bronchitis, necrosis, nervous depression. 

Sweta Mishra
Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.
Bhubaneswar, Odisha India 

Blepharis maderaspatensis (L.) Heyne ex Roth Family : Acanthaceae Common name : kolagahama (Odia)

Blepharis maderaspatensis (L.) Heyne ex Roth
Family : Acanthaceae
Common name : kolagahama (Odia) 
Location : Bhubaneswar, Odisha India

Medicinal Uses :
✔ It is used to treat headache. 
✔ Seeds are used as dysuria, diseases of nervous system. 
✔ It is used to cure cuts and wounds, juice extracted from leaf is used to heal wound. 

Sweta Mishra
Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.
Bhubaneswar, Odisha India

July 22, 2022

Cipadessa baccifera (Roth) Miq. Family : Meliaceae Common name : Nahalbeli

Cipadessa baccifera (Roth) Miq.
Family : Meliaceae
Common name : Nahalbeli 
Location : Cuttack, Odisha India 

👉This species have the capacity to remove and to accumulate the heavy metals. 

Medicinal uses :
✔ The decoction has been utilized to treat dysentery, skin itches and malaria fever. 
✔ The leaves extract having antimicrobial, antioxidant, hemolytic properties. 

Sweta Mishra
Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.
Bhubaneswar, Odisha India

Andrographis paniculata (Burm.f.) Nees Family : Acanthaceae Common name : Bhuin neem, kalmegh

Andrographis paniculata (Burm.f.) Nees
Family : Acanthaceae
Common name : Bhuin neem, kalmegh
Location : Bhubaneswar, Odisha India

Medicinal uses :
✔ The whole plant has been used as anti-dote for snake-bite and poisonous stings of some insects, and to treat dyspepsia, influenza, dysentery, malaria and respiratory infections. 
✔ The plants are also recommended for the use in cases of leprosy, gonorrhea, scabies, boils, skin eruptions, and chronic and seasonal fever
for its high “blood purifying” properties. 

Sweta Mishra 
Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.
Bhubaneswar, Odisha India

Abrus precatorius L. Family : Fabaceae Common name : Kaincha Location : Bhubaneswar, Odisha India

Abrus precatorius L.
Family : Fabaceae
Common name : Kaincha
Location : Bhubaneswar, Odisha India

Medicinal uses: 
✔ It is used to treat rabies, sores and wounds. 
✔ The leaves are used to cure fever, cough and cold.
✔ Root is potential against jaundice. 
✔ Dry seeds are powdered and taken one teaspoonful once a day for two days to cure worm infection 

Sweta Mishra
Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.
Bhubaneswar, Odisha India

Dioscorea oppositifolia L. Family : Dioscoreaceae Common name* : Chinese Yam, Pani aalu (Odia) Location : Bhubaneswar, Odisha India

Dioscorea oppositifolia L.
Family : Dioscoreaceae
Common name* : Chinese Yam, Pani aalu (Odia) 
Location : Bhubaneswar, Odisha India 
Date : 5th Dec 2020

Medicinal uses :
✔ Tuber is boiled is given to women once a day for nearly a month after delivery to revive their strength.
✔ Powered root mixed with cow urine is applied on scorpion bite.
✔ Leaves are mixed with leaves of clematis and 2–3 drops of juice put in the nose of affected person to get relief after sneezing in fits and epilepsy.
✔ Boiled _D. oppositifolia_ is given to women one time a day for nearly a month after delivery to revive their strength. 

Sweta Mishra
Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.
Bhubaneswar, Odisha India

Ayurveda and Treatment

“Ayurveda” is being recognized as a holistic system of medicine, Which holds that the body is the foundation of all Wisdom and Source of all Supreme Objectives of life.Ayurveda” have effective treatment for, Asthma, Mental Tension , Spinal Disorders , High blood pressure , Mental Stress, Spondylosis , High Cholesterol , Fatigue , Obesity , Headaches , Respiratory Problems , Heart Diseases , Migraine , Gastric Complaints , Chest Pain , Arthritis , Weight Loss , Osteoarthritis , Body Purification , Gynecological Disorders , Rheumatism , Anti-ageing , Chronic Constipation , Speech Disorders , Piles , Back Pain , Nervous Disorders , Hair Loss , Gout , Premature Graying , Skin Diseases , Psoriasis , Insomnia , Memory Loss , Pain , Gastric Problems , Immunity Problems , Anemia , Acne , Anorexia , Anxiety , Acidity , Bronchitis, Diabetes , Dyspepsia , Dysentery , Dandruff , Depression , Diarrhea , Dengue , Chikungunya , Indigestion , Urinary bladder disorder , Fungal infection , Nasal Congestion , Gum and Tooth diseases , Vitiation of blood , Burning Sensation , Oedema , Emaciation , Impotency , Inflammation , Ulcer , Thirst , Chloasma of face , Tastelessness , Pleurodria , Intercostal neuralgia , Pthisis , Vitiation of semen , Sciatica , Filariasis , Tumour , Intermittent fever , Lassitude , Hoarseness of voice , Mole , Conjunctivitis , Glaucoma , Myopia , Repeated Abortion , Duodenal ulcer , Malabsorption syndrome , Eczema , Flatulence , Fever , General Debility , Irregular Menstrual Cycle , Jaundice , Hepatitis , joint Pain , Kidney stone , Leucorrhea , Leukoderma , Liver Disorder , Menopause , Premenstrual Tension , Pyorrhea , Peptic Ulcer , Palpitation , Rheumatism , Ringworm , Stress Management , Sinusitis , Sore Throat , Skin Allergy , Sciatica , Sleeplessness ,Toothache , weight , Urinary Diseases , Vertigo , infection , Restlessness , Hypertension , Malarial Fever , Cough , Cold , Pimples , Black Heads , Appetite problem , Vomit , Eye problems , Abdominal fever , Abdominal lump , Swelling , Fibroid , Cyst , Bleeding , Infertility in men and women , Pneumonia , Curing Dryness , wounds, cuts, & burns . Consult a certified Doctor for more details on Ayurvedic Treatment.

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