Habitat Outer range of Western Himalayas from Punjab to Kumaon.
Ayurvedic Riddhi. (Tubers of Eulophia nuda Lindl. and Dioscorea bulbfera are also used as Riddhi.)
Action Nervine and cardiac tonic.
Habenaria intermedia D. Don. Family Orchidaceae.
Habitat The Himalayan region. Found in Ranfithet.
Ayurvedic Riddhi, Vriddhi.
(Substitute: Dioscorea bulbfera.) Action Nervine and cardiac tonic.
Habenaria acuminata Thw., H. goodyeroides D. Don., H. griffithii HK. are also equated with Riddhi, Vriddhi.
Dosage Tuber—3—6 g powder. (CCRAS.)
Haematoxylon campechianum
Linn.
Family Caesalpiniaceae, Mi mosaceae Habitat Native to tropical America and the West Indies. Grown in Indian gardens.
English Logwood, Peachwood, Compeachy tree.
Ayurvedic Pattanga, Patraanga, Bakam (substitute). (Caesalpinia sappan is also equated with Pattanga.)
Unani Buqqam, Bakam-Hindi.
Action Astringent. Used for atonic dyspepsia, diarrhoea, summer diarrhoea, dysentery, internal haemorrhages, menorrhagia, leucorrhoea. (It imparts red colour to urine and stool. Incompatible with chalk or lime-water.)
The wood contains about 10% haematoxylon, a red-brown phenolic dye, tannins, resin and volatile oil.
Haematoxylin exhibited significant anti- inflammatory activity in the carrageenan-induced oedema test.
The seed contains crude protein 29.1, pentosan 6.6, and water-soluble gum
3.2%.
Haplanthus verticillatus
(Roxb.) Nees.
Family Acanthaceae.
Habitat Hills of Deccan Peninsula and parts of western and central India.
Folk Kaalaa-Kirayaat (Maharashtra).
Habenaria edgeworthii
Hook. f. ex Collett.
