Folk Dhaaru.
Action Wound healing, expectorant, antiseptic, astringent, haemostatic, antispasmodic. Leaf— used in piles; and as a cooling herb for fevers.
The herb contains vitamins A, B, C and K; flavonoids; rutin. Flower spikes are liver-restorative, hypotensive, antioxidant.
Lupeol, stigmasterol and beta-sitosterol are obtained from the unsaponifiable fraction from the leaves, the saponifiable fraction gave lauric,
stearic, palmitic, myristic, oleic and linoleic acids.
Bryonopsis laciniosa
(Linn.) Naud.
Synonym Bryonia laciniosa Linn. Diplocyclos palmatus Jeff.
Family Cucurbitaceae.
Habitat Throughout India.
English Bryony.
Ayurvedic Lingini, Shivalingi, Chitraphalaa.
Siddha/Tamil lyaveli, Iyaviraali. Folk Lingadonda (Telugu).
Action Seeds—anti-inflammatory, spasmolytic. Used for vaginal dysfunctions, as a fertility promoting drug. Powdered seeds, also roots, are given to help conception in women. Plant is also used in venereal diseases.
Bryophyllum pinnatum
(Lam.) Kurz.
Synonym B. calycinum Salisb. Kalanchoe pinnata Pers.
Family Crassulaceae.
Habitat Throughout the warm and moist parts of India, especially abundant in West Bengal.
Ayurvedic Parnabija, Airaavati. (Also known as Paashaanabheda.)
Unani Zakhm-e-Hayaat. Action Leaf—disinfectant, antibacterial (used for boils, insect bites, swellings, burns, wounds).
104 Buchanania axillaris (Desr.) Ramam.
Leaves, mixed with those of Aegle
B)marmelos, are given in blood and
______ amoebic dysentery. Leaves are also
