Herbs are an important part of human life since the ancient time. Herbs play an effective role in one’s life. Earlier when there were no doctors and medicines, then it was only herbs that were used to cure the diseases. They were not only use to cure diseases only but also used to flavor the food, as a source of nutrients and many other useful purposes. Different herbs are used for the different purposes.
Following are some useful herbs available in Gujarat:
1, Ricinus communis (Erandi, Castor)
Castor seed oil can be used for curing joint pains and arthritis. It is really beneficial for the patients of constipation. Castor oil is also best for skin as it can be used to treat many skin problems like warts, sunburn, acne, stretch marks, age spots and ringworm & athletes foot. A drop of castor oil on the stye can give a great relief from inflammation and pain of the eyes.
2, Allium cepa
This herb is really common especially in Indian kitchen and commonly known as onion. It is most commonly used for colds, coughs and flu. According to a study, it can be used to prevent cardiovascular disease, even certain head and neck tumors. Some studies suggest that if it is taken at the high amount along with garlic, then it can be useful to lower the chances of stomach cancer for 40%.
3, Withania somnifera Dunal
Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal is most commonly known as Ashwagandha. This herb has multiple benefits such as it reduce the stress level, remove free radicals and thus aging. It is useful to the patients of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. It has anti-cancer benefits too.
4, Ferula foetida Regel
Ferula foetida Regel (F. assa-foetida L.) is more commonly known as Hing. Hing is also beneficial in fighting the viruses like H1N1 virus and swine flu. It is also used for the digestion purpose. It is also useful especially for women in curing problems like excessive and painful menstruation, dysmenorrheal and has positive benefits in treating Candida infection. It is a natural remedy for colic in babies.
5, Ocimum basilicum L
Ocimum basilicum is commonly known as basil. It is very popular among the Indians. It has many health benefits like it reduces the level of stress, diabetes and asthma. It has anti-bacterial, anti- cancer and antioxidant properties. It is also used as an herbal remedy for the diseases related to kidneys, bladder, brain, heart and lungs. It can be used as an external ointment on insect’s bites.
6, Embelia ribes Burm
Embelia is really useful herb as its each part has some usefulness in one’s life. It is really useful for skin fungal infections, headache, constipation, indigestion, tooth ache. It proves very effective against intestinal worms and intestinal parasites. Its decoction is functional in heart diseases and insanity.
7, Foeniculum vulgare L
Foeniculum vulgare L is most commonly known as saunf. It is useful in digestion, weight loss, stomach cramps, bloating, flushing the kidneys, detoxifier, boost up metabolism, helpful after chemotherapy and radiation. Its roots are also useful for treating urinary tract infection.
8, Mesua ferrea L.
Mesua ferrea flowers are useful in burning sensation of feet, asthma, cough, skin diseases and pruritus. Mesua ferrea seed oil massage can relieve pain in rhematic disorders. It is used in cough, cardic debility, and blood disorders and useful in retention of urine.
9, Picrorhiza kurrooa Royle ex Benth
Picrorhiza is useful in jaundice, allergy, fever, acute viral hepatitis, and asthma. It can be also used to treat skin disorder like vitiligo and eczema. It also proves beneficial for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, scorpion stings, epilepsy, malaria and infection.
10, Holarrhena antidysenterica (Roth.) DC
It is popularly known as Connessi Bark or Kurchi Bark. The herb is useful in digestion, clean wounds, promotes healing, diarrhea, amebic dysentery, curing fever, cold, rheumatoid arthritis and even osteoporosis.
11, Hibiscus rosa- sinensis L
Hibiscus Rosa- sinensis is most commonly known as Jasud in Gujarati. Hibiscus can be useful in diabetes control, Control’s hypertension, wound healing, help with damaged/inflamed tissues and cure diarrhea. The root of Hibiscus is used to treat cough. The use of Hibiscus leaves is another therapy for good hair. It also helps in weight-loss, prevents constipation and bladder infections.
12, Punica granatum
It is known as pomegranate. It is used to prevent certain type of cancers like colon, leukemia, breast, and prostate cancer. It is also beneficial to avoid excessive bleeding, diarrhea, intestinal worms and parasites. It has immuno-stimulatory, anti-inflammatory, anticancer, anti-oxidant, and diuretic properties. It is helpful to treat urinary infections, coughs, sore throats, digestive disorders, arthritis, skin disorders, and digestive disorders.
13, Citrus medica
This herb is used for stomach disorders, other intestinal disorders, prevent diarrhea, against rheumatism. Citron can be very useful in headaches, especially migraines, flatulence and vomiting.
14, Basella rubra
It can be useful for piles, diarrhea, and anemia, reduces the ailments caused by wind, and increases appetite, nutritive and useful in hemorrhagic troubles, gangrene, whooping cough, urticaria, and constipation of pregnant women.
15, Datura metel, D. fastuosa
Datura can be used for respiratory ailments, anxiety disorders, skin conditions, fever, heart diseases, and litany of other conditions. It can be also used to treat asthma either as an incense or smoke.
16, Solanum xanthocarpum Sehrad & Wendll
Solanum xanthocarpum Sehrad & Wendll is also known as Bhoy Ringani or Bethi Bhoringani in Guajarati. This plant is helpful in treating burning sensation, cough, fever, asthma. The fruit’s paste can be used to treat pimple and swelling. It also has blood purifying, cardio stimulant, and anti-inflammatory properties.
17, Arachis hypogaea
Arachis hypogaea is most commonly known as peanut, groundnut. Peanut oil is really healthy for heart and it improves oxidant-antioxidant status without increasing blood lipids. Its leaves are used for ear-drops against ear discharge. It is a great source of resveratrol which has properties like anti-cancer, anti-aging, anti-viral, anti-inflammatory, and neuroprotective properties.
18, Aloe vera (L.) Burm
Aloe vera has excellent properties to treat burns and scars. It also helps in dealing with constipation, improving digestion, detoxifying the body. The dried juice of aloe vera helps in lower down the blood sugar and thus useful for diabetes patients.
19, Zizyphus jujuba Lam.
More often it is known as Ber. Traditionally, it was used for wounds and ulcer, colic, bowel problems, and to promote menstruation. The paste of its leaves is used to apply on abscesses, boils, and carbuncles to promote suppuration. Traditionally, it was mixed with other herbs to treat coughing, flu and cold.
20, Vitex negundo L
This plant is really useful as its each part has some medicinal use. It is used for growth of hair, inflammation, bronchitis, asthma, biliousness, painful teething of children, useful in disease of the eye. Its roots are used in leprosy, antidote to snake venom, dysentery, urinary disorders, malarial fever and other general debility. The flowers of the plant are useful in diarrhea, cholera, hepatopathy, haemorrhages, fever, and cardiac disorders.
21, Tinospora cordifolia L
The plant is mainly known as Giloy. It is used in the treatment of fever, debility, urinary diseases, and dyspepsia while the decoction of the leaves is used for the treatment of gout. Its root is used in leprosy, visceral obstructions and it also has anti-diabetic effect.
22, Croton tiglium L
It is also known as Jamal Ghota. It is used to treat various skin problems like carbuncles, scabies, itching, rashes, and eczema. It is also used to treat tumors, cancerous lesions, nausea, dysentery, colds, diarrhea, and fever.
23, Capparis decidua L
It is more popularly known as Karel. It is used to treat constipation, appetite stimulant, rheumatism, cough, acute pain, inflammation, helps in cardiac troubles, jaundice and joint infection and asthma.
Following are some other herbs available in Gujarat:
Image Source:empoweredbynature.netFollowing are some useful herbs available in Gujarat:
1, Ricinus communis (Erandi, Castor)
Castor seed oil can be used for curing joint pains and arthritis. It is really beneficial for the patients of constipation. Castor oil is also best for skin as it can be used to treat many skin problems like warts, sunburn, acne, stretch marks, age spots and ringworm & athletes foot. A drop of castor oil on the stye can give a great relief from inflammation and pain of the eyes.
2, Allium cepa
This herb is really common especially in Indian kitchen and commonly known as onion. It is most commonly used for colds, coughs and flu. According to a study, it can be used to prevent cardiovascular disease, even certain head and neck tumors. Some studies suggest that if it is taken at the high amount along with garlic, then it can be useful to lower the chances of stomach cancer for 40%.
3, Withania somnifera Dunal
Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal is most commonly known as Ashwagandha. This herb has multiple benefits such as it reduce the stress level, remove free radicals and thus aging. It is useful to the patients of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. It has anti-cancer benefits too.
4, Ferula foetida Regel
Ferula foetida Regel (F. assa-foetida L.) is more commonly known as Hing. Hing is also beneficial in fighting the viruses like H1N1 virus and swine flu. It is also used for the digestion purpose. It is also useful especially for women in curing problems like excessive and painful menstruation, dysmenorrheal and has positive benefits in treating Candida infection. It is a natural remedy for colic in babies.
5, Ocimum basilicum L
Ocimum basilicum is commonly known as basil. It is very popular among the Indians. It has many health benefits like it reduces the level of stress, diabetes and asthma. It has anti-bacterial, anti- cancer and antioxidant properties. It is also used as an herbal remedy for the diseases related to kidneys, bladder, brain, heart and lungs. It can be used as an external ointment on insect’s bites.
6, Embelia ribes Burm
Embelia is really useful herb as its each part has some usefulness in one’s life. It is really useful for skin fungal infections, headache, constipation, indigestion, tooth ache. It proves very effective against intestinal worms and intestinal parasites. Its decoction is functional in heart diseases and insanity.
7, Foeniculum vulgare L
Foeniculum vulgare L is most commonly known as saunf. It is useful in digestion, weight loss, stomach cramps, bloating, flushing the kidneys, detoxifier, boost up metabolism, helpful after chemotherapy and radiation. Its roots are also useful for treating urinary tract infection.
8, Mesua ferrea L.
Mesua ferrea flowers are useful in burning sensation of feet, asthma, cough, skin diseases and pruritus. Mesua ferrea seed oil massage can relieve pain in rhematic disorders. It is used in cough, cardic debility, and blood disorders and useful in retention of urine.
9, Picrorhiza kurrooa Royle ex Benth
Picrorhiza is useful in jaundice, allergy, fever, acute viral hepatitis, and asthma. It can be also used to treat skin disorder like vitiligo and eczema. It also proves beneficial for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, scorpion stings, epilepsy, malaria and infection.
10, Holarrhena antidysenterica (Roth.) DC
It is popularly known as Connessi Bark or Kurchi Bark. The herb is useful in digestion, clean wounds, promotes healing, diarrhea, amebic dysentery, curing fever, cold, rheumatoid arthritis and even osteoporosis.
11, Hibiscus rosa- sinensis L
Hibiscus Rosa- sinensis is most commonly known as Jasud in Gujarati. Hibiscus can be useful in diabetes control, Control’s hypertension, wound healing, help with damaged/inflamed tissues and cure diarrhea. The root of Hibiscus is used to treat cough. The use of Hibiscus leaves is another therapy for good hair. It also helps in weight-loss, prevents constipation and bladder infections.
12, Punica granatum
It is known as pomegranate. It is used to prevent certain type of cancers like colon, leukemia, breast, and prostate cancer. It is also beneficial to avoid excessive bleeding, diarrhea, intestinal worms and parasites. It has immuno-stimulatory, anti-inflammatory, anticancer, anti-oxidant, and diuretic properties. It is helpful to treat urinary infections, coughs, sore throats, digestive disorders, arthritis, skin disorders, and digestive disorders.
13, Citrus medica
This herb is used for stomach disorders, other intestinal disorders, prevent diarrhea, against rheumatism. Citron can be very useful in headaches, especially migraines, flatulence and vomiting.
14, Basella rubra
It can be useful for piles, diarrhea, and anemia, reduces the ailments caused by wind, and increases appetite, nutritive and useful in hemorrhagic troubles, gangrene, whooping cough, urticaria, and constipation of pregnant women.
15, Datura metel, D. fastuosa
Datura can be used for respiratory ailments, anxiety disorders, skin conditions, fever, heart diseases, and litany of other conditions. It can be also used to treat asthma either as an incense or smoke.
16, Solanum xanthocarpum Sehrad & Wendll
Solanum xanthocarpum Sehrad & Wendll is also known as Bhoy Ringani or Bethi Bhoringani in Guajarati. This plant is helpful in treating burning sensation, cough, fever, asthma. The fruit’s paste can be used to treat pimple and swelling. It also has blood purifying, cardio stimulant, and anti-inflammatory properties.
17, Arachis hypogaea
Arachis hypogaea is most commonly known as peanut, groundnut. Peanut oil is really healthy for heart and it improves oxidant-antioxidant status without increasing blood lipids. Its leaves are used for ear-drops against ear discharge. It is a great source of resveratrol which has properties like anti-cancer, anti-aging, anti-viral, anti-inflammatory, and neuroprotective properties.
18, Aloe vera (L.) Burm
Aloe vera has excellent properties to treat burns and scars. It also helps in dealing with constipation, improving digestion, detoxifying the body. The dried juice of aloe vera helps in lower down the blood sugar and thus useful for diabetes patients.
19, Zizyphus jujuba Lam.
More often it is known as Ber. Traditionally, it was used for wounds and ulcer, colic, bowel problems, and to promote menstruation. The paste of its leaves is used to apply on abscesses, boils, and carbuncles to promote suppuration. Traditionally, it was mixed with other herbs to treat coughing, flu and cold.
20, Vitex negundo L
This plant is really useful as its each part has some medicinal use. It is used for growth of hair, inflammation, bronchitis, asthma, biliousness, painful teething of children, useful in disease of the eye. Its roots are used in leprosy, antidote to snake venom, dysentery, urinary disorders, malarial fever and other general debility. The flowers of the plant are useful in diarrhea, cholera, hepatopathy, haemorrhages, fever, and cardiac disorders.
21, Tinospora cordifolia L
The plant is mainly known as Giloy. It is used in the treatment of fever, debility, urinary diseases, and dyspepsia while the decoction of the leaves is used for the treatment of gout. Its root is used in leprosy, visceral obstructions and it also has anti-diabetic effect.
22, Croton tiglium L
It is also known as Jamal Ghota. It is used to treat various skin problems like carbuncles, scabies, itching, rashes, and eczema. It is also used to treat tumors, cancerous lesions, nausea, dysentery, colds, diarrhea, and fever.
23, Capparis decidua L
It is more popularly known as Karel. It is used to treat constipation, appetite stimulant, rheumatism, cough, acute pain, inflammation, helps in cardiac troubles, jaundice and joint infection and asthma.
Following are some other herbs available in Gujarat:
- Wrightia tinctoria R.Br. (Kuraiya)
- Diospyros melanoxylon L. (Tendu)
- Achyranthes aspera L. (Chinchita)
- Boerhavia diffusa L. (Gadaha purna)
- Ocimum sanctum L. (Tulasi)
- Bacopa monnieri (L.) Wettst. (Brahmi)
- Trachyspermum ammi (L.) Sprague (Ajwayan)
- Bauhinia racemosa Lamk. (Ashmantak)
- Bombax ceiba L. (Semmar)
- Evolvulus alsinoides (L.) L. (Shankhpushpi)
- Prosopis juliflora (Swartz) DC
- Aegle marmelos L. (Bel)
- Phyllanthus emblica L. (Amalaki)
- Argemone mexicana L. (Satyanashi)
- Bamboosa arundinaceaea L. (Bans)
- Butea monosperma L. (Palash)
- Justicia spp.
- Mitragyna parvifolia (Roxb.) Korth. (Kadamb)
- Picrorrhiza currooa L. (Chirayta)
- Phoenix vulgare L. (Khajur)
- Lannea coromandelica (Houtt.) Herril.
- Lantana camara L. (Khajur)
- Lucas spp L.
- Madhuca indica L. (Mahua)
- Helicteres isora L.
- Miliusa tomentosa (Roxb.) Sinclair.
- Saccharum bengalense Retz. (Darbh)
- Marsilia L.
- Ipomoea aquatica L. (Besharmi)
- Viscum articulatum Burm. F
- Sida cordifolia Linn. (Khiraiti)
- Sterculia urens Roxb. (Karaya)
- Euphorbia tirucalli L. (Sij)
- Azadirachta indica A. Juss (Neem)
- Gossipium hirsutum (Kapas)
- Adhatoda vasica Nees (Arush)
- Moringa oleifera (Shigru)
- Tecomella undulata (Rohitak)
- Eucalyptus spp (Nilgiri)
- Adhatoda vasica Nees (Adus)
- Amaranthus spp.
- Argyreia speciosa (L.f.) Sweet (Vidhara)
- Bauhinia racemosa Lamk (Kachnar)
- Calotropis gigantea (L.) R.Br. (Mandar)
- Cassia occidentalis L. (Kasaunda)
- Croton spp.
- Datura metel, D. fastuosa (Dhatura)
- Ipomoea spp.
- Mentha spicata L (Pudina)
- Pongamia pinnata L. (Kiuramal)
- Solanum indicum L. (Badi kateri)
- Withania somnifera L. (Asagandh)
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