ஆட்டுகால் மூட்டு வலியை நீங்கும் என்பதால் முடவன் என சேர்த்து, `முடவன் ஆட்டுக்கால் கிழங்கு’ என்றும் அழைக்கின்றனர். செரிமானப் பிரச்சினைகளும் குணமாக்கும் தன்மை கொண்டது இது என்கின்றனர் சித்த மருத்துவர்கள்.
Badam pisin | Badam gum | Almond gum is the natural gum obtained from the sweet almond tree. It is called almond gum in English, badam gondh in Hindi and badam pisin in Tamil. The botanical name of sweet almond tree is Prunus Dulcis. It should not be confused with Indian badam tree whose botanical name is Terminalia Catappa. The almond is a deciduous tree, growing 4–10 m (13–33 ft) in height, with a trunk of up to 30 cm (12 in) in diameter.
black-caraway also known as nigella or kalonji, often called black cumin is an annual flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to south and southwest Asia.Nigella sativa grows to 20–30 cm tall, with finely divided, linear leaves.
Nut grass is a perennial shrub that attains a height of up to 40 cm. it has a dark green thin stem and the leaves are long and sharp. While the flower stem has a triangular cross-section, the flower is 2 to 8 inch in length, has three-stamina and a three-stigma carpel. It is also bisexual.
Cardiospermum Halicacabum, known as the balloon plant or love in a puff, is a climbing plant widely distributed in tropical and subtropical Africa and Asia. It has been examined for antidiarrhoeal as well as homoeopathic medicina properties.
Nannari – Sarsaparilla is a plant of the Smilax species. Sarsaparilla is a woody vine that produces small flowers and either red, black, or blue berry like fruit. Sarsaparilla fruit was once used to make popular sarsaparilla soft drinks, which has a taste similar to root beer. Sarsaparilla has also been used by herbalists in traditional medicine for hundreds of years because of its medicinal properties. Herbalists have used sarsaparilla’s anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and toxin binding properties to purify the blood and treat skin conditions.
Black Musli (Curculigo orchioides) is a herb that belongs to the family Hypoxidaceae. It is a native of temperate regions such as Chota-Nagapur plateau and Deccan plateau in India. Black Musli is bitter-sweet to taste with a peculiarly sweet after-taste that remains even after digestion.
In Ayurveda ,Nochi is a Medicinal Plant, known as Chaste tree. It is a large aromatic shrub, with small bluish purple flowers, found throughout India.There are three types – Venn Nochi, Karu Nochi and Nir Nochi. Venn Nochi is the more commonly seen tree. Nir Nochi is found on the banks of the Thamiraparani river in Tamil Nadu.The Nochi tree is a nice tree to have in the garden. It is easy to propagate from cuttings about two cm thick. It grows wild in rural Tamil Nadu, India.
Orithal thamarai is a well known herb in Tamil Nadu known for its amazing ability to improve testosterone in men. Thamarai in Tamil means lotus and orithal in Tamil means single leaf, together it means single leafed lotus. Though it is called thamarai, this beautiful flower is opposite to our regular lotus in size, it is very tiny and fragile.
Pirandai is a creeper that has wonderful medicinal uses and health benefits. It is called “Adamant Creeper | Devils Back Bone | Veldt Grape ” in English and its botanical name is Cissus quadrangularris.Cissus quadrangularis reaches a height of 1.5 m and has quadrangular-sectioned branches with internodes 8 to 10 cm long and 1.2 to 1.5 cm wide. Along each angle is a leathery edge.
Quick Overview:Thuthuvalai can be planted in dry land with minimal rainfall. Thuthuvalai has lot medicinal benefits and mainly uses for common common cold and cough diseases. Solanum Trilobatum is the Botanical name of the plant.
Turmeric (Curcuma longa) is perennial herbaceous plant that grows up to 1mt in height. Leaves of this plant are alternate, smooth, green, tapering at both ends and arranged in the pair of two. Leaves are further divided in leaf sheath, leaf blade and petiole. A false stem is arising from the leaf sheath and leaves are about 2 feet in length