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Marrango tree

Title:Botanical Name:Azadirachta indica,Neem (Nepal)


Purpose:

Healing power:
Neem tree is generally considered to be an air purifier and preventive against malarial fever and cholera .All parts of the tree possess medicinal properties. The leaves are useful in relieving flatulence, promoting the removal of catarrhal matter and phlegm from the bronchial tubes, and in increasing secretion and discharge of urine. They also acts act as an insecticide. The bark is a bitter tonic and a stimulant .It arrests secretion and bleeding besides counter acting any spasmodic disorders.

Malaria:
An infusion or a decoction of the fresh leaves is a bitter vegetable tonic and alternative, especially in chronic malarial fevers because of its action on the liver.

Piles:
It is very effective in piles.

Eczema:
The bark of the babul tree is used in the treatment of eczema.

Leprosy:
Te sap of the neem tree has been found effective in leprosy. Simultaneously the patient’s body should be massaged with the sap.

Skin Disorder:
The leaves applied externally are very useful in skin disease. They are especially beneficial in the treatment of boils, chronic ulcers, eruptions of small pox, swelling and wounds. They can be used either. An ointment prepared from neem leaves is very effective in healing ulcers and wounds.

Hair Disorder:
If there is any hair loss or it has ceased to grow, washing with the decoction of neem leaves may help. This will not only stop hair from falling but also help their growth. Frequent application of neem oil also destroys insects in the hair.

Epiphora:
The leaves are beneficial in treating epiphora- that is watering of the eyes, in which tears flow onto the cheeks due to abnormality of the tear drainages system. The eyelids should be painted morning and evening with this liquid.

Oral Disorder:
Cleaning the teeth regularly with a neem twig prevents gum diseases. It firms up loose teeth, relieves toothache, evacuates the bad odour and protects the mouth from various infections.

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Other Uses:
Neem is very useful at the time of childbirth. Administration of the juice of neem leaves to the woman in labour before child birth produces normal contraction in the uterus and prevents possible inflammation .It corrects bowls movements and checks onset of fevers, thereby facilitating the normal delivery. The use of tepid decoction of neem leaves as a vaginal douche heals any wounds caused during delivery and disinfects the vaginal passage. Neem is also a powerful insecticide to kill soil nematodes and other plant parasites and is useful as mosquito repellant. And neem juice is used in toothpastes and contraceptives.

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Nutmeg

Title:Botanical Name:Myristica fragrans,Jhaipala(Nepal)


Purpose:

It is Aphrodisiac, carminative, expectorant, vermifuge, Aromatic, hallucinogenic, stimulant, deobstruent, sialagogue, emmenagogue and nervine.
Nutmeg relieves chronic nervous problems as well as heart problems; it aids in rheumatism, digestion, inflammations of the bladder & urinary tract and relieves nausea. Large doses can be poisonous and causes miscarriage for pregnant women

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Bitter Gourd

Title:Botanical Name:Momordica charantia, Karela(Nepal)


Purpose:

It is used in diabetes, piles, anorexia, indigestion, constipation, abdominal infection, gout, rheumatism, liver and spleen diseases, dysmenorrhoea, HIV support and Psoriasis.

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Parts used:
leaf, stem, fruit, flower, root and fruit skin

 

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Fenugreek

Title:Botanical Name:Trigonella Foenum Graecum, Methi(Nepal)


Purpose:

Parts used: Whole plant, seed

Digestive disorders:
Leaves are beneficial in the treatment of indigestion, flatulence and sluggish live. Boiled and fried in butter, they alleviate biliousness. The seeds are also useful in the treatment of colic, flatulence, dysentery, diarrhoea and dyspepsia.

Anaemia:
The leaves help in blood formation. The cooked leaves help prevent anemia and run down condition in girls, usually associated with the onset of puberty and a sudden spurt on in growth. The seeds also help in recovering from anemia, being rich in iron.

Deadened senses:
The seeds help restore the deadened senses of taste or smell. The sense of taste dulls due to improper functioning of the salivary glands which often become clogged with mucus and accumulated juices, causing swelling. Similarly, the sense of smell is obstructed due to prolonged accumulations of mucus and other impurities in the nose where the olfactory nerves which is the special nerve of smell.

Fever:
Tea made from fenugreek seeds is equal in value to quinine in reducing fevers. It is particularly valuable as a cleansing and soothing drink. Seeds, when moistened with water become slightly mucilaginous, and hence the tea make from with them has the power to dissolve sticky substance like mucus.

Stomach disorders:
This tea soothes inflamed stomach and intestines, cleansing the stomach, bowels, kidney and respiratory tract of excess mucus. It is beneficial in the healing of peptic ulcers, as the mild coating of mucilaginous matter deposited by fenugreek provides a protective layer for the ulcers, when it passes through the stomach and intestines.

Respiratory infections:
During the early stages of any of the respiratory tract infections, such as bronchitis, influenza, sinusitis, catarrh and suspected pneumonia, fenugreek tea helps the body to perspire, dispel toxicity and shorten the gestation period of fever. During the treatment, no other food or nourishment should be taken, as fasting aids the body to correct these respiratory problems in a few days.

Bad breath and body odour:
The tea is also beneficial in bad breath and body odour. Unpleasant odours emanate from the body due to accumulations of hardened mucus and other toxins in the nasal and oral passages, the gastrointestinal tract, the urinary tract, the blood and the vigina. The tea taken regularly helps to remove these accumulations from these spots where mouthwash and soap can never penetrate.
According to Lelord Kordel, one of the world’s most famous nutritionist, ” so potent are the volatile oils in fenugreek and so thorough a job of cleansing do they perform, that often a decided fragrance of fenugreek seeds emanates from the pores of a person using the herb regularly. These oils seek out and penetrate the most remote crevices and creases of the membranous linings within the body cavities. The volatile oils are absorbed into the cell tissues to do their job of rejuvenating our body. Some of them finally find their way into the sweat glands to cleanse and awaken any sluggishness in these parts.

Diabetes:
Seeds and also be taken for diabetes. The normal does is 2 teaspoonfuls of powdered seeds taken daily in broth or milk. 2 seeds can also be swallowed whole, daily.

Dandruff:
Fenugreek seeds are useful in the removal of dandruff. Two tablespoonfuls of the seeds are soaked overnight in water. In the morning, the softened seeds are ground into a fine paste and applied in the scalp and left on for half an hour. The hair is then washed thoroughly with soapnut (rita nut) solution or Shikakai. A paste of the fresh leaves of fenugreek applied over the scalp regularly before washing the hair also cures dandruff.

Mouth ulcer:
The herb helps in the healing of the mouth ulcers.

Sore throat:
A gargle made from g\fenugreek seeds is best for ordinary sore throat. For the gargle, the solution should be much stronger than the tea. Two tablespoons of fenugreek seeds are put in a liter of water and allowed to simmer for half an hour over a low flame. it is cooled to room temperature and strained. the entire liquied is used as a gargle.

Leucorrhoea:
Fenugreek tea used as a douche is very effective in treating leucorrhoea. The solution is prepare in the same manner as for gargle.

Swellings:
A poultice of the leaves can be applied with advantage in external and internal swellings. It is also useful in burns due to its cooling properties.

Other uses:

Beauty aid:
A paste of the fresh leaves applied over the scalp regularly before taking bath, helps hair while preserving the natural colour and keeping the hair silky. The paste applied on the face every night before going to bed and washed with warm, prevents one from getting pimples, blackheads, and dryness of the face and early appearance of wrinkles. it also improves complexion and makes one look years younger.

Pregnancy and lactation:
The seeds fried on ghee are finely powdered, with wheat flour and sugar to prepare Halwa taken in small quantity daily, this helps in quick normalization after delivery. The seeds, made into agruel, and given to nursing mothers increases the flow of milk.
Steaming is considered the best method of cooking leaves; in this the vitamins are retained and the vegetable becomes palatable. The dried leaves can be compared to pluses for their protein content. They supplement the lysine deficient cereals diets.

 

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Asparagus

Title:Botanical Name:Asparagus racemosus Wild,Satavari/Kurilo(Nepal)


Purpose:

The roots are bitter, sweet, emollient, antispasmodic, cooling, demulcent, diuretic, nervine, tonic, constipating or antidiarrhetic, opthalimic, galactagogue, nutritive, mucilaginous, refrigerant, anobyne, aphrodisiac, stomachic and antidysenteric . They are useful in nervous disorders, dyspepsia, tumours, scalding of urine, throat infections, tuberclosis, cough bronchitis, general debility, muscle spasms, rheumatism, stomach ulcers, hematemesis, cancer – strengthens one from and for chemotherapy, convalescence, dehydration, diarrhea, dysentery, chronic fevers, herpes, hyperacidity, Immune system boost-good for AIDS, impotence, infertility, leucorrhea and menopause.

 

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Root juice: one teaspoonful.
With Milk preparation: 125 m

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Malabar Nut

Title:Botanical Name:Justica Adhatoda, Asuro(Nepal)


Purpose:

a) Bronchitis and Asthma
b) Tuberculosis
Asuro/ Malabar Nut flowers should be bruised and put in a pot. Some sugar crystals are added and the jar kept in the sun. It should be stirred every morning and evening. The preserve is ready for use in about a month.
Even the juice from its leaves is useful in treating T.B. about 30 ml of the juice thrice of a day with honey. It relieves the irritable cough by its soothing action on the nerve and by liquefying the sputum, which makes expectoration easier.
c) Cough
For coughs, some leaves of the plant are boiled in water, strained and mixed with 3 times more honey. This decoction provides relief (honey should be added after the decoction becomes lukewarm). Similarly a confection of the plant flowers eaten in doses of 12 grams twice daily relieves cough.
d) Intestinal worms:
Its leaves, bark, the root-bark, the fruit and flowers are useful in the removal of intestinal parasites. The decoction of its root and bark in doses of 30 grams twice or thrice a day for 3 days can be for this purpose. This juice of its fresh leaves can also be used in doses of a teaspoon thrice a day for days.e) Diarrhoea and Dysentery.
Due to its astringent taste it is also useful in treating the diarrhoea and Dysentery.
Skin Diseases:

A poultice of its leaves can be applied with beneficial results over fresh wounds, rheumatic joints and inflammatory swellings. So it has Analgesic and Anti-inflammatory properties. A warm decoction of its leaves is useful in treating scabies and other skin diseases.

 

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Procedure:
1) First collect juice or make decoction form fresh leaves.
2) Heat the juice putting on a pan smoothly and add Ghee to it.
3) Make the powder of sugar candy and pippali
4) First mix the sugar in boiled juice and then, pippali powder.
5) This juice becomes viscous and semisolid.
6) When the juice becomes dark semisolid, take the pan out from stove.
7) At the end when the paste becomes lukewarm, pour honey and make homogenous mixture.
8) Now it can be used.
Indication:
Expectorant and carminative.
Indicated in asthma, chronic cough and fever, bronchitis.
Dosage: 3-6 grams, twice a day, before meals with milk or lukewarm water.

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Traditionally this herb is mixed with cow liquid excrete or with milk and drink

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Himalayan Monkshood

Title:Botanical Name:Aconitum spicatum, Bish(Nepal)


Purpose:

Rhizome is dried up and taken to relieve body-ache, fever, cold, cough, nose discharge etc.Root paste is taken for joint pain.

 

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Cinammon

Title:Botanical Name:Cinnamomum tamala,Cinnamomum zeylanicum, Tejpat or Dalchini(Nepal)


Purpose:

It help in neuralgia, rheumatism, diarrhea, dysentery, indigestion, nausea, vomiting, liver problems, Gas, menorrhagia, bronchitis, colds, hiccup, congestion, edema, flu, toothache and backaches.
Its oil is used T.B. ulcers.

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Leaves are rubbed on the body surface of the scabies affected person

Tejpat and Dalchini taste is good and usually used as a masala in Nepal.It is also used as a mouth freshner.It stops people from vomiting.Its oil is used for teeth too

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