Sarpagandha or Indian Snakeroot is an effective medicinal herb in traditional medicines. It is one of the most famous herbs in Ayurveda due to its powerful medicinal values to treat various diseases. The root of Sarpagandha has been used as an effective remedy Read More …
Category: Unani & Ayurvedic Medicine (A-Z)
Gandhak Rasayan – Uses, Indications, Dosage, Interaction
Gandhak Rasayan (also spelled as Gandhaka Rasayana) is a traditional ayurvedic mineral-based medicine, which contains detoxified Sulfur processed with herbal juice as the main ingredient.I Gandhak Rasayan is a great antibacterial, antiviral, and antimicrobial ayurvedic medicine. It is beneficial in Read More …
Amygdalin; Food Source, Health Benefits
Amygdalin is found in almond. Bitter glycoside of the Rosaceae, found especially in kernels of cherries, peaches and apricots. Amygdalin is present in cold-pressed bitter almond oil from the above sources prior to enzymic hydrolysis and steam distillation for food Read More …
Wood Spider; Uses/ Indications, Dosage, Side Effects
Wood Spider/Harpagophytum also called wood spider and most commonly devil’s claw is a genus of plants in the sesame family, native to southern Africa. Plants of the genus owe their common name “devil’s claw” to the peculiar appearance of their hooked fruit. Several species of North American plants in Read More …
Harpagophytum, Uses/ Indications, Dosage, Side Effect
Harpagophytum also called wood spider and most commonly devil’s claw is a genus of plants in the sesame family, native to southern Africa. Plants of the genus owe their common name “devil’s claw” to the peculiar appearance of their hooked fruit. Several species of North American plants in genus Proboscidea and Read More …
Devil’s Claw; Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Interactions
Devil’s claw/Harpagophytum also called grapple plant, wood spider and most commonly devil’s claw is a genus of plants in the sesame family, native to southern Africa. Plants of the genus owe their common name “devil’s claw” to the peculiar appearance of their hooked fruit. Several species of North American plants in Read More …
Angoor Health Benefits, Uses, Recipes
Angoor Health Benefits/Angoor is a fruit botanically a berry of the deciduous woody vines of the flowering plant genus Vitis. Grapes are known as ‘The Queen of Fruits’, and are categorized into three variants based on their color – red, green, and black/blue. This wonderful and flavorful fruit not only Read More …
Datura Stramonium; Uses/ Indications, Dosage, Side Effects
Datura stramonium (D. stramonium) is one of the widely well-known folklore medicinal herbs. The troublesome weed, D. stramonium is a plant with both poisonous and medicinal properties and has been proven to have great pharmacological potential with a great utility and usage in Read More …
Pokeberry; Uses/ Indications, Dosage, Side Effects
Pokeberry/ Phytolacca is a genus of perennial plants native to North America, South America, and East Asia. Some members of the genus are known as pokeweeds or similar names such as pokebush, pokeberry, pokeroot or poke sallet.[rx][rx] Other names for species of Phytolacca include inkberry and ombú. The generic name is derived from the Greek word φυτόν (phyton), meaning “plant,” and the Latin word lacca, a red dye.[rx]Phytolaccatoxin and phytolaccigenin are present Read More …
Fairy Candle Root; Uses/ Indications, Dosage, Side Effects
Fairy Candle Root/ Black snakeroot (Actaea racemosa or Cimicifuga racemosa) a member of the buttercup family, is a perennial plant which native to North America. Historical names for this plant include snakeroot, black bugbane, rattleweed, macrotys, and rheumatism weed. Black cohosh has Read More …
Black Snakeroot; Uses/ Indications, Dosage, Side Effects
Black snakeroot (Actaea racemosa or Cimicifuga racemosa), a member of the buttercup family, is a perennial plant which native to North America. Historical names for this plant include snakeroot, black bugbane, rattleweed, macrotys, and rheumatism weed. Black cohosh has a long history Read More …
Black Cohosh; Uses/ Indications, Dosage, Side Effects
Black cohosh (Actaea racemosa or Cimicifuga racemosa), a member of the buttercup family, is a perennial plant which native to North America. Historical names for this plant include snakeroot, black bugbane, rattleweed, macrotys, and rheumatism weed. Black cohosh has a long history Read More …