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2. Perhaps nowhere in the world have plants
been as widely studied and venerated as in
India…

3. …Healers and alternative medicine
practitioners have used plants as medicine for

4. …There are about
45,000 medicinal
plant species in
India, with
concentrated spots
in the region of
Eastern
Himalayas,
Western Ghats and
Andaman &
Nicobar Islands…

5. …The officially
documented plants
with medicinal
potential are 3000
but traditional
practitioners use
more than 6000.

6. The following is a brief
compilation of a few
herbal plants used in
India…

7. Ocimum sanctum
Tulsi, Holy basil.
Common cold, itching, etc

8. Curcuma longa
Turmeric
Cough, sore muscles, eye
ailments and fever.

9. Commiphora wightii
Guggulu
leprosy, skin diseases, heart ailments, etc.

10. Bacopa monnieri
Brahmi
rheumatism, mental disorders,
constipation
and bronchitis.

11. Withania
somnifera
Ashwagandha
Tuberculosis, leprosy, rheu
matoid pain,
fatigue and swelling

12. Aloe vera
Medicinal aloe
Ailments of the skin

13. Ceylon
hydrolea
antiseptic

14. Cassia fistula
Amaltas, Golden shower tree
mild laxative

15. Averrhoa bilimbi
bilimbi
itches,
swelling, rheumatism,
mumps, skin eruptions,
thrush, cold, cough,
inflammatory conditions

16. Malpighia
emarginata
Barbados Cherry
allergic rhinitis.

17. Citrus lemon
Lemon
Common cold,
inflammations,
antibacterial, etc

18. Many herbs and spices are used in
Indian cooking, such as
onion, garlic, ginger, turmeric, clove, car
damom, cinnamon, cumin, coriander, fe
nugreek, fennel, ajowan
(ajwain), anise, amchur, bay leaf, hing
(asafoetida) etc. Ayurvedic medicine
uses all of these either in diet or as an
medicine.

19. With the scripts in the Atharva
Veda, we have evidence of a
traditional use of medicinal plants
that is more than 3000 years old…

20. AYURVEDA
a promising field of exploration for
the benefits of mankind.

21. OUR
TEAM:
09) DHAIRYA B.
JOSHI
10) ESTRID D’SILVA
11) GAUTAM
JAYAKUMAR

22. INDIAN SCHOOL AL WADI AL KABIR
GEOGRAPHY
2012-2013
X-C
TEACHER: MR. SOMA SUNDARAM
~JUNE 2012~