Sanskrit/Indian name: Hajrul yahood bhasma (Badrashma bhasma)
English name: Lime silicate calx
 

It is a fossilized stone primarily containing silicate of lime. It is used as a diuretic and lithontriptic. It is prescribed in the retention of urine and in diseases of the urinary organs. It has a useful application as a dusting powder in vesicular eruptions in children, for itching, ringworm and other skin diseases.

Used in Cystone.
 
 

Latin name: Helicteres isora
English name: East Indian screw tree
Sanskrit/Indian name: Murva

A sub-deciduous shrub or small tree with spirally twisted fruits containing The triterpenoids, a-amyrin, ß-amyrin, lupeol and its acetate, friedelin, ß-sitosterol, epifriedelinol, bauerenol acetate, and taraxerone. The dried fruit is reported to be useful in intestinal complaints and prescribed in indigenous systems for colic, flatulence, and diarrhea.

Used in Diarex.
 
 

Latin name: Hemidesmus indicus
English name: Indian sarsaparilla
Sanskrit/Indian name: Sveta sariva

A slender, laticiferous, twining, sometimes prostrate or semi-erect shrub, the roots of which constitute the Indian sarsaparilla.
The air-dried roots yield essential oil containing p -methoxy salicylic aldehyde as the major constituent. The drug has long enjoyed a reputation as a tonic, alterative, demulcent, diaphoretic, diuretic and blood purifier. It is employed in nutritional disorders, syphilis, gonorrhea, chronic rheumatism, gravel and other urinary diseases and skin affections.

Used in EveCare.
 
 

Latin name : Holarrhena antidysenterica
English names : Coneru, Tellicherry bark
Sanskrit / Indian names : Kutaja, Vatsaka, Kurchi

Its principle constituent is the alkaloid of kurchi which is conessine. The other alkaloids reported to be present in the bark are: conamine, conkurchine, connessimine, kurchine, conarrhinine, holarrhinene, and isoconcessimine. The bark has astringent, antidysenteric, anthelmintic, stomachic, febrifugal and tonic properties. It is used in the treatment of amebic dysentery and diarrhea.

Used in Diarex.

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Latin name : Hygrophilia auriculata (Asteracanthalongifolia)
English name : Hydrophilia
Sanskrit / Indian name : Kokilaksha

It is used in disorders of the genitourinary system and is helpful in the cases of impotence, spermatorrhea and seminal debilities.

Used in Speman (ProstaCare).

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Latin name: Hyoscyamus niger
English name: Henbane
Sanskrit / Indian name: Parasika yavani

An erect, viscidly hairy, foetid annual or biennial.
The Dried leaves and flowering tops constitute the drug henbane (Hyoscyamus, Hyoscyami herba). Henbane is valued principally for the alkaloids present in most parts of the plant, particularly in the leaves and flowering tops. Besides the alkaloids, it contains volatile base similar to those present in belladonna leaf, a bitter glycoside hyoscypicrin, choline, mucilage and albumin; it is rich in potassium salts.

Hyoscyamus has anodyne, narcotic and mydriatic properties. It is principally employed as a sedative in nervous affections and irritable conditions, such as asthma and whooping cough, and is substituted for opium in cases where the latter is inadmissible. It is also used to counteract the griping action of purgatives and to relieve spasms in the urinary tract. In veterinary practice, it is used as a urinary sedative. Hyoscyamus leaves have been employed externally to relieve pain, but their utility for this purpose is not well established.

Used in Muscle & Joint Rub.
 
 

Latin name: Hyssopus officinalis
English name: Hyssop
Sanskrit/Indian name: Jufa

An aromatic, shrubby perennial which yields a volatile oil. Hyssop is considered stimulant, carminative and pectoral; the oil promotes expectoration in bronchial catarrh and asthma.

Used in Koflet.