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COMMON AYURVEDIC HERBS & MINERALS
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Sanskrit / Indian Name: Nagapashana
bhasma / Zahar mohra / Jaharmohra
It is processed serpentine, or magnesium silicate. It is a nervine, cardiac and liver tonic, useful in palpitation and cardio-muscular debility. Used in Abana
(HeartCare).
Nardostachys jatamansi is an erect perennial. Its principle constituents are jatamansone, jatamanshic acid and virolin. The oil possesses antiarrhythmic and hypotensive activity. Jatamansone, an active principle of N. jatamansi, brings forth a significant reduction in hyperactivity, restlessness and aggressiveness in hyperactive children. Used in Abana
(HeartCare),
Mentat
(MindCare),
Rumalaya Cream
(JointCare), Muscle
& Joint Rub, Nourishing
Hair Cleanser with Conditioner, Protein
Rich Hair Cleanser.
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An erect or ascending herb,
with blue purple flowers. The main constituent of the plant is a triterpenoid
aldehyde nepehinal. Other terpenoids found in it include nepetidone, nepedinol,
and triterpenic acid.
Used in Abana.
Latin name: Nerium indicum
A large evergreen shrub with
milky juice, frequently grown in gardens for its fragrant showy flowers.
A paste of the root is used as an external application in hemorrhoids, chancres and ulcerations. An oil extracted from the root bark is used in skin diseases of a scaly nature. The fresh juice of leaves is dropped into the eyes for inducing lachrymation in ophthalmia. Used in Rumalaya
Cream, Muscle &
Joint Rub.
A small herb. The seeds give
on steam-distillation a yellowish brown volatile oil with an unpleasant
odor. The oil contains carvone, d -limonene, and a carbonyl compound, nigellone.
Used in Ant-Dandruff
Hair Cleanser, Nourishing
Hair cleanser with Conditioner.
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