Latin name: Raphanus sativus
English name: Radish
Sanskrit/Indian name: Mulaka kshara
 

An annual or biennial bristly herb with a white or brightly coloured tuberous tap root and coarsely toothed leaves.
Radish is a good source of ascorbic acid. It is credited with refreshing and depurative properties. Radish preparations are useful in liver and gall bladder troubles. In homeopathy they are used for neuralgic headaches, sleeplessness and chronic diarrhea. The roots are said to be useful in urinary complaints, piles and in gastrodynia. A salt extracted from roots that are dried and burnt to white ash is used in stomach troubles.

Used in Styplon.
 
 

Sanskrit / Indian name: Rajavarta bhasma 
English name: Lapis lazuli calx
 

It is the calcinated powder of Lapis lazuli, mineralogically called ‘Ultra marine’. It is a silicate of aluminum and sodium. It is a general tonic, used in clinical conditions of diabetes, anemia and gastro-intestinal diseases.

Used in Styplon.
 
 

Latin name: Rauvolfia serpentina
English name: Rauvolfia
Sanskrit / English name: Sarpagandha
 

An erect, evergreen perennating undershrub.

The pharmacological activity of Rauvolfia is due to the presence of several alkaloids of which reserpine is the most important. Rauvolfia has been employed for centuries for the relief of various central nervous system disorders, both psychic and motor, including anxiety states, excitement, maniacal behaviour associated with psychosis, schizophrenia, insanity, insomnia and epilepsy. Extracts of the roots are valued for the treatment of intestinal disorders, particularly diarrhea and dysentery. It is also used as an anthelmintic.

Used in Lukol.
 
 

Latin name: Ricinus communis
English name: Castor
Sanskrit / Indian name: Eranda, Gandharva hasta

An annual or perennial bush or occasionally a soft wooded small tree.
The principal toxic substance in the castor seed is the albumin, ricin. Ricinine is a water-soluble alkaloid concentrated mostly in the seed coat. Castor oil consists principally of ricinoleic acid

Small quantities of castor seed are used in the villages as a mild laxative for children. The seeds made into a paste or poultice are reported to be applied to sores, boils and gouty or rheumatic swellings. In veterinary practice, castor oil is a safe and effective purgative for most animals and may be given also to pregnant animals. Castor oil is commonly used for the preparation of hair-oils, hair fixers and aromatic perfumes. It is used as an ingredient in hair lotions and tonics in concentrations of 0.5-20 per cent.

Used in Muscle & Joint Rub, Protective Lip Salve.
 
 

Latin name: Rosa damascena
English name: Persian Rose
Sanskrit/Indian name: Satapatri

An erect shrub, with red, pink or white flowers, which contain an essential oil. The flowers also contain a bitter principle, tanning matter, fatty oil, and organic acids. The flower buds are astringent and are used in cardiac troubles, and as a tonic and aperient. The stamens and the fruit are astringent. 

Used in Abana, V-Gel.
 
 

Latin name: Rosmarinus officinalis
English name: Rosemary
Sanskrit / Indian name: Rusmari
 

An exotic leafy evergreen shrub, cultivated in gardens in cool places for its pleasantly fragrant leaves. The leaves of rosemary yield 1-2 per cent of a volatile oil (Oil of Rosemary) used in perfumery and medicine. In addition, the leaves contain a saponin, tannin, ursolic acid, carnosic acid, amyrins, betulin and rosmarinic acid. A phenolic fraction possessing antioxidant properties has been isolated from the leaves and also from the oil. A new triterpenoid, rofficerone, has been isolated from the aerial parts along with a-and ß-amyrenones, 3-O-acetyloleanolic, and 3-O-acetylursolic acids. The root contains diterpene quinones, taxodione, 7-a-hydroxyroyleanone and cryptotanshinone. The foliage contains (Z, E) and (E, E) isomers of the enol ester.
Rosemary is mildly irritant and has been used as a carminative. Internally, the oil may be taken as a stimulant in doses of a few drops: a 5 per cent tincture is used as a circulatory and cardiac stimulant. The oil is useful in headache and in tardy menstruation. It is a diaphoretic and is employed with hot water in chills and colds. An emulsion prepared from the oil is used as a gargle for sore-throat. The oil exihibits antibacterial and protistocidal activity. All parts of the plant are astringent and serve as a nervine tonic and an excellent stomachic. An infusion of the plant with borax is employed as a hair wash and is said to prevent premature baldness. The plant has been found useful in atonic dyspepsia. The flowering tops and leaves are considered carminative, diaphoretic, diuretic, aperient, emmenagogue, stimulant and stomachic and possess a strong antibacterial action.

Used in Anti-Dandruff Hair Cleanser, Anti-Dandruff Hair Vitaliser.
 
 

Latin name : Rubia cordifolia
English name : Indian madder
Sanskrit / Indian names : Manjishtha, Samanga

Its principle constituents are Purpurin, Munjistin, Xanthopurpurin or Purpuroxanthin and Pseudopurpurin. The roots are credited with tonic, antiseptic, and deobstruent properties. They are used in rheumatism. 

Used in Cystone, Rumalaya, Septilin, EveCare, SportsCare cream, DermaCare AC, DermaCare RJ, DermaCare SN cream & lotion Antiseptic Cream, Anti-Wrinkle Cream, Muscle & Joint Rub.

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Latin name: Rumex maritimus
English name: Golden dock
Sanskrit / Indian name: Chukra bheda
 

A stout erect annual.

Used in Diabecon.
 
 

Latin name: Ruta graveolens
English name: Garden Rue
Sanskrit / Indian name: Satahva
 

A strong-scented, erect, herb which yields a pale yellow or greenish volatile oil. 
The oil consists predominantly of methyl nonyl ketone with a small amount of methyl heptyl ketone.
Rue oil is used as an anthelmintic, antispasmodic, anti-epileptic, rubefacient and emmenagogue, particularly in veterinary medicine. The herb is considered resolvent, diuretic, emmenagogue, stimulant and antispasmodic. It is useful in hysteria and amenorrhea. The juice of the herb is reported to relieve earache and toothache.

Used in Styplon.