Eulophia herbacea Health Dictionary

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Lindl.

Family: Orchidaceae.

Habitat: Western Himalayas, Bengal and Western parts of Deccan Peninsula.

English: Salep (var.).

Ayurvedic: Munjaataka (substitute), Saalam-misri (substitute).

Action: Tubers—used as a substitute for Salep.

Health Source: Indian Medicinal Plants
Author: Health Dictionary

Eulophia Campestris

Wall.

Family: Orchidaceae.

Habitat: Throughout greater part of India, mostly in the plains.

Ayurvedic: Amrita, Sudhaa-muuli, Munjaataka (Salep var.) Saalam- misri (substitute). Munjaataka and Saalam-misri have been equated with Orchis latifolia Linn. of the same family.

Action: Tubers—used in stamatitis, purulent cough and as a cardiac and nervine tonic. Also used in scrofulous diseases and dyscrasia. Used a substitute for Salep.... eulophia campestris

Eulophia Nuda

Lindl.

Family: Orchidaceae.

Habitat: Tropical Himalayas from Nepal eastward to Assam, and in Deccan from Konkan southwards.

Ayurvedic: Baalakanda, Amarkan- da, Maalaakanda.

Folk: Ambarkanda (Maharashtra).

Action: Tubers—used for bronchitis, diseases due to vitiated blood, tumours, scrofulous glands. Also used as vermifuge.

The tubers yield two phenanthrene derivatives, eulophiol and nudol, along with n-hexacosyl alcohol and lupeol.... eulophia nuda

Eulophia Pratensis

Lindl.

Synonym: E. ramentaceae Lindl. ex Wt.

Family: Orchidaceae.

Habitat: Pasture lands of Deccan from Konkan southwards.

English: Salep (var.).

Folk: Sataavari (Maharashtra).

Action: Tuber—used for scrofulous glands.... eulophia pratensis

Premna Herbacea

Roxb.

Synonym: Pygmaeopremna herbacea Moldenke.

Family: Verbenaceae.

Habitat: The sub-tropical Himalayas and in Assam, extending southwards through West Bengal, Bihar, Orissa into Deccan Peninsula. Roots are usually confused with those of Clerodendrum serratum and are sold as Bhaarangi.

Siddha/Tamil: Siru Thekku.

Folk: Gethiaa, Ghantu Bhaarangi. Baaman-haati (Bengal). Fruits are known as Bhuumi-jambu, Phin Jaamun. The root is known as Bhaarangamuula; in Andhra Pradesh, Gandu Bhaarangi.

Action: Root and leaves—given in asthma, rheumatism.

The root contains several diterpe- noids. Quinonemethide (bharangin) is reported from the plant. controlling the activity of the adreno- corticotropic hormone.

Dosage: Leaf, root bark—50- 100 ml decoction, powder—1-3 g. (CCRAS.)... premna herbacea

Pygmaeopemna Herbacea

(Roxb.) Mold.

Synonym: Premna herbacea Roxb.

Family: Verbenaceae.

Habitat: Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Orissa and in some parts of Kerala.

Ayurvedic: Bhumi-jambu.

Siddha/Tamil: Siru Thekku.

Action: Rootstock—antiasthmatic. Leaf— bechic, febrifuge. Rootstock and leaf—antirheumatic. (Sold in South Indian market as Bhaarangi.)

A diterpenoid quinonemethide (bharangin) is reported from the plant.... pygmaeopemna herbacea

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