Gnida glauca Health Dictionary

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(Fresen.) Gilg.

Synonym: G. eriocephalus Meis. Lasiosiphon glaucus Fresen. L. eriocephalus (Meisner) Decne.

Habitat: Western Ghats.

Action: Leaf—anti-inflammatory; used for contusions and swellings. Plant—vesicant.

The plant contains bicoumarins, lysocephalin and lasiocrin; a coumarin glucoside, crioside, and a bicoumarin glycoside, eriocephaloside. The plant also gave ingiresinol, syringin, gen- kwanin and its glycoside, beta-sitos- terol and its glucoside.
Health Source: Indian Medicinal Plants
Author: Health Dictionary

Angelica Glauca

Edgew.

Family: Umbelliferae; Apiaceae.

Habitat: Kashmir and Chamba in Himachal Pradesh, between 1,8003,700 m.

English: Angelica.

Ayurvedic: Choraka, Chorakaa, Kopanaa, Chorakaakhya, Nishaachara, Dhanhar, Taskara, Kshemaka.

Action: Root—cordial and stimulant, carminative (used in constipation), expectorant, diaphoretic.

The root contains furocoumarins, also dimeric, lingusticum lactone.

Dosage: Root—3-5 g powder. (CCRAS.)... angelica glauca

Leucaena Glauca

Benth.

Synonym: L. leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit.

Family: Mimosaceae.

Habitat: The plains of India.

English: White Popinac, Lead tree.

Siddha/Tamil: Tagarai.

Folk: Vilaayati Baval Lasobaval (Gujarat).

Action: The bark and leaves contain 16.3 and 3% tannin respectively. Leaves also contain quercitrin (0.08%). The toxicity of the plant is due to an alkaloid leucenine or leucenol. Beta-and alpha-amino- propionic acid is reported to be identical with mimosine (from Mimosa pudica).

Seeds, in addition to a fatty oil (8.8%), also contain mucilage composed of mannans, glactans and xy- lans. Stachyose is also reported to be present in the seeds. (Heat treatment of leaves and seeds after moistening lowers the alkaloid content.)... leucaena glauca

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