Did you know that about 25 percent of the drugs prescribed worldwide are derived from plants? Of the 252 drugs in the World Health Organization's essential medicine list, 11 percent are exclusively of plant origin.
Today, herbal plants are used to treat a number of health conditions, including allergies, arthritis, migraines, fatigue, skin infections, wounds, burns, gastrointestinal issues and even cancer. These herbs are less expensive and they're a safer means of treatment than conventional medications, which is why so many people are choosing to go back to this traditional idea of medicine.
Herbal medicine has its roots in every culture around the world. Herbal medicine uses the plant's seeds, berries, roots, leaves, bark or flowers for medicinal purposes. Benefits of Herbal Medicine
They have a holistic approach and aid in proper absorption and digestion
They are not disease specific but act as a preventive medicine that positively affects the overall health and well-being by boosting the immune system
They are at par with allopathic medicines and are at times known to be effective in treating diseases like cancer and autoimmune diseases
They are self-contained and nutritive in nature, therefore, are non-toxic and harmless
This book contains details of more than 150 herbal plants, their family, property, benefits and uses.
Read the book and start deriving holistic benefits the herbal plants offer for the whole family. CONTENTS: Publisher’s Note 1. Kariyat 2. Hophead 3. Porcupine Flower 4. Bell Weed 5. Blue Fox Tail 6. Marsh Barbel 7. Malabar Nut 8. Gandarusa 9. Water Willow 10. Crested Lepidagathis 11. Magenta Plant 12. Nongmangkha 13. Snake Jasmine 14. Karvy 15. Singkrang 16. Sage Leaved Alangium 17. Chives 18. Himalayan Onion 19. Prickly Chaff Flower 20. Two-toothed Chaff Flower 21. Mountain Knot Grass 22. Sessile Joyweed 23. Milk and Wine Lily 24. Marking Nut 25. Sugar Apple 26. Himalayan Thorowax 27. Indian Pennywort 28. Himalayan Hogweed 29. Nepal Hogweed 30. Wild Carrot 31. Batino 32. Sea Mango 33. Indrajao 34. Shrub Vinca 35. Sarpagandha 36. Wild Snake Root 37. Nag Kuda 38. Sweet Indrajao 39. Cabbage Palm 40. Green Milkweed Creeper 41. Gurmar 42. Indian Sarsaparilla 43. Holostemma Creeper 44. Pergularia 45. Indian Ipecac 46. Aloe Vera 47. Common Yarrow 48. Toothache Plant 49. Sticky Daisy 50. Goat Weed 51. Indian Wormwood 52. Spanish Needles 53. Kakronda 54. Safflower 55. Siam Weed 56. Chicory 57. Wild Cosmos 58. Thickhead 59. False Daisy 60. Elephant Foot 61. Burma Agrimony 62. Quick Weed 63. Madras Carpet 64. Hill Gynura 65. Stem Clasping Ligularia 66. Costus 67. Kasturi Kamal 68. Brahma Kamal 69. Snow Lotus 70. St. Paul’s Wort 71. Prickly Sow-Thistle 72. Sow Thistle 73. East Indian Globe Thistle 74. Feverfew 75. Giant Mexican Sunflower 76. Little Ironweed 77. Chinese Wedelia 78. Yellow Dots 79. East Himalayan Balsam 80. Chitra 81. Indian Barberry 82. Nepal Mahonia 83. Calabash Tree 84. Katsagon 85. Sausage Tree 86. Roheda 87. Comfrey 88. Indian Borage 89. Shepherd’s Purse 90. Indian Olibanum 91. Hatchet Cactus 92. Fever Nut 93. Amaltas 94. Coffee Senna 95. Sita Ashok 96. Tanner’s Cassia 97. Asian Spider Flower 98. Garlic Pear Tree 99. Nag Kesar 100. Arjun Tree 101. Baheda 102. Chebulic Myrobalan 103. Grass of the Dew 104. Rudravanti 105. Dwarf Morning Glory 106. Giant Potato 107. Kidney Leaf Morning Glory 108. Painted Spiral Ginger 109. Air Plant 110. Chinese Cucumber 111. Wild Cucumber 112. Umbrella Sedge 113. Karmal 114. Wild Yam 115. Gaub 116. Jamaica Cherry 117. Dwarf Rhododendron 118. Pink Scaly Rhododendron 119. Yellow Scaly Rhododendron 120. Red Physic Nut 121. Graceful Sandmat 122. Suryavarti 123. Triangular Spurge 124. Asthma Weed 125. Willow-Leaved Water Croton 126. Bellyache Bush 127. Kamala Tree 128. Castor Bean Plant 129. Red Sandalwood 130. Red Bush Tea 131. Himalayan Milk Vetch 132. Takoli 133. Shisham 134. West Indian Indigo 135. Pongam Tree 136. Velvet Bean 137. Tree Bean 138. Salaparni 139. Indian Kudzu 140. Sensitive Smithia 141. Trefle Gros 142. Wild Indigo 143. Red Clover 144. Coffee Plum 145. Fried Egg Tree 146. Lesser Swertia 147. Panicled Swertia 148. Stone Flower 149. Ceylon Hydrolea 150. Golden Eye Grass 151. Himalayan Bugle