Ayurveda Initiative For Global Health

Fernleaf Yarrow, Milfoil or Nosebleed, Woolly Yarrow.... Botanical name:- Achillea filipendulina..... Family:- Asteraceae.... Location- Shimla..... Himachl Pradesh India Achillea filipendulina, the yarrow, fernleaf yarrow, milfoil, or nosebleed, is an Asian species of flowering plant in the sunflower family, native to central and southwestern Asia. It is also naturalized in parts of Europe and North America. Scientific name :  Achillea filipendulina Higher classification :  Yarrows  Rank :  Species Family :  Asteraceae

  Iris x germanica Location Shimla Himachal Pradesh India The plant also helps to  increase the function of the kidneys, stimulate appetite, increasing the bile flow, treat bronchitis, swelling of the spleen, cold, cancer , and the roots of the plant are applied directly to the affected area for the nasal polyps, tumors, scars, muscles and joints pain.

Garden pink- wood sorrel, Broad leaf Wood sorrel, Fishtail oxalis..... Botanical name:- Oxalis latifolia.... Family:- Oxalidaceae.... Location- Shimla Himachal Pradesh India Oxalis latifolia is a species of flowering plant in the woodsorrel family known by the common names garden pink-sorrel and broadleaf woodsorrel. It is native to Mexico and parts of Central and South America.  Scientific name :  Oxalis latifolia Family :  Oxalidaceae

Cineraria, Florist's Cineraria, Common ragwort... Botanical name:- Pericallis x hybrida... Family:- Asteraceae..... Location-Shimla Himachal Pradesh India Prosopis cineraria extensively used in traditional medicine to cure many diseases such as ailments like  leprosy, dysentery, asthma, leucoderma, dyspepsia and earache 

Verbena Red velvet, Garden Verbena..... Botanical name:- Verbena hybrida.... Family:- Verbenaceae.... Location- Shimla..Himachal Pradesh India Verbena is used for  mild gum disease (gingivitis), swelling (inflammation) of the nasal cavity and sinuses (rhinosinusitis), heart conditions, depression, and other conditions , but there is no good scientific evidence to support these uses. 

Hairy Bergenia, Winter Bergenia, Fringed elephant's ears... Botanical name:- Bergenia ciliata... Family:- Saxifragaceae.... Location-Shimla Himachal Pradesh India In Ayurveda system of medicine it is commonly used as  tonic, astringent, antiscorbutic, laxative, spleen enlargement, dysuria and ulcers  . Local people of West Bengal use rhizome juice as an anti-tussive for cough and cold 

Red Striped Barbados Lily, Amaryllis lily, Dutch amaryllis lily..... Botanical name:- Hippeastrum striatum... Family:- Amaryllidaceae.... Location:- Shimla