Ayurveda Initiative For Global Health

Cipadessa baccifera (Roth) Miq. Family : Meliaceae Common name : Nahalbeli  Location : Cuttack, Odisha India  👉This species have the capacity to remove and to accumulate the heavy metals.  Medicinal uses : ✔ The decoction has been utilized to treat dysentery, skin itches and malaria fever.  ✔ The leaves extract having antimicrobial, antioxidant, hemolytic properties.  Sweta Mishra Biodiversity and Conservation Lab. Ambika Prasad Research Foundation Bhubaneswar, Odisha India

Andrographis paniculata (Burm.f.) Nees Family : Acanthaceae Common name : Bhuin neem, kalmegh Location : Bhubaneswar, Odisha India Medicinal uses : ✔ The whole plant has been used as anti-dote for snake-bite and poisonous stings of some insects, and to treat dyspepsia, influenza, dysentery, malaria and respiratory infections.  ✔ The plants are also recommended for the use in cases of leprosy, gonorrhea, scabies, boils, skin eruptions, and chronic and seasonal fever for its high “blood purifying” properties.  Sweta Mishra  Biodiversity and Conservation Lab. Ambika Prasad Research Foundation Bhubaneswar, Odisha India

Abrus precatorius L. Family : Fabaceae Common name : Kaincha Location : Bhubaneswar, Odisha India Medicinal uses:  ✔ It is used to treat rabies, sores and wounds.  ✔ The leaves are used to cure fever, cough and cold. ✔ Root is potential against jaundice.  ✔ Dry seeds are powdered and taken one teaspoonful once a day for two days to cure worm infection  Sweta Mishra Biodiversity and Conservation Lab. Ambika Prasad Research Foundation Bhubaneswar, Odisha India

Dioscorea oppositifolia L. Family : Dioscoreaceae Common name* : Chinese Yam, Pani aalu (Odia)  Location : Bhubaneswar, Odisha India  Date : 5th Dec 2020 Medicinal uses : ✔ Tuber is boiled is given to women once a day for nearly a month after delivery to revive their strength. ✔ Powered root mixed with cow urine is applied on scorpion bite. ✔ Leaves are mixed with leaves of clematis and 2–3 drops of juice put in the nose of affected person to get relief after sneezing in fits and epilepsy. ✔ Boiled _D. oppositifolia_ is given to women one time a day for nearly a month after delivery to revive their strength.  Sweta Mishra Biodiversity and Conservation Lab. Ambika Prasad Research Foundation Bhubaneswar, Odisha India

Bauhinia purpurea L. Family : Fabaceae Common name : Purple orchid tree, Borda (Odia)  Location : Bhubaneswar, Odisha India Medicinal uses : ✔ It is widely used as an antidiabetic agent.  ✔ It is also used against diarrhoea, dysentery, goitre. ✔ The bark, leaves and flowers is useful in the cure of gall bladder, kidney stones .  Sweta Mishra Biodiversity and Conservation Lab. Ambika Prasad Research Foundation Bhubaneswar, Odisha India