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Herbs Index (A)
ACACIA OR SOAP POD
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Botanical Name: Acacia concinna (Willd.) DC.
Family: Leguminosae
Part: Pods
Product Form: Dried pods
Taste: Sour
Indications:
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1) Internally used as cathartic, expectorant, emetic, antitussive and relief of malarial fever;
2) Externally used as anti-dandruff shampoo; and
3) Externally used as poultice to heal wounds.
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AGAR WOOD or EAGLE WOOD
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Other Generic Names: lignum-aloes, aloe-wood, Calambac, Aglia, Akyaw
Botanical Name:Aquilaria agallocha Roxb
Family: Thymelaeaceae
Part: Wood
Indications:
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1) As medicinal herbs, agarwood is cardiotonic, antemetic, antidiarrheic, and thirst-quenching;
2) Industrially used as essential oil in perfumes and incense.
Chemical constituent:
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Its volatile oil is called "Agar-agar".
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ALYXIA REINWARDTII BLUME
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Botanical Name: Alyxia reinwardtii Blume (syn. Alyxia nitens Kerr)
Family: Apocynaceae
Part: Vine
Description
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Its vine is aromatic, like cinnamon.
Indications:
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1. Decoct the vine for drinking as invigorating tonic.
2. Externally used for scenting clothes, incense and smoking tobacco to make them aromatic.
Chemical constituents:
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coumarins, alyxialactone, 4-epi-alyxialactone, coumarin glycoside I, coumaringlycoside II, etc.
AMBERGRIS
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Product: Gris of whales (in solid form)
Scientific name of the whale: Physeter catodon L.
Description:
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Ambergris is the gris of whales found floating in tropical seas.
Ambergris is very aromatic, and is used as fixative.
Indications:
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Medicinally, ambergris is used as an invigorating tonic, especially for the sick. Other claimed efficacies are expectorant, and aphrodisiac.
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ASIATIC PENNYWORT or TIGER HERBAL
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Other Generic Name: Indian hydrocotyle
Botanical Name: Centella asiatica (Linn.) Urban
Part used: Whole plant
Taste: bitter
Indications
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According to the Thai Ministry of Commerce's newsletter, the active ingredients in Asiatic pennywort are found to heal septic wounds and chronic wounds very effectively . It is an antiseptic medicine, and is also used as a general tonic.
Chemical constituents:
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Triterpenes, i.e. Asiatic acide and madecassic acid, and triterpene ester glycosides, i.e. Asiaticoside and madacassoside.
Pharmacology:
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1. It expedites the healing of wounds; and
2. It prevents gastric ulcers.
By: Bangkok Crude Drugs Import and Export Co., Ltd., Thailand
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