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Herbs Index (C2)
CITRONELLA GRASS
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Botanical Name: Cymbopogon nardus (L.) Rendle
Family: Graminae
Part: Rhizomes
Product Form: Dried
Internal Uses:
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1) Its decoction treats canker and cracked lips.
2) It is a uterine stimulant and a cure of whites.
3) It is diuretic, carminative and antiflatulent.
External Use:
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The rhizomes and leaves of citronella grass consists of volatile oil that, when distilled by steam, yields citronella oil.
This citronella oil is used as essential oil in perfumes, soaps and insect repellants.
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CIVETS SCENT
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Generic Name: small Indian civet or civet cat
Scientific Name: iverricula malaccensis (Gmelin)
Product Form: Paste in tubes
Description:
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Civets scent is the fluid scent left as stains on tree stubs or branches by civets. Every civet, male or female, has an anal gland producing a unique scent, but the gland of a female civet is smaller.
Uses:
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1) As cardiotonic, general tonic and biligenic; and
2) As fixative and essential oil in perfumes because of its refreshingly cool scent.
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THE CREAT or KARIYAT
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Other Generic Names: Creyat Root, Halviva, Kariyat, Green Chiretta, Kreat
Botanical Name: Andrographis paniculata (Burm.f.) Wall. ex Nees.
Family: Acanthaceae
Part: Whole plant
Product Forms: Dried plant, powder
Taste: Bitter, acrid
Description:
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The Creat is an annual herb, about 40-70 cm. high. It is a commonly known as longevity tonic and antiphlogistic.
Indications:
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1) Antiphlogistic, anti=inflammatory, antipyretic, anti-diarrheic, anti-dysenteric, antiperiodic; and
2)Expectorant, depurative, soporific, anthelmintic
3) Treatment of tonsillitis and diseases in the windpipe and the alimentary canal;
3) Cooling, laxative, digestive;
4) Useful in hyperdispsia, buring sensation, wounds, ulcers, chronic fever, malarial and intermittent fevers, inflammations, cough, bronchitis, skin diseases, leprosy, colic, flatulence, diarrhoea, dysentery, hemorrhoids
Active ingredients:
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andrographolide and panicolide
Chemical constituents:
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diterpene lactones : andrographolide, 14-deoxy-11,12,-didehydroandrographolide, neoandrographolide, deoxyandrographolide-19-B-D-glucose.
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