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Tulsi

Tulsi Scientific Name - Ocimum sanctum L. Sanskrit - Tulasi, Tulashivrikshaha English - Holy Basil, Thai Basil Hindi - Baranda, Kala Tulasi, Kala-Tulasi, Kalatulsi, Maujari, Shyma Tulsi, Tulsi, Varanda Kannada - tulasi, tulashi-gida, tulasi, vishnu tulasi, vishnuthulasi Malayalam - Shivatulasi, Surasam, Thulasi, Trittavu, Trttavu, Tryttavu, Tulasi Tamil - Tulai, Tulantu, Tulashi, Tulasi, Telugu – Nalla Tulasi, Nallagaggera, Nallatulasi, Nallgaggera, Tellagaggera Description of the Raw Drug Nature – Dried whole plants or aerial parts or leaves Color – Pale greenish to brownish to blackish brown Odor – Characteristic Taste – Characteristic Morphology – Roots are thin, wiry, branched, hairy, soft, blackish-brown externally and pale violet internally. Stems are erect,  herbaceous,  woody,  branched,  hairy,  sub  quadrangular,  externally purplish-brown to black, internally cream colored, with faintly aromatic odor. Leaves are 2-4 cm long 1.5-3 cm wide, elliptic oblong, obtuse or acute, e
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Ashwagandha

Ashwagandha   Scientific Name - Withania somnifera Dunal Sanskrit - Ashvagandha, Ashvakandika English - Indian Winter cherry, Indian Ginseng Hindi - Asgandh, Asgandhi, Ashvagandha Kannada - Hiremaddina Gida, Hiremaddua Malayalam - Amukkiram, Amukkuram, Pevette, Pevetti Tamil - Amukkuravu, Vippurutinayakam, Virpurutinayakacceti Telugu – Pulivendramu, Vaajigandha, Vajigandha   Description of the Raw Drug Nature – Dried roots Color – Yellowish brown or fawn colored Odor – Characteristic. Taste – Starchy   Morphology - Roots are is conical to cylindrical, whole or broken, about 10 to 30 cm in length and 1 to 2.5 cm in diameter. Root surface is smooth, sometimes rough with longitudinal wrinkled and at places exhibit lenticels and wiry brittle rootlets or scars left by their removal.   Properties & Medicinal Uses 1. I n the Indian system of medicine, the medicinal plant, Ashvagandha finds application for numerous ailments. Systematic studies f
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