Sanskrit
/ Indian Name:
Hajrul yahood bhasma (Badrashma
bhasma)
Latin Name :
English Name: : Lime Silicate
Calx
Arabian Name :
It
is a fossilized stone primarily
containing silicate of lime. It
is used as a diuretic and lithontriptic.
It is prescribed in the retention
of urine and in diseases of the
urinary organs. It has a useful
application as a dusting powder
in vesicular eruptions in children,
for itching, ringworm and other
skin diseases.
Latin
name: Hemidesmus indicus
Sanskrit / Indian Name:
Sveta sariva,Ananda mul, Nannari
English Name: Indian
Sarsaparilla
Arabian Name :
A
slender, laticiferous, twining,
sometimes prostrate or semi-erect
shrub, the roots of which constitute
the Indian sarsaparilla.
The
air-dried roots yield essential
oil containing p -methoxy salicylic
aldehyde as the major constituent.
The drug has long enjoyed a
reputation as a tonic, alterative,
demulcent, diaphoretic, diuretic
and blood purifier. It is employed
in nutritional disorders, syphilis,
gonorrhea, chronic rheumatism,
gravel and other urinary diseases
and skin affections.
Latin
name: Holarrhena antidysenterica
Syn. H. pubescens
English name: Coneru,
Tellicherry Bark
Sanskrit / Indian name:
Kutaja, Vatsaka, Kurchi,Veppaalai
Arabian Name : Tiwaje-Hindi
Holarrhena
antidysenterica is a deciduous
laticiferous shrub or a small
tree.
Its
principle constituent is the alkaloid
of kurchi which is conessine.
The other alkaloids reported to
be present in the bark are: conamine,
conkurchine, connessimine, kurchine,
conarrhinine, holarrhinene, and
isoconcessimine. The bark has
astringent, antidysenteric, anthelmintic,
stomachic, febrifugal and tonic
properties. It is used in the
treatment of amebic dysentery
and diarrhea.
Latin
name: Hygrophilia auriculata
Syn. Asteracantha longifolia
English name: Hydrophilia
Sanskrit / Indian name:
Kokilaksha
Arabian Name :
Hygrophilia auriculata is a robust,
erect, annual herb, with sub-quadrangular
stem, thickened at nodes and yellow
spines in leaf axis.
It
is used in disorders of the genitourinary
system and is helpful in the cases
of impotence, spermatorrhea and
seminal debilities.
Latin
name: Hyoscyamus niger 
English name: Henbane
Sanskrit / Indian name:Parasika
yavani,Khorasani Ajwain,Khorsani
Omam
Arabian Name : Bajul Bazz
An
erect, viscidly hairy, foetid
annual or biennial.
The
Dried leaves and flowering tops
constitute the drug henbane (Hyoscyamus,
Hyoscyami herba). Henbane is valued
principally for the alkaloids
present in most parts of the plant,
particularly in the leaves and
flowering tops. Besides the alkaloids,
it contains volatile base similar
to those present in belladonna
leaf, a bitter glycoside hyoscypicrin,
choline, mucilage and albumin;
it is rich in potassium salts.
Hyoscyamus
has anodyne, narcotic, mydriatic
and anti-inflammatory properties.
It is principally employed as
a sedative in nervous affections.
Hyoscyamus leaves have been employed
externally to relieve pain.
Latin
Names: Hyssopus officinalis
English Name: Hyssop
Sanskrit / Indian Name: Jufa
Arabian Name : Zufa
An
aromatic, shrubby perennial which
yields a volatile oil.
Hyssop
is considered stimulant, carminative
and pectoral; the oil promotes
expectoration in bronchial catarrh
and asthma.
