Latin
Name : Lactuca scariola
Syn. L. serriola
English Name: Lettuce
Sanskrit / Indian Name:
Vanya kahu
Arabian Name :
An
erect leafy plant, usually prickly
towards the base.
The
seeds yield a greenish yellow,
semidrying oil. They are used
for coughs and as a decoction
for insomnia. The seeds are
also reported to possess hypnotic
and antipyretic properties
Latin
Name : Lens culinaris 
English Name: Lentil
Sanskrit / Indian Name:
Masura
Arabian Name :
A
small, erect, softly pubescent
herb.
The
seeds contain flavonoids, kaempferol-3-a-L-rhamnopyranoside-7-O-?-glucopyranoside
and kaempferol- 7-O-rutinoside,
saccharides, ciceritol (manninotriose,
a-D-galactopyranosyl-(1->6)-a-D-galactopyranosyl-(1->2)-4-O-methyl-
chiro-inositol), D-glucose,
D-fructose, sucrose, raffinose,
stachyose and verbascose, and
sterol, 24-methylene-25-methylcholesterol.
The
paste of the seeds is a cleansing
application on the face.
Latin
Name : Leptadenia reticulata
English Name:
Sanskrit / Indian Name:
Jivani, Jivanti, Madhusrava
Arabian Name :
It's
principle constituents are Leptadenol
, n-triacontane, cetyl alcohol,
?-sitosterol, ?-amyrin acetate,
lupanol 3-O –diglucoside and
leptidin. The plant is stimulant
and restorative and shows anti-bacterial
activity against gram-positive
and gram-negative bacteria.
Latin
Name : Lilium polyphyllum
English Name: White Lily
Sanskrit / Indian Name:
Ksirakakoli
Arabian Name :
The
plant is a narrow bulbous herb
with few narrow subequal fleshy
scales.
It
has soothing, astringent and
anti-inflammatory properties.
The bulbs are sweet, bitter,
refrigerant, galactagogue, expectorant,
aphrodisiac, diuretic, antipyretic
and tonic. They are useful in
agalatia, cough, bronchitis,
vitiated conditions of pitta,
seminal weakness, strangury,
burning sensation, hyperdipsia,
intermittent fevers, hematemesis,
rheumatalgia and general disability.
Sanskrit
/ Indian Name: Loh bhasma
Latin Name :
English Name: Iron Calx
Arabian Name :
A
special process makes the iron
readily assimilable for the
elderly. A powerful hematinic
indicated in anemia, it stimulates
the appetite and has a general
vitalizing effect.
Latin
Name : Lycopersicon esculentum
Syn. Solanum lycopersicum
Sanskrit / Indian Name: Raktamaci,
Tamatar
English Name: Tomato
Arabian Name :
An
unarmed, spreading, pubescent
herb with a strong characteristic
odor and greyish green, curled,
unevenly pinnate leaves, cultivated
throughout the world for its
fruit.
Tomato
contains general tonic, folic
acid, pantothenic acid, biotin,
vitamin K and inhibitols which
are related to vitamin E. The
principal organic acid present
in the tomato fruit is citric
acid. Carotenoids, ?-carotene
and lycopene, constitute the
chief coloring matters of tomato.
The alcoholic extract of tomato
has central depressant and analgesic
property.
