Sanskrit
/ Indian Name:
Nagapashana bhasma / Zahar mohra
/ Jaharmohra
Latin Name :
English Name: Calx Serpentine
Arabian Name :
It is processed serpentine,
or magnesium silicate. It is
a nervine, cardiac and liver
tonic, useful in palpitation
and cardio-muscular debility.
Latin
name: Nardostachys jatamansi
Sanskrit / Indian Name:
Jatamansi
English Name: Musk
Root
Arabian Name :
Nardostachys
jatamansi is an erect and
perennial herb.
Its
principle constituents are
jatamansone, jatamanshic acid
and virolin. It has analgesic
and stimulant properties.
The oil possesses antiarrhythmic
and hypotensive activity.
It promotes hair growth and
imparts a black colour to
the hair.
Jatamansone,
an active principle of N.
jatamansi, brings forth a
significant reduction in hyperactivity,
restlessness and aggressiveness
in hyperactive children.
Latin
name: Nepeta hindostana
English name: Cal Mint
Sanskrit / Indian name:
Billilotan, Badranj boya
Arabian Name :
An
erect or ascending herb, with
blue purple flowers.
The
main constituent of the plant
is a triterpenoid aldehyde nepehinal.
Other terpenoids found in it
include nepetidone, nepedinol,
and triterpenic acid. The plant
is used in various cardiovascular
complaints such as angina pectoris,
cardiac thrombosis, trachycardia,
and weakness of the heart. Some
of its other uses are in cardiac
asthma, syncope, pyrexia and
anxiety.
Latin
name: Nerium odorum 
Syn. N. indicum
English name: Sweet Scented
Oleander
Sanskrit / Indian name:
Karavira
Arabian Name :
A large evergreen shrub with
milky juice, frequently grown
in gardens for its fragrant
showy flowers.
The
active principle of the leaves
is a cardiotonic substance named
oleandrin. It has anti-inflammatory
and stimulant properties. The
roots, bark and seeds contain
cardio-active glycosides, formerly
designated as neriodorin, neriodorein
and karabin, which are anti-inflammatory
and stimulant, good pain relievers.
A
paste of the root is used as
an external application in hemorrhoids,
chancres and ulcerations. An
oil extracted from the root
bark is used in skin diseases
of a scaly nature. The fresh
juice of leaves is dropped into
the eyes for inducing lachrymation
in ophthalmia.
Latin
name:Nigella sativa 
English name: Small Fennel,
Black Cumin
Sanskrit / Indian name:
Kalonji, Kalajira, Kalajaji, Mugrela
Arabian Name :
A
small herb. The seeds give on
steam-distillation a yellowish
brown volatile oil with an unpleasant
odor. The oil contains carvone,
d -limonene, and a carbonyl
compound, nigellone.
Preliminary
clinical trials indicate its
possible therapeutic use in
some conditions of cough and
bronchial asthma. The alcoholic
extract of the seeds is reported
to prevent dental caries. It
contains nourishing amino acids
such as cysteine, lysine, valine
and leucine. The seed oil showed
antibacterial, insecticidal,
bronchiodilatory, hypotensive,
and immunostimulant activities.
The seed contains saponins which
have good cleansing properties.
The oil also exhibited CNS depressant
and potent analgesic effects
on experimental animals. Intraperitoneal
administration of the oil of
black cumin seeds (50mg/kg)
to fasting normal and alloxan
diabetic rabbits produced significant
hypoglycemic effects.
