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CISSUS QUADRANGULARIS

(Hadjod)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Order: Vitales
Family: Vitaceae
Genus: Cissus
Species: C. quadrangularis

• Helps in mending fractures of the bones, as well as being an


excellent natural remedy for flatulence, indigestion, weight loss
& epilepsy
Bryophyllum
(Pathar chatta)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Kalanchoe
Section: Bryophyllum

• Used in ayurvedic system of medicine as astringent, analgesic,


carminative and also useful in diarrhoea and vomiting
WITHANIA SOMNIFERA
(Ashwagandha)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Withania
Species: W. somnifera

• Useful for different types of diseases like Parkinson, dementia,


memory loss, stress induced diseases & malignoma
Vitex negundo
(Nirgundi)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Vitex
Species: V. negundo
• Used in Ayurveda, Unani and Siddha for the management of
pain, headache, inflammation, leukoderma, enlargement of
spleen, rheumatoid arthritis, bronchitis, fever, cold & cough
LEPTADENIA RETICULATA
(Jivanti)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Viridiplantae
Phylum: Streptophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Gentianales
Family:Apocynaceae
Genus:Leptadenia
Species:Leptadenia reticulata (Retz.) Wight & Arn.
• Traditional medicinal plant species widely used to treat various
ailments such as tuberculosis, hematopoiesis, emaciation,
cough, dyspnea, fever, burning sensation, night blindness.
cancer, and dysentery
THUJA
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Cupressaceae
Genus: Thuja

• Widely grown as ornamental trees, and extensively used for


hedges
• Rich in Vit C used as cure for scurvy
• In herbal remedy & homeopathic remedy

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