Name Rifat Niazi

Submitted to Mam saima

Subject botany
Roll NO 23R
Class Bs zoology( 4th)
Department of biological sciences
 Topic
List of Medicinal plants of
Northern areas
Table of contents:
• What is medicinal plants.
• List of medicinal plants.
• Uses of medicinal plants.
• Effects of medicinal plants.
 What is medicinal plants:

• Medicinal plants, also called medicinal herbs, have been discovered and
used in traditional medicine practices since prehistoric times. Plants
synthesise hundreds of chemical compounds for functions including
defence against insects, fungi, diseases, and herbivorous mammals.
Use of medicinal plants:

• Medicinal plants such as Aloe, Tulsi, Neem, Turmeric and Ginger cure

several common ailments. These are considered as home remedies in
many parts of the country. It is known fact that lots of consumers are using
Basil (Tulsi) for making medicines, black tea, in pooja and other activities
in their day to day life.
 Benefits Effects of medicinal
plants:
• Medicinal plants are useful to keep on hand to treat common ailments.
You can reach for certain medical plants to relieve headaches, tummy
trouble and even irritation from bug bites. Plants can be consumed in teas,
used as garnish, applied topically as essential oil or consumed as a pill.
Side Effects of medicinal plants:

• Herbal medicines may produce negative effects such as allergic

reactions, rashes, asthma, headaches, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhoea that
can range from mild to severe.
List of medicinal plants:
• Artemisia maritima L.
• Aconitum chasmanthum.
• Aconitum napellus.
• Anaphalis nepalensis.
• Angelica glauca.
• Berberis lyceum Royal.
 Artemisia maritima L:

• Artemisia maritima is a European species of wormwood known as sea wormwood

and old woman. It is native to France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Belgium, Germany,
Denmark, Sweden, Bulgaria and Russia.
• Scientific name: Artemisia maritima.
• Higher classification: Mugworts.
• Order: Asterales
• Rank: Species
• Family: Asteraceae
Artemisia maritima L:
Uses of Artemisia maritima L:
• It is used mainly as a tonic to the digestive system, in treating intermittent
fevers and as a vermifuge[4]. The leaves and flowering shoots are
anthelmintic, antiseptic, antispasmodic, carminative, cholagogue,
emmenagogue, febrifuge, stimulant, stomachic, tonic and vermifuge[4,
145].
Aconitum chasmanthum:
• Aconitum napellus (monk's-hood, aconite, wolfsbane) is a species of highly toxic flowering
plant in the genus Aconitum of the family Ranunculaceae, native and endemic to western and
central Europe. ... Plants native to Asia and North America formerly listed as A.
• Rank: Species
• Higher classification: Wolf's bane
• Common name: monk's-hood
• L. Aconitum napellus (monk's-hood, aconite, wolfsbane) is a species of highly
toxic flowering plant in the genus Aconitum of the family Ranunculaceae,
native and endemic to western and central Europe.
Aconitum chasmanthum:
Uses of Aconitum chasmanthum:

• In homeopathy, aconite is used to treat fear, anxiety, and restlessness;

acute sudden fever; symptoms from exposure to dry, cold weather or very
hot weather; tingling, coldness, and numbness; influenza or colds with
congestion; and heavy, pulsating headaches.
 Aconitum napellus:

• Aconitum napellus is a species of highly toxic flowering plant in the genus

Aconitum of the family Ranunculaceae, native and endemic to western and central
Europe. It is an herbaceous perennial plant growing to 1 m tall, with hairless stems
and leaves.
• Scientific name:  Aconitum napellus
• Conservation status:  Least Concern (Population stable) Encyclopedia of Life
• Rank:  Species
• Higher classification:  Wolf's bane
Aconitum napellus:
Uses of Aconitum napellus:
• In homeopathy, aconite is used to treat fear, anxiety, and restlessness;
acute sudden fever; symptoms from exposure to dry, cold weather or very
hot weather; tingling, coldness, and numbness; influenza or colds with
congestion; and heavy, pulsating headaches.
 Anaphalis nepalensis:

• Anaphalis is a genus of herbaceous and woody flowering plants within

the family Asteraceae, whose members are commonly known by the name
pearl or pearly everlasting.
• There are around 110 species with the vast majority being native to central
and southern Asia.
 Anaphalis nepalensis:

• There is one species native to North America that is fairly well known and
popular in cultivation, namely the western pearly everlasting (
Anaphalis margaritacea).
• The name probably derives from the common practice of drying the
flowers and stems for decorations through winter months. This plant was
used extensively by Native Americans for a variety of medicinal purposes.
Anaphalis nepalensis:
 Uses of Anaphalis nepalensis:

• Nepal Pearly Everlasting. Nepal pearly everlasting is a pretty 5-50 cm tall

herb. Stem usually simple, sometimes feebly branched, sparsely or
densely whitish or greyish hairy. This plant has lanceolate, silvery gray-
green leaves that are covered with thick fuzz.
Angelica glauca:
• Angelica glauca is an aromatic, glabrous herb that grows up to 1–2.5 m
high. The leaves are one-, two-, or three-pinnate, toothed, and usually
large. The umbels are compound, with many rays and few, narrow, or
absent brats. The bracteoles are small.
Hindi name Chora, Choru, Gandrayan

Trade name Gandrayan

English name Angelica

Parts used Roots/Rhizome
Angelica glauca:
Uses of Angelica glauca:
• glauca is used in dyspepsia, constipations, ulcer of palate, infantile
atrophy, dysentery, menorrhagia and rinderpest. Roots/rhizomes are used
as a drug for wounds and gastric pains. It has stomachic, carminative,
stimulant, and sudorific properties. It is useful in anorexia, spasms,
flatulent colic and bronchitis.
Berberis lyceum Royal:
• Berberis: commonly known as barberry, is a large genus of deciduous and 
evergreen shrubs from 1–5 m (3.3–16.4 ft.) tall, found throughout temperate and 
subtropical regions of the world (apart from Australia). Species diversity is
greatest in South America and Asia; Europe, Africa and North America have
native species as well. The best-known Berberis species is the European barberry, 
Berberis vulgaris, which is common in Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and
central Asia, and has been widely introduced in North America. Many of the
species have spines on the shoots and along the margins of the leaves.
 Berberis lyceum Royal:

• Ecology: Berberis species are used as food plants by the larvae of some 

Lepidoptera species, including the moths barberry carpet moth (
Pareulype berberata), and mottled pug (Eupithecia exiguata).
• Berberis species can infect wheat with stem rust, a serious fungal disease
 of wheat and related grains.
Berberis lyceum Royal:
Common Name
Family Berberidaceae
USDA hardiness 5-9
Known Hazards None known
Shrubberies and open hillsides[51,
Habitats 67], usually on hot dry slopes[146], to
3000 metres. in Kashmir[57].
Berberis lyceum Royal:
Uses of Berberis lyceum Royal:
• The plant is known to prevent liver disorders, abdominal disorders, skin
diseases, cough, ophthalmic, oral ulcers, kidney, conjunctivitis, piles,
leprosy etc.
 References:
• en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Artemisia_maritima

• Artemisia Maritima Stock Photos & Artemisia Maritima Stock ...

• https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Artemisia+maritima
 References:
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicinal_plants

• www.urmc.rochester.edu › Encyclopedia

• www.sciencedirect.com › topics › aconitum-napellus

 References:
• vikaspedia.in › package-of-practices › medicinal-and-aromatic-plants

• vikaspedia.in › package-of-practices › medicinal-and-aromatic-plants

• en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Angelica_archangelica

 References:
• en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Berberis

• scialert.net › fulltext

• temperate.theferns.info › plant › Berberis+lycium