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    The document describes 5 plant materials - Piper longum, Phyllanthus niruri, Elettaria cardamomum, Sida cordifolia, and Dasamoola. For each plant, it provides the scientific classification including kingdom, family, genus, species, and binomial name. It also describes the morphology, uses, and phytochemicals present for each plant material. The document is presenting information on the plants and their traditional uses in Ayurvedic medicine.

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    The document describes 5 plant materials - Piper longum, Phyllanthus niruri, Elettaria cardamomum, Sida cordifolia, and Dasamoola. For each plant, it provides the scientific classification including kingdom, family, genus, species, and binomial name. It also describes the morphology, uses, and phytochemicals present for each plant material. The document is presenting information on the plants and their traditional uses in Ayurvedic medicine.

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    MATERIALS AND METHODS

    1. PIPER LONGUM

    It belongs to the family Piperaceae.it is native to India.


    Piper longum Linn is a slender, climbing, under shrub, creeper, and rooting below.
    The young shoots are downy the leaves are about 5-9 cm in long,5cm wide, ovate,
    cordate, with rounded lobes at the base, sub-acute, glabrous. The plant bears
    glamorous flowers. the flowers are unisexual flowers. Flowers are in solitary. they
    have erect spikes during the rainy season. The male spikes are erect, slender, and
    are about 2.5 to 7.5 cm long while the female spikes are about 1.25 to 2 cm in
    long. fruit grows to about 3 cm. The berries are ovoid, yellowish-orange, sunk in
    thick rachis about 0.25cm in diameter.
    SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION

    Kingdom Plantae
    Family Piperaceae
    Genus Piper
    Species P. Longum
    Binomial name Piper Longum l.

    Uses: The plant root is used in Ayurveda as a carminative, tonic to the liver,
    stomachic, emmenagogue, abortifacient, and Aphrodite.
    Fruits contain hematinic, diuretic, digestive, and general tonic properties, besides
    being useful in inflammation of the liver, pain in the joints, snakebite, scorpion
    sting, and night blindness.
    The plant is also used in dyspepsia, abdominal pain, and diuretic plexopathy,
    anorexia, asthma, fever, and act as the anti-hemorrhoidal and appetizer.

    Phytochemicals present:
    Alkaloids, saponins, amygdalin, piperine, sesame.

    2.PYLLANTHUS NIRURI

    Phyllanthus niruri plant originated in India.it belongs to the family phyllanthaceae.


    Phyllanthus niruri is an erect, slender, branched, annual herb from 10 cm to 50 cm
    .of a light greenish to whitish in color .the leaves of the main stem fall very early
    so that the side, horizontal and the rather brief twigs, look like the compound leaf
    .it has numerous small leaves which are simple, elliptic, to elongated, carrying
    minute leaves to their base. the flowers are of small size and the greenish. on the
    other half lower of the twigs, flowers and solitary, while they are grouped by 2-4
    on the terminal half seeds, wedge-shaped and are of light brown.

    Kingdom Plantae

    Family phyllanthaceae

    Genus Phyllanthus

    Species P. niruri

    Binomial name Phyllanthus niruri


    Uses : Phyllanthus niruri has been used in traditional medicines for various illness
    like jaundice, chronic dysentery, dyspepsia, cough, indigestion, diabetes, urinary
    tract diseases, skin diseases , ulcers, sores and swellings.it helps to break the
    urinary stones .it help to prevent the liver inflammations and damage .hepatitis b
    is a form of viral hepatitis that can cause long term inflammations and damage .it
    can eradicate the hepatitis b virus .Phyllanthus have anti-tumor properties that
    may one day lead to the development of new class of the cancer cells .

    Phytochemicals present:
    Flavinoids, quercetin, alkaloids, saponins, cortilagin, astragalin, terpenes.

    3.ELETTARIA CARDOMOMUM

    It is a member of the family zingerberaceae .it is sometimes known as the queen


    of the spices alongside the black pepper which is known as the king of the
    spices .the dried fruit of the cardamoms have been used as the spice and in the
    medicines since the fourth century .It is a herbaceous plant growing up to 6m
    tall .leaf shoots are arising from the stout rhizome .it is growing in a thick clump of
    up to 20 leafy shoots .Leaves are dark green , long , short , and the sword
    shaped .The underside is the paler and the many have a covering of tiny hair .
    Flowers are borne on a stalk that can reach at a height of the 1m in length. The
    pale green flower contains both male and females’ parts. one of the petals is
    white and streaked with violet. Fruits are pale green to yellow in colour, it is
    elongate and it is oval in shape. The fruits and seeds are dry to straw brown in
    colour and it can be used as flavorings.

    Kingdom Plantae

    Family Zingiberaceae

    Genus Elettaria

    Species E. cardamomum

    Binomial name Elettaria cardomomum

    Uses :the stomach and urinary systems , asthma , bronchitis ,and the heart
    diseases .when it is mixed with neem and the camphor it can be used nasal
    preparations t threat the colds .An infusion of cardoman can be used as a gargle
    to relieve the sore throats ,which can led to this use in the cough sweets .It can be
    used in preparations to make a drink that can be used to treat ingestions and
    nausea .They can be used to make the tonic to relieve the stress due to the
    overwork or the depression .It is given to the patients who is having the bad
    breadth and a capsule is taken with honey it can improve the eyesight. It can treat
    the skin cancers. It can be used to treat the bodies that have red pigmentations .it
    can be incorporated in soaps and creams.

    Phytochemicals present:
    Flavinoids, terpenoids, carotenoids

    4.SIDA CORDIFOLIA

    It belongs to the family malvaceae. It is a shrub. It has perennial durations. It has


    the distribution all over the india and srilanka. It is much branched undershrub,
    branched densely. The leaves are heart shaped, serrate and truncate. The flowers
    are usually small. it is yellow in colour, solitary, calyx is campanulate, it has about
    five lobes. Petals are light yellow in the colour. The stamens are Monadelphous.
    Fruits are loculicidal capsule, have cilia on the upper margins. Roots are of laterals
    it is so small in the size; the outer surface of the leaves is light greyish in colour .it
    is odorless with slight bitter taste. Plant flower from the august to the December
    and its fruiting October to January.
    Kingdom Plantae

    Family Malvaceae

    Genus Sida

    Species S. cordifolia

    Binomial name Sida cordifolia

    Uses : It is an analgesic to relieve the pain .It is used to prevent asthma attacks ,
    it removes mucus from the body , reduce the inflammations by acting on the body
    mechanisms ,it neutralize the oxidative effect of the free radicals and the other
    substances, it is used to prevent the rheumatism ,used to relieve the spasm of the
    involuntary muscle ,it prevent the cough ,it stimulate the sexual desire, it
    improves the appetite ,it slows the brain activity this property can be used to
    treat the anxiety and the depression , it promote the excretion of the urine ,it
    soothe the skin which is irritated, it have a tonifying effect on the nervous
    system ,it restores and improves the health, it can prevent the damage to the
    liver.

    Phytochemicals present:
    Alkaloids asparagine, ephedrine, phytosterols.

    5.DASAMOOLA

    It means ten roots that are categorized as the Mahapanchamoola comprising the
    five trees and the Laghupanchamoola comprising the five smaller plants. the roots
    of the ten plants are Aegle marmelos, is a thorny deciduous tree, Gmelina arborea
    is an unarmed deciduous tree, Oroxylum indicum is a deciduous tree, Premna
    corymbosa is a deciduous tree, Stereospermum colais it is a large deciduous tree.
    Aerva lanata is an erect and prostrate herb, Desmodium gigenticum is a sub
    shrub, Pseudarthria viscida is a small shrub, Solanum surattense is a member of
    family Solanaceae, Tribulus terrestris is a prostate villous herb.
    Binomial Kingdom Family Genus Species
    name

    Aegle Plantae Rutaceae Aegle A.marmelo


    marmelos correa s

    Gmelina Plantae Lamiaceae Gmelina G. arborea


    arborea

    Premna Plantae Lamiaceae Premna P.


    serratifolia serratifolia

    Stereosper Plantae Bignoniace Stereosper S.tetragonu


    mum colais ae mum m

    Oroxylum Plantae Bignoniace Oroxylum O.indicum


    indicum ae vent.

    Solanum Plantae Solanaceae Solanum S.Surantten


    surattense se

    Solanum Plantae Solanaceae Solanum S.nigrum


    indicum

    Desmodiu Plantae Fabaceae Desmodiu D.gangeticu


    m m m
    gangeticum
    Tribulus Plantae Zygophyllac Tribulus T.terrestris
    terrestris eae

    Uraria picta Plantae Fabaceae Uraria U.picta

    Uses : It has a significant antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity, it balances


    both vata and kapha , it gives relief in the pain , it reduces the inflammations , it
    digest the Ama or the undigested food toxins produced in the body .it helps in the
    asthma ,fever,and the pain .It reduces the numbness and the stiffness ,it can
    reduce the tumours and hence it can useful to treat the parkinsons diseases ,it
    help in the regaining the strength of the uterus after the delivery of the baby,It is
    compared to that of the Diclofenac sodium and it can be a possible alternative to
    the non-steroidal, anti-inflammatory drugs .it is a tonic drug ,it is herbal
    combination without any side effect.

    Phytochemicals present :
    Flavonoids, terpenoids , steroids, phenols , saponins .

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