Ajamoda consists of dried, aromatic fruits of Apium leptophyllum (Pers.) F.V.M.ex.Benth.(Fam.Umbelliferae); an annual herb cultivated in AndraPradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka, collected by thrashing plants on a mat and dried in shade or in drying sheds

Raktapitta; Amlapitta; Prameha; Daha. Fruits astringents, cooling, diuretic, laxative, a rich source of vitamin C.Fruits-cardiac diseases, chronic fever, polyuria, vomiting, comstipation, eye diseases, haemorrhage, tuberculosis, cough, dyspnoea, disorders of blood.

Amalaki consists of fresh fruit pulp of Emblica officinalis Gaertn. (Fam. Euphorbiaceae); a small or medium sized tree, found in mixed deciduous forests, ascending to 1300m on hills and cultivated in gardens and home yards. Small trees with hairy reddish- brown branchlets. Leaves several, subsessile, distichous. Flowers greenish-yellow, in axillary fascicles. Disc absent in male. Berry globose, 6-furrowed, greenish-yellow. Most district Indomalaysia, Sri Lanka, China.

Amalaki consists of pericarp of dried mature fruits of Emblica officinalis Gaertn. Syn. Phyllanthus emblica (Fam. Euphorbiaceae); mostly colleted in winter season after ripening and in Kashmir in summer, a small or medium sized tree, found both in natural state in mixed deciduous forests of the country ascending to 1300 m on hills; cultivated in gardens, homeyards or grown as a road side tree. Small trees with hairy reddish- brown branchlets. Leaves several, subsessile, distichous. Flowers greenish-yellow, in axillary fascicles. Disc absent in male. Berry globose, 6-furrowed, greenish-yellow. Most district Indomalaysia, Sri Lanka, China.

Raktapitta; Amlapitta; Prameha; Daha. cardiac diseases, chronic fever,polyuria, vomiting, comstipation,eyediseases,haemorrhage,

tuberculosis,cough, dyspnoea, disorders of blood.

Aragvadha consists of pulp obtained from fruits (devoid of seeds, sepya and peces of pericarp) of Cassia fistula (Fam. Leguminosae); a moderate sized deciduous tree, common throughout India as wild or cultivated plant; fruits collected when ripe.

Vibandha; Udavartta; Gulam; Sula; Udararoga; Hrdroga; Prameha

Arka consists of dried leaves of Calotropis procera (Ait.) R. Br. (Fam. Asciepiadaceae); found wild more or less throughout India. Tall stout shrubs with Yellowish-white bark. Flowers purplish or white, Follicles thick fleshy, Most district Tropical Asia

Sotha; Kandu; Kustha; Vrana; Krmiroga; Gulam; Slesmodara roga; Pliharoga; Arsa; Svasa. leaves are rubbed on the skin elephants in the treatment of kesarayer disease. Root, bark, leaf, Flower, Latex-diseases of nervous system, Leprosy, pruritus, spleenic disorders, abdomimal disorders, piles, worm infestation, cough.

Asoka consists of dried stem bark of Saraca asoca(Rosc. )Dc. Wild. Syn. Saraca indica (Fam. Leguminosae); collected in spring from mature , wild or cultivated trees; found in Central and Eastern Himalayas. Western Ghats and Deccan. Small trees with dark brown, warty bark and glabrous branches; Leaves paripinnate leaflets 4 to 6 pairs, oblong-lanceolate. Flowers are orange or yellow turning vermillion, fragrant, in dense, axillary corymbs. Pod linear- ablong, seeds ellipsoid-oblong, compressed.Bangalore,Chikmagular,Coorg, Hassan, North Kanara, Shimoga, South Kanara, Indomalayasia, Sri lanka.

Asrgdara; Apaci; Daha; Raktadosa; Sotha. - bark astringent, used in uterin affections. It is useful in menorrhagia due to uterine fibroids, in leucorrhoea and internal bleeding haemorrhoids, haemorrhagic dysentery. Flowers used as a uterine tonic, used also in biliousness, haemorrhagic dysentery and diabetes. Bark worm infestation, Leprosy, fever,gynaecological disorders

Asvagandha consists of dried mature roots Withania somnifera Dunal. (Fam. Solanaceae); a perennial shrub, found in waste land, cultivated field and open grounds throughout India; widely cultivated in certain areas of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan; roots collected in winter, washed and cut into short pieces. Erect much branched tomentose under shrubs with stout, fleshy whitish brown roots. Leaves ovate, simple. Flowers small, greenish or yellow, in axillary umbellate fascicles. Berry small, globose, red, enclosed in calyx. Bangalore, Bellary, Bidar, Chitradurga, Gulbarga, Kolar, Hassan, Mysore, North Kanara, India, Mediterrianean region, Africa and Sri Lanka.

Ksaya; Daurbalya; Vataroga; Sotha; Klaibya. Roots used in hiccup, cough, dropsy, rheumatism and gynaecological disorders and as a sedative in senile debility. It is also useful in inflammatory conditions, ulcers and scabies as external application. Leaves used as a febrifuge and applied to lesions, painful swelling and sore eyes. root-goitre, faimting insomnia, worm infestation blood disorders, cough, dyspnous if nervous system, aphrodisiac.

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Akarakarabha consists of dried roots of Anacychus pyrethrum DC. (fam. Asteraceae) an annual, hairy herb with numerous spreading prostrate or ascending branched stems. (From API)
Found in Bengal and Arabia. (From Indian Medical Medica)

Pratisyaya,Sotha,Ajirna,Kasa,Svasa,Grdhrasi, Paksaghata,Udararoga,Nastartava, Sularoga,Dantasula

Amrata consists of dried stem bark of Spondias pinnata Linn.f.Kurz.Syn.S.mangifera Willd. S.acuminata Roxb.Non Gamble (fam. Anacardiaceae) a small aromatic, deciduous tree, up to 27m high and 2.5m in girth, found wild or cultivated almost throughout the country and in the Andamans ascending up to an altitude of 150m in the Himalayas. (From API)

Pratisyaya,Sotha,Ajirna,Kasa,Svasa,Grdhrasi, Paksaghata,Udararoga,Nastartava, Sularoga,Dantasula

Arimeda consists of dried stem bark of Acacia leucophloea Willd.(fam. Fabaceae) a moderate-sized deciduous tree, up to 3m in height, characteristic ofdry regions, found in the plains of Punjab and in the dry forests tracts throughout the country. (From API)

Kustha,Meha,Mukharoga,Kandu,Visajavrana,

Sopha,Atisara,Visarpa,Pandu,Dantaroga,Kasa,

Krmi,Udardapra,Samana

Arjuna consists of stem bark of Terminalia arjuna W.&A. (fam. Combretaceae) a large deciduous tree, commonly found throughout the greater parts of the country. (From API)

Hrdroga,Ksataksaya,Medoroga,Prameha,

Vrana,Trsa,Vyanga

Atibala consists of root of Abutilon indicu, Sweet (Fam. Malvaceae); a hairy herb or under-shrub 1.0-1.5m high; annual or more often perennial with golden yellow flowers, flowering mostly throughout the year found abundantly throughout the hotter parts of India, as a common weed on road sides and other waste places in plains and hills, upto an elevation of 600 m.

Ativisa consists of dried, tuberous roots of Aconitum heterophyllum Wall. Ex. Rcyle (Fam. Ranunculaceae); a perennial herbs, native of western Himalayas and found in Garhwal, Kumaon and Kashmir at altitude between 2,500-4,000 m

Jvara; Kasa; Chardi; Amatisara; Krmiroga