Chameleon — Chameleons (family Chamaeleonidae) are squamates that belong to one of the best-known lizard families. The name “chameleon” means “Earth lion” and is derived from the Greek words chamai (on the ground, on the earth) and leon (lion). Chameleons vary greatly in size and body structure, with total length from approximately 1 inch (2.5 cm) in Brookesia minima, to …

Bedbug — Bedbugs (or bed bugs) are small nocturnal insects of the family Cimicidae that live by hematophagy, that is by feeding on the blood of humans and other warm-blooded hosts. The common bedbug (Cimex lectularius) is the best adapted to human environments. It is found in temperate climates throughout the world and has been known since ancient times. Other …

Junkers Ju 87 — The Junkers (German aircraft manufacturer) Ju 87 or Stuka (from Sturzkampfflugzeug, “dive bomber”) was a two-man (pilot and rear gunner) German ground attack aircraft. Designed by Hermann Pohlmann, the Stuka first flew in 1935 and made its combat debut in 1936 as part of the Luftwaffe’s Condor Legion during the Spanish Civil War. The aircraft was easily …

Tribulus Terrestris (Gokshura) — Family Name: Zygophyllaceae Botanical Name: Tribulus Terrestris Common Name: Land Caltrops, Puncture Vine, Gokshura Part Used: Whole Plant, Seeds Uses: The roots and fruits are sweet, coling, emollient, appetizer, alternate, laxative, cardiotonic, styptic, lithontriptic and tonic. They are useful in strangury, dysuria, vitiated conditions of vat and pitta, renal and vesical calculi, anorexia, dyspepsia, helminthiasis, cough, …

Punica Granatum (Pomegranate, Anar) — Family Name: Puniacaceae Botanical Name: Punica Granatum Common Name: Pomegranate, Anar Part Used: Seeds, Flowers Habitat: Commonly cultivated as ornamental and fruit tree. Uses: A decotion of seed is used to treat syphilis. Juice used to treat jaundice and diarrhoea. Juice of flower is used to treat nose bleeds. The fruit pulp and the seed …

Moringa Oleifera (Muringa, Murunggi, Horse Radish Tree, Drumstick Tree, Sahijan) — Family Name: Moringaceae Botanical Name: Moringa Oleifera Common Name: Moringa, Horse Radish Tree, Drumstick Tree, Sahijan Part Used: Roots, Seeds, Leaves Habitat: Found Through out India. Uses: The roots are acrid, digestive, anthelmentic, constipating, anodyne, bitter alexipharmic stimulant and vesicant. They are useful in paralysis, inflammations, fever, cough, cold, …

Magic of Coriander — Hindi Name: Dhaniya Latin Name: Coriandrum Sativum Sanskrit Name: Dhanyakam, Dhanaka English Name: Coriander Kannada Name: Kottambri Malayalam Name: Kottamalli, Malli Tamil Name: Kottamalli Telgu Name: Daniyalu Kotimira Origin, Distribution & Composition Coriander is a native of the Mediterranean region, where it has been grown since ancient time. It is extensively cultivated in Europe, North Africa, …

Lawsonia Inermis (Henna, Mehndi, Egyptian Privet) — Family Name: Lythraceae Botanical Name: Lawsonia inermis Common Name: Henna, Al-Khanna, Al-Henna, Jamaica Mignonette, Mehndi, Mendee, Egyptian Privet, Smooth Lawsonia Part Used: Flowers, Powdered Leaves, Fruit Habitat: Scarcely in dry decidious forests, widely cultivated as a hedge plant. Uses: The roots are bitter, refrigerant, depurative, diuretic, emmenagogue, abortifacient and trichogenous and is useful …

Gymnema Sylvestre (Meshasringi, Madhinasini or Madhoolika, Gurmar, Sirukurinchaan, Amudhapushpam, Chakkarakkolli) — Family Name: Asclepiadaceae Botanical Name: Gymnema Sylvestre Common Name: Periploca of the Woods, Gudmar Part Used: Whole Plant, Leaves Uses: The plant is acrid, antiinflammatory, anodyne, liver tonic, emetic, diuretic. It is useful in hepatosplenomegaly, dypepsia, constipation, jaundice, halminthiasis, cardiopathy, amenorrhoea. The fresh leaves when chewed have the remarkable …

Cassia Angustifolia (Senna India, Tinnevelly Senna, Cassia Senna) — Family Name: Caesalpiniaceae Botanical Name: Cassia Angustifolia Common Name: Senna, Senna India, Tinnevelly Senna, Cassia Senna Part Used: Pods, Stems, Leaves Habitat: Cultivated in dry lands of Southern & Western India, and indigenous to Arabia. Uses: It is recognized by British and US pharmacopoeias. It is useful in habitual costiveness. It …