Herbs are one group of nature’s gifts, they include leaves, bark, berries, roots, gums, seeds, stems and flowers and have been used successfully for thousands of years, our ancestors used them otherwise we wouldn’t be here!
Herbal medicine is the most ancient form of health care known to man. Herbs have been used in all cultures since history records were recorded herbal medicine has such an extraordinary influence that numerous alternative medicine therapist treat their patients with herbal remedies, including Ayurved. Unlike other systems Ayurved’s main prescription depends on herbs only.
Records of oldest civilizations, such as Egyptian, Persian, Hebrew & above all Indians medical practices reveal that herbs were used to cure practically every known illness. In Ayurved, herbal remedies come in a variety of different forms: herbal bath, herbal capsule, herbal compresses, herbal douches, herbal electorates, herbal extract, herbal implants, herbal oils, herbal poultices and plasters, herbal salves, herbal teas, herbal infusions, herbal ointment, herbal decoction & herbal wraps. The majority of prescriptions as treatment in herbal Ayurved medicine are actually mixtures of herbs, plant extracts and other organic substances, rather than just strictly on herb for every disorder, disease and anomaly.
Herbal medicines are also known as botanical medicine. An herb is a part of a plant that can be used for healing purposes (as a potion or remedy). An herb can be a leaf, a flower, a steam, a seed, a root, a fruit, bark or any other plant part that can treat wounds, abrasions, cuts and a number of other conditions.

Here we give the list of some important herbs & spices used in Ayurved:

INDIAN INDEX:

HERBS & SPICES: -

BOTANICAL / ENGLISH NAME	COMMON TRADE NAME
ABRUS PRECATORIUS	CHANOTI / RED GUNJI
ACACIA CONCINNA	SHIKAKAI
ACALYPHA INDICA HERBS	KHOKALI
ACORUS CALAMUS	GODAVACH / SWEET FLAG
ADATHODA VASICA LEAVES	ADUSA
PTYCHOTIS AJOWAN	AJWAIN
ALPIMA GALANGA GALANGAL	KULINJAN / GALANGAL
ANAMIRTA COCCULUS	KAKFAL
ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA / THE CREAT	KALMEGH
ARISTOLOCHIA INDICA THE INDIAN BIRTHWORT	ISHWARMUL
ASPARAGUS ADSCENDENS	SAFED MOOSLI
ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS	SATAVER YELLOW
ASTERCANTHA LONGIFOLIA	LAJWANTI
BASILICUM OCIMUM	TUKHMURIA SMALL/BIG
BERGENIA LIGULATA	PAKHANBED
BIXA ORELLANA	ANNATO SEEDS
BOERHAVIA DIFFINSA ROOT THE SPREADING HOG-WEED	PUNARNAVA
BORA FLOWERS	BORA FLOWERS
BUTEA MONOSPERMA	KESU FLOWER
CAESALPINIA CRISTA	KAKACH / GATERAN
CAREYA ARBOREA	VACUMBA
CARICA PAPAYA LEAVES	PAPPYA LEAVES
CARTHANUS OXYCANTHUS/TINCTORIUS	KUSUM FLOWER / SAF FLOWER
CARYOPHYLATEA AROMATICA LEAVES	CARYOPHYLATEA
CASSIA ANGUSLIFOUA	SENNA LEAVES
CASSIA ANGUSLIFOUA	SENNA PODS
CASSIA ABUS	CHAKSOO
CASSIA TORA	FUVAR SEEDS
CASSIA OBOVATA	SENNA LEAVES
CASURANIA PODS	CASURANIA PODS
CENTELLA/HYDROCOTYLE ASIATICA	BRAHMI / GOTU KOLA
CENTRATHERUM ANTHELMISTICUM	KALI ZEERI
CELASTURUS PANICUNLATA	MALKANGNI
CHINCHONA BARK	CHINCHONA BARK
CHINCHONA TAMALA	TEJPATTA
COPTIS ROOTS	MAMIRA
COSTUS ROOTS	KUTH
COXCOMB FLOWER	COXCOMB FLOWER
CROTON TIGLIUM	ALGOTA
CUCOMIS MELO SEEDS / SWEET MELON SEEDS	TARBUZ SEEDS
CURCULIGO ORCHIOIDES	KALIMUSLI
CURCUMA ZEDOARIA	KACHURO
CURUMA CASSIA	NARKACHOOR
CUSCUTA REFLEXA	AFTIMUN
CYPERUS ROTUNDUS SCARIOSUS	NAGARMOTH
DATURA METELOIDES HERBS	DATURA BEEJ
DATURA METELOIDES SEEDS	DATURA LEAVES
DELPHINUM DENUDATUM	JADWAR
EUALYPTUS LEAVES	EUCALYPTUS LEAVES
EUALYPTUS PODS	EUALYPTUS PODS
ECLIPTA ALBA	BHUMI AMLA
EUGENIA JAMBOLANA SEEDS/BARK	JAMOON BEEJ
EUPHORBIA PILILULIFERA HERBS	EUPHORBIA HERBS
GARCINIA CAMBOGIA	GARCINIA CAMBOGIA
GARDENIA GUMNIFER/LUCIDA	DIKAMALI
GLOBE AMBERNATH FLOWERS	GLOBE AMBERNATH FLOWERS
GYMNENMIA SYLVESTER LEAVES	GULMARG BUTTI
HEDYCHIUM SPICATUM	KAPOOR KACHIL
HELIGTERES	MARDASING
HEMIDESMUS INDICUS	ANANTMOL
HIBISCUS ABELMOSCHUS /MUCK MALLOW	MUSKDANA
HIBISCUS FLOWER	JASWANTI FLOWER
HYGROPHILA SPINOSA	TALMAKHANA
IMPOMOEA HIDERACEA	KALA DANA
INDIGOFRA TINCTORIA LEAVES / ROOTS	INDIGO LEAVES / ROOTS
JATROPHA CURCAS	JAMALGOTA
LACTUCA SCARIOLA	KAHU
LALLEMANTIA REYLENNE	TUKHMALANGA / BALUNGA
LAWSONIA INERMIS	HENNA LEAVES
LEMON GRASS	LEMON GRASS
LEPIDUM SATIVAM	ASELIO
LONG PEPPER	PIPAL
MELIA AZEDARACH	NIMB
MALLOTUS PHILIPPENSIS	KAPILA
MERINDA CITRIFOLIA	KAMALA
MIMUSOPS ELENGI	BAKUL CHHAL
MYRICA NAGI	KAIPHAL
NELUMBO NUCIFERA SEEDS	KAMALA
NIGELLA SATIVAS	KALOONJI
NYMPHAEA LOTUS	NILOFER
OCIMUM BASIKICUM SWEET BASIL SEEDS	TUKHMURIA SMALL/BIG
OCIMUM SANCTRUM	TULSI LEAVES
OCIMUM SANCTRUM	TULSI
OLDENLANDIA UMBELLATA	MAJITH
ONOSMA ECHIOIDES	RATANJOT
PARSELY SEEDS / PERTROSELINUM CRISPUM	AJMODA
PASSIFLORA FOETIDA / PASSION FLOWER HERBS	PASSIFLORA
PEDALIUM MUREX	GOKHRU
PERMALIA PERLATA	DAGAD PHOOL
PHYLATHUS NIRURI	PHYLATHUS NIRURI
PHYLLOMTHUS EMBLICA	AMLA
PICROHIZA KURRODA	KUTKI
PISTACIA INTEGENIMA STEWART	KAKRA SINGH
PLANTAGO OVATA / PYSLLIUM	ISABGUL
PLUMBAGO ZEYLANICA	CHITREK
POLYGALA SENEGA ROOTS	SENEGA ROOTS
PROSALEA CORYLIFOLIA	BAVCHI
PUREARIA TUBEROSA ROOTS	BEDARIKAND
PUNCA GRANATUM	CHILKA
RHUS SUCCEDANEA GALLS	KAKDA SINGI
ROCK SALT	SIMDHA NIMAK
ROSA DAMANCENA	GULABFUL / ROSE FLOWER
RUBIA CORDIFOLIA MADDER ROOTS	MAJITH
SAPINDUS TRIFOLIA	ARITHA / SOAP NUT
SEMECARPUS ANACARDIAUM	BHILAMA
SPHARANTHUS	GORKHAMUNDI
STRYCHNOS NUX VOMICA SEEDS	NUX VOMICA SEEDS
SYMPLOCOS RACEMOSA	LODHER
TAGETES ERECTA	MERIGOLD
TERMINALIA ARJUNA	ARJUN CHHAL
TERMINALIA BELLERICA / BELERIC MYROBALAN	BEHDA
TERMNALIA CHEBULA / CHEMBULIC MYROBALAN	HIMEJ
TINOSPORA CORDIFOLA / HEART LEAVED MOONSEED	GALO
TINOSPORA CORDIFOLA	JIWANTI
TRAP BISPINOSA / INDIAN WATER CHESTNUT	SINGODA
TRIFALAS TERRESTRIS	GOKHRU
URGINEA INDIACA ROOTS	JANGLI PIYAJ
VALLERIAN ROOTS	VALLERIAN ROOTS
VALLERIAN ROOTS WITH ROOTLETS	VALLERIAN ROOTS WITH ROOTLETS
VELVETE FLOWERS	VELVETE FLOWERS
VIBURNUM BARK	VIBURNUM FOETIDUM
VILIS TRIFOLIATUS	AMLBED
VINCA ROSEA LEAVES / ROOTS	PERIWINKLE
VIOLA ODARATA	GULEBANFSHA
WITHNANIA SOMNIFERA	ASGANDH
WRIGHTIA TINCTORIA	INDERJAV

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