BALA(শ্বেত বেড়েলা )

শ্বেত বেড়েলা 

Name: BALA
Filename: Sida_retusa.jpg
Description:

Botanical name : Sida retusa (Linn.) Borssum
Family : Malvaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Bala, Vadyala, Kharayashti, Mahasamanga
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES 
Rasa    : Madhura 
Guna   : Sara, Snigdha 
Virya   : Seeta
Vipaka : Madhura
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English     : Common sida
Hindi        : Bariyar, Janglimedhi
Malayalam    : Kurumtotti
Distribution – Found as a weed, at warmer parts of India.  
PLANT DESCRIPTION 
A semi woody, erect undershrub grows up to 50 cm in height. Leaves short petioled, obovate, truncate often retuse and serrate; flowers yellowish white, solitary, axillary. Fruits enclosed in persistent calyx, seeds brown and smooth.      
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES 
Plant pacifies vitiated tridoshas, arthritis, asthma, cough, flatulence, colic, burning sensation, hemorrhoids, intermittent fever and general debility. 
Useful part    :    Root, Leaves  

Vamanahathi(বামুনহাটি )

বামুনহাটি 

Name: CLERODENDRUM INDICUM
Filename: Clerodendrum_indicum.JPG
Description:

Botanical name : Clerodendrum indicum (Linn.) Kuntze. (Clerodendron siphonanthus (R. Br.) C. B. Clarke.)
Family :Verbenaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Bharngi, Vamanahathi
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES 
Rasam    : Tikta, Katu     
Gunam   : Lakhu, Rooksha
Viryam   : Ushna 
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English     : Peacock's tail
Hindi        : Turk’s Turban, Tube-Flower
Malayalam    : Kavali, Nariveli 
Distribution – Cultivated as an ornamental throughout India.  
PLANT DESCRIPTION 
A small shrub grows up to 2 meters in height with soft succulent branches. Leaves simple, 3-4 in a whorl, lanceolate, sessile, acute upper side glabrous, lower coarsely pubescent, with prominent veins. Flowers arises from terminal spikes, whitish, with long and curved corolla tube. Flowers are usually sterile. Reproduction usually by stem cuttings.  
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES 
Plant pacifies vitiated vata, kapha, asthma, cough, intestinal worms, fever, arthritis, atrophy, emaciation, consumption, and general weakness.
Useful part    :    Whole plant.