Medicinal plant and uses

Medicinal Plants

                   Plants are used not only as food, but also as medicines to cure our diseases. Plants that have medicinal properties are known as herbal plants. The herbal plants occur naturally in forests, mountains and hills and some are found in the road sides. come; let us learn some of the medicinal values of herbal plants.

      Herbal plant                                                       Diseases cured,Uses

1."Purple fruited" pea egg plant 

(Thuthuvalai)                                           Cold, cough.

2.Carry me seed(Keezhanelli)                 Jaundice.

3.Neem (vembu)                                      Destroys intestinal worms.

4.Gooseberry (Nelli)                               Mouth ulcer,regulates body temperature, source of vitamin C.

5.Holy basil(Thulasi)                               Cold, Cough and fever.

6.Country borage (Omavalli)                   Cold, dry cough, increases sweating to reduce fever.

7.Sweet flag(Vasambu)                                  Abdominal diseases.

8.Turmeric(Manjal)                                 Insecticide, food, cosmetic.

9.Veldt grape(Pirandai)                       Indigestion(digestiveproblem) increases appetite.

10.Ginger(Inji)                                             Treatmennt for digestive disorders.

11.Pepper(Milagu)                                         Throat infection. 

           Our ancestors said that if we consume plants with medicinal values, it will help us to be healthy and strong with out diseases. So it was rightly said by our ancestors "Food is medicine".