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Vitex Negundo
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Botanical Name :
Vitex Negundo
Sanskrit Name :
Nirgundi, Sephali
English Name :
Five-Leaved Chaste Tree
Family : Verbenaceae
Part Used:
Whole Plant
Description of
Vitex Negundo:
V.negundo
is a large, aromatic shrub with quadrangular, densely whitish,
tomentose branchlets, or sometimes, a small, slender tree. The
bark is thin, grey; the leaves are 3-5-foliolate; leaflets are
lanceolate, entire or rarely crenate and the lateral leaflets
are smaller than the terminal ones; the flowers are bluish
purple, forming large, terminal, often compound, pyramidal
panicles; the drupes are globose.
It is found
throughout the greater part of India, ascending to an altitude
of 1,500m. in the outer Himalayas.
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Medicinal Uses:
The leaves are astringent, febrifuge, sedative, tonic and
vermifuge. They are useful in dispersing swellings of the joints
from acute rheumatism and of the testes from suppressed
gonorrhoea. The juice of the leaves is used for removing foetid
discharges and worms from ulcers, whilst an oil prepared with
the leaf juice is applied to sinuses and scrofulous sores. A
decoction of the stems is used in the treatment of burns and
scalds.
The dried fruit is vermifuge and is also used in the treatment
of angina, colds, coughs, rheumatic difficulties etc. The fresh
berries are pounded to a pulp and used in the form of a tincture
for the relief of paralysis, pains in the limbs, weakness etc.
The root is expectorant, febrifuge and tonic. It is used in the
treatment of colds and rheumatic ailments. The plant is said to
be a malarial preventative and is also used in the treatment of
bacterial dysentery - extracts of the leaves have shown
bactericidal and antitumor activity. The leaves are used to
repel insects in grain stores. Extracts of the leaves have
insecticidal activity. The fresh leaves are burnt with grass as
a fumigant against mosquitoes.
Principal Constituents:
Casticin,
isoorientin, chrysophenol D, luteolin, p -hydroxybenzoic acid
and D-fructose.
Specification:
Standardized to customer Specification
Herbal Extract packing:
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