Botanical Name

Sanskrit
Name

Common
Name

Qualities/Charateristics
As in Ayurveda

Aloe Vera

Ghrita Kumari

Aloe Vera

Tikta madhura rasa, guru, snigdha, Pichchila guna, sheeta virya, katu vipaka.

Glycymhiza Glabra

Madhuka

Liquorice

Madhura rasam, seetha-veeryam, vatta-pitta haram, guru, chakshusyam, swaryam, kesyam, balvarna karam

Hemidesmus Indicus

Anantamul

Indian
Sarsaprila

Tikta rasam, seetha veeryam, mathura vipaka, snigdhakapham, vatharaktam, kushtam, jwaram, pittam daham, prameham

Plumbo Zeylanica

Chitraka

Leadwort

Keshyam, parameham

Citrus Medica

Karuna

Citron

-do-

Citrus Reticulata

Madhu Karkatika

Sweet Lime

-do-

Emblica Officinals

Amarphalam

Indian Gooseberry

Kashyamrasa, ssetha veeryam, mathura vipakam, tridosha haram, bhringaara

Acacia Cocinna

Saptala

Shikakai

Kshaya rasa, guru, rooksha guna, sheeta veerya, katu vipaka

Azadiratcha Indica

Nimba

Neem Margosa

Tikta rasam, katu vipakam, seetha veeryam, pitta kapha haram, lagu, grahi, bedhanam, snigdham, ushna veeryam(f)

Centella Asiatica

Brahmi

-

Tikta kshaya madhura rasa, laghu, sara guna, sheeta veerya, madhura vipaka

Helianthus Annus

Surya-mukhi

Sunflower

Suryabhakta as in curcubita maxima

Ocimum Sanctum

Tulasi

Basil

Kushtaghani, balya

Curcubita Maxima

Dadhiphala

Pumpkin

Rasa madhura, guru snigdha sara guna, sheeta veerya, madhura vipaka

Cucmis Sativus

Sukasa

Cucumber

-do-

Curcuma Longa

Haridra

Turmeric

Katu tikta rasam, veeryam, ruksham, vamyam

Santalum Album

Chandanum

Sandalwood

Tikta rasam, seetha veeryam, pitta kapha haram. Lagu, ruksham

Prunus Armeniaca

Khomani

Apricot

Madhura rasa

Myristica Fragrams

Jati-phalam

Nutmeg

Tikta rasam ushnam kapha-vata-haram lagu rochanam dipanam gradi awaryam

Mynstika Malabanca

Kamuk

Mace

Mathura rasam, katurasam, ushna veeryam, kpha haram, lagu, ruchi varna karam

Corriandrum Sativum

Dhanyaka

Corriander

Gandhapatra, kushtaghana, punernaava

Caryophyllus
Aromaticus

Lavanga

Clove

Rasayanee

Eclipta Alba

Keshraja

-

Maarkava

Eclipta Erecta

Bhiringraj

-

Tikta rasam, ashna, Katu vikapam

Rosa Damascena

Satapatri

Rose

Lawsonia Alba

Mendhi

Henna

Alumina Silicas

Kharyamitti

Clay

(Fe-Mg-Al-Clay)

Shoraktri

Gopichand

Kaolinu

Gairika

China-Clay

Alumen Exsiccatum

Kamakshi

Alum

Honey

Madhuka

Honey