Endangered medicinal plants

1. Endangered medicinal plants • Presented by- Dr. A.K.Singh • P.H.Medical college, Patna. • *** plant extinctions are occurring at rates hundreds of times higher than natural background rates, and 15,000 species of medicinal plants are now threatened.

2. 1.Actaea racemosa (cimicifuga) Source – Vegetable kingdom Common name –Black cohosh Natural order –Ranunculaceae Parts used - Root Habitate– Canada, Georgia, Western states of America Actaea racemosa

3. Prover -JEANES • Clinical application – It is most frequently used in female affections like disorders of pregnancy, menstrual disorders, puerperal mania, hysteria, breast affection, heart affection etc. Actaea racemosa

4. 2.Panax quinquefolium Source – Vegetable kingdom Common name – Ginseng Natural order – Araliaceae Part used – Root Habitat – America, Asia(China), Siberia Prover – clinically verified? Clinical application – Lumbago, sciatica, rheumatism, hiccough etc. Panax quinquefolium

5. 3.Sanguinaria canadensis Source – Vegetable Kingdom Common name – Blood root Natural order –Papaveraceae Part used – Fresh root and expressed juice. Habitate– USA and Canada Provers–Downey,Jeanes,G. Bute Clinical application – Alcoholism, breast affection, nasal polyp, rheumatism, influenza etc. Sanguinariacanadensis

6. 4. Echinesia Source – Vegetable Kingdom Common name – Purple cone flower Natural order –Compositeae (Asteraceae) Parts used – Whole fresh plant • Habitate– Eastern and central North America Prover – Clinically verified after getting information from Eclectic school. Echinesia

7. Clinical application – It correct the blood dyscrasia i.e. blood poisoning ; septic condition, gangrene, snake bite etc. Echinesia

8. 5. Euphrasia Source – Vegetable Kingdom Common name – Eye bright Natural order –Orobanchaceae (Formerly included in the Scrophulariaeceae) Parts used – Whole plant Habitate– Alpine tundra of the Himalyas in Asia,cordilleras (chain of mountain range) of south,north and central America,Antartica, the Alps, Carpathian mountain of Europe, rift mountain of Africa etc. Euphrasia

9. Alpine tundra Sweden

10. Alpine Tundra Alpine Tundra Himalaya

11. Prover - Hahnemann • Clinical application – Eye affections like conjunctivitis, cataract, influenza, measles, menstrual trouble ,cough, fever etc. Euphrasia

12. 6. Hydrastiscanadensis Source – Vegetable Kingdom Common name – Golden seal Natural order - Ranunculaceae Parts used – Fresh root Prover - Burt Habitat – It grows in shady woods, in rich soil and damp Clinical application – Cancer, dyspepsia, hemorrhoids, constipation, affections of throat and tongue etc. Hydrastiscanadensis

13. HYDRASTIS CANADENSIS Clinical application – Cancer, dyspepsia, hemorrhoids, constipation, affections of throat and tongue etc.

14. 7. Ulmus rubra Source – Vegetable Kingdom Common name – Slippery Elm, Red Elm Natural order –Ulmaceae Parts used – Pounded inner bark. Ulmus rubra

15. Prover – Clinically verified • Habitate– Dry upland forest and well drained floodplain forests specifically at mountains of Canada and Pennsylvania • Clinical application – Constipation, hemorrhoids, syphilis (externally as poultice to reduce pain in inflammation)etc.

16. 8.Diascorea Villosa Source – Vegetable Kingdom Common name – Wild yam Natural order - Diascoreaceae Parts used – Fresh root Prover – Introduced and proved extensively by cushing but also by Burt, Woods and Nicols Habitat - Eastern north America. DiascoreaVillosa

17. Clinical application – Angina pectoris, colic; biliary renal intestinal menstrual flatulency, sciatica, whitlow etc. DiascoreaVillosa