Organic Herbal Extracts

Gymnema Sylvestre is a large climber, extensively branched, twining shrubs, rooting at nodes, leaves are elliptic and glabrous. The flowers are small greenish yellow and spirally arranged around the stalk.

Specifications:

• Botanical Name: Gymnema sylvestre
• Common Name: Gurmar, Periploca of woods, Madhunashini, Meshashringi, Vishani
• Standardized For: 25% - 75% Gymnemic acids
• Parts Used: Leaf

Medicinal Uses:

• Gymnema curb diabetes by blocking sugar binding sites and hence not allowing the sugar molecules to accumulate in the body. Hence, proves to be very effective in weight loss regime

Cosmetic Uses:

• As Gymnema helps to purify the blood, it clears up the skin. Gymnema is a very good remedy for skin infections such as eczema, psoriasis, acne.

General Uses:

• Gymnema has the ability to double the amount of insulin-producing cells in the pancreas
• Gymnema serves as liver tonic as it helps the blood to clear away all the toxins

Centella asiatica, commonly known as centella, Asiatic pennywort or Indian pennywort or Gotu kola, is a herbaceous, frost-tender perennial plant in the flowering plant family Apiaceae, subfamily Mackinlayoideae. It is native to wetlands in Asia.

Pomegranates are a rich red fruit loaded with antioxidants, vitamins, potassium, folic acid and iron. Source Naturals Pomegranate Extract contains a minimum of 40% ellagitannins, which are converted into ellagic acid by the body.

Adhatoda Vasica is a small evergreen, sub-herbaceous bush with lance-shaped leaves. They are oppositely arranged, smooth-edged, and borne on short pettioles. Flowers are typical, white arranged in spikes.

Specifications:

• Botanical Name: Adhatoda vasica, Justicia adhatoda L
• Common Name: Arusa, Adulsa, Malabar Nut Tree
• Standardised For: 1% to 2% alkaloids (e.g. Vasicine, Quinazoline etc)
• Parts Used: Whole plant, Leaves

Medicinal Uses:

• Vasicine exhibits strong respiratory stimulant activity, moderate hypotensive activity and cardiac-depressant effect
• The whole plant is useful in the removal of intestinal parasites
• Fresh juice of leaves has been used in treatment of tuberculosis
• Adhatoda extract gives relief in pyorrhea and in bleeding gums

General Uses:

• Adhatoda vasica poultice from the leaves is applied for healing wounds, rheumatic pains and edema, whereas a warm decoction the leaves is useful in treating scabies and other skin diseases

Trigonella Foenum is an erect annual, branched, leaves are trifoliate and the leaflets oblong-lanceolate. Flowers are yellowish and are borne in the leaf axils. The fruits are almost straight and flattened with a pronounced beak. The seeds are long, oblong, rhomboidal and brownish in colour.

Specifications:

• Botanical Name: Trigonella foenum-graecum
• Common Name: Methi, Fenugreek, Sickle Fruit
• Standardised For: 15-40% Saponins
• Parts Used: Seeds

General Uses:

• Helps in removal of toxic wastes & dead cells and thus cleansing of blood.
• Clears lung congestion.
• Cures peptic ulcers and stomach ailments.
• Stimulates uterine contractions and induce child birth, stimulates milk production in lactating mothers.

Cosmetic Uses:

• Balance women’s hormones for enlargement of breasts.

Foeniculum Vulgare is a perennial, umbelliferous plant. Fennel has thick, white rootstalk and hollow, striated stems. Leaves are feathery, deeply cut, alternate and triple pinnate. Flowers are yellow, produced in large terminal umbels.

Specifications:

• Botanical Name: Foeniculum vulgare
• Common Name: Saunf, Fennel
• Standardized For: Upto 1% volatile oil
• Parts Used: Fruit & Seeds

Medicinal Uses:

• Fennel is useful in treating skin diseases, and as an antibacterial agent
• Fennel helps in the treatment of kidney stones
• Helpful in the treatment of asthma, coughs, and bronchitis

General Uses:

• Fennel has anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic and estrogen promoting action
• Fennel seeds is helpful in the treatment of anemia, menorrhagia, dysmenorrhea, fibroids, bad breath, skin diseases, eye infections, gum infections, excessive weight and poor milk secretion in breast feeding women
• Fennel is highly beneficial for the digestive system. Useful against stomach aches, intestinal worms, and flatulence. Fennel is very useful in obstructions of the liver, spleen, and gallbladder, swellings of spleen, yellow jaundice, gout and cramps
• Fennel’s properties include carminative, analgesic, purgatives, diuretic, emmenagogue and galactagogue

Celastrus Paniculatus Extract is a large woody climber, leaves simple, alternate, ovate, panicles large, terminal, pubescent. Male flowers are minute and pale green in colour. Capsule sub-globose, bright yellow, trivalved, 3-6 seeded, seeds ellipsoid, yellowish brown, enclosed in a red fleshy aril.

Specifications:

• Botanical Name: Celastrus paniculatus
• Common Name: Malkangni, Black-Oil tree, Intellect tree, Climbing-staff plant
• Standardised For: 0.1% alkaloids
• Parts Used: Leaves & Seeds

Functions:

• Celastrus paniculatus seeds is beneficial to the intellect and memory
• The seeds are used as liver tonic, , stimulant, powerful brain tonic, stimulate intellect and sharpen memory
• Cure joint pain, paralysis, rheumatism, weakness
• Celastrus paniculatus seed oil enriches the blood, cures abdominal complaints, stomachic, tonic, treats cough, asthma, leprosy, headaches, leucoderma
• Celastrus paniculatus is excellent for beri-beri

Banaba Extract is a tropical flowering tree that grows up to 10 metres high. Banaba has large green oblong leaves that are about 3 inches in width and 7 inches in length. The flowers of Banaba are colored pink to lavender. Banaba bears nut-like fruits that are arranged in large clumps.

Specifications:

• Botanical Name: Lagerstroemia speciosa
• Common Name: Crepe Myrtle
• Standardised For: 1% Corosolic acid
• Parts Used: Leaf

Medicinal Uses:

• Diabetes –Banaba leaf extract contains corosolic acid which helps in lowering of blood sugar levels

General Uses:

• Weight Loss –Banaba has the ability to delay or reduce the absorption of carbohydrates
• The extract is rich in Zinc, Magnesium, dietary fibres etc

Cuminum Cyminum plant grows to 30–50 cm. Cuminum cyminum is an annual herbaceous plant, with a slender branched stem 20–30 cm tall. The leaves are 5–10 cm long, pinnate or bipinnate, thread-like leaflets. The flowers are small, white or pink, and borne in umbels. The fruit is a lateral fusiform orovoid achene containing a single seed. Cumin seeds are oblong in shape, longitudinally ridged, and yellow-brown in color.

Specifications:

• Botanical Name: Cuminum Cyminum
• Common Name: Cumin, Jeera
• Standardised For: 1% volatile oil
• Parts Used: Fruit

Medicinal Uses:

• Cumin is used in treating inflammation, indigestion, flatulence and as an appetite suppressant

General Uses:

• Cumin acts as a galactagogue, carminative and aids digestive system function better
• Cumin purifies blood, promotes healthy reproductive organ, in both male and female, increases milk flow in nursing mothers, and acts an . Cumin reduces inflammation of uterus
• Cumin paste is applied on boils, swellings and itchiness of the body
• Cumin acts as a mouth freshener, heals mouth ulcers and eliminates foul smell of the mouth, treating gum inflammations, preventing bleeding and strengthens them
• Black cumin stimulates neutrophil activity, modulate production of interleukins

Eugenia Jambolana is an evergreen tree up to 25 m tall, with young stems grayish white and lower bark coarse and discolored. Leaves opposite, simple, entire, elliptic to broadly oblong, smooth, glossy, somewhat leathery, short-pointed at tips, leaf midrib prominent, yellowish. Flowers white to pinkish, in branched clusters at stem tips, calyx cuplike, 4 petals, fused into a cap, many stamens. Fruit an ovoid, 1-seeded berry, dark purplish red, shiny.

Specifications:

• Botanical Name: Eugenia jambolana, Syzygium jambolanum, Eugenia cumini
• Common Name: Jamun, Black plum
• Standardized For: Upto 4% saponins
• Parts Used: Seed

Medicinal Uses:

• Jamun is treatment of lung problems such as bronchitis and asthma
• Jamun is applied directly to the mouth and throat to reduce pain due to swelling (inflammation)

General Uses:

• Eugenia jambolana is important as the anti-cancer and antiviral benefits
• Jamun is a powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory
• Jamun is used for anemia, diabetes, for dysentery leaves juice for gingivitis (bleeding gums)
• Jamun is used for digestion disorders including gas (flatulence), bowel spasms, stomach problems, and severe diarrhea (dysentery)
• Jamun is also used as an

Pueraria tuberosa is an Ayurvedic herb used for the treatment of hepatic diseases, discoloration of the skin, fever, to improve the breast milk and as general tonic and improve the body mass.

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Caesalpinia Bonducella Extract is a very large straggling, very thorny shrub. Branches armed with hooks, hard yellow prickles, leaves with a pair of hooked stipulary spines at the base. Small yellow flowers in dense long peduncled terminal. Short stalked pods densely covered with prickles, 1-2 seeds in lead colour, smooth and shining surface.

Specifications:

• Botanical Name: Caesalpinia bonducella
• Common Name: Fevernut, Bonduc
• Standardised For: 2.5% Bonducin
• Parts Used: Roots, leaves, bark and seeds

Functions:

• The seeds are stimulant to the uterus, improve the menstrual discharge in oligomenorrhea and reduce the pain in lower abdominal region.
• One of the best medication for malarial fever.
• The skin of the seed being astringent is beneficial as a medicament for diarrhea, dysentery and colitis.
• Fever Nut is helpful in intermittent fevers, asthma, gumboils, hydrocele, swellings, leprosy and rheumatism. Fever Nut has antispasmodic, bitter tonic and antihelmintic properties.