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

Enicostemma Littorale is a glabrous perennial herb attaining the height of 5-20 inches. Enicostemma littorals produce yellow or white coloured flowers, arranged in clusters in the leaf axils along the stem.

Specifications:

• Botanical Name: Enicostemma littorale
• Common Name: Mamijava, Chhota chirayata
• Standardized For: 4% bitters
• Parts Used: Leaves & whole plant

Functions:

• Enicostemma has anti-diabetic, antioxidant, laxative, and anti-inflammatory

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.

Withania Somnifera Extract grows as a short shrub with a central stem from which branches extend radially in a star pattern covered with a dense matte of wooly hairs. The leaves are bowl shaped, small and without thorns. The flowers bloom from the base of the leaves, are small and green, while the ripe fruit is orange-red and has milk-coagulating properties. The seeds are small, heart shaped, smooth and flat. The plant has long, brown, tuberous roots.

Specifications:

• Botanical Name: Withania somnifera
• Common Name: Ashwagandha
• Standardised For: Upto 2.5% Withanolides
• Parts Used: Root

Functions:

• Ashwagandha increases longevity and vitality, has antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, immune-modulating, and antistress properties
• Ashwagandha is useful in treatment of inflammations, psoriasis, bronchitis, asthma, consumption, ulcers, scabies, marasmus of children, insomnia, senile debility etc

Ficus Racemosa is a moderate sized deciduous tree growing up to 20 meters in height. Leaves are simple, alternate, ovate or elliptic, acute, and glabrous; receptacles small subglobose or piriform, in large clusters from old nodes of the main trunk, green colored and turns to reddish when ripe.

Specifications:

• Botanical Name: Ficus racemosa
• Common Name: Gular, Redwood, Indian Fig, Cluster Fig
• Standardized For: 5-10% tannins
• Parts Used: Bark, Leaves

Medicinal Uses:

• Indian Fig is used for treating intestinal worms, leucorrhea, menorrhagia, dysmenorrhea, fatigue, epitasis, bowel complaints, blood impurity, horse voice, bronchitis, cystitis, weak erection, and leprosy

General Uses:

• Ficus racemose bark is used in diabetics to stop frequent urination and for cervical adenitis
• Ficus racemose is used to alleviate fevers, bleeding wounds, constipation, dysentery, bruises, boils, and mumps

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.

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

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.

Dhataki [Woodfordia fruticosa] is common in Sri Lanka, South Konkan and on the Ghats and ascends the Himalayas to 1500 m, but is rarer in South India. Dhataki (Fire Flame Bush) is a spreading, leafy shrub, small in size but very conspicuous on dry, rocky hillsides from December to May,

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

Calcium Sennosides Herb (Senna Extract) is one of the best known herbal medicines. Leaves of the Senna plant are used for extraction of Calcium Sennoside.

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.