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Sunday 30 August 2015

Home Made Herb Oil

A Recipe for home made herb oil
Kodupai, Kaiyantharai and Vallarai
Take them raw from the fields.
Wash them well.
Put them in a "ural" and pound with wooden "Ulakai'.
Take their juice and add it to one liter of Coconut Oil in "Uruli" a thick brass vessel, very costly these days.
Boil it gently with firewood for at least one day, and leave it for one day.
Then after one day, filter the contents, and keep them in a bottle.
Apply this oil to the head and it gives rest to your nerves and make you sleep.
VERY EFFECTIVE.

Wednesday 28 November 2012

Karisalankanni

This is also called as 'khayantharai keerai' in tamil language.

The Tamilnadu Agricultural University portal in this link

http://agritech.tnau.ac.in/horticulture/horticulture_gallery/medicinal_crops/index.html

has picture like this

But in kanyakumari district the below plants are called as Kayantharai by the locals.

The above plants are not kodupai keerai though it looks like that. It is not brahmi also as its flowers does not look like that. It is not karisalankanni as it is identified as below in an image from the web.

Karisalankanni is also called as kayonni.

Kayonni is also botanically called Eclipta alba.

In Wikipedia the page

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipta_alba which says both Eclipta prostrata and Eclipta alba are same,

has pictures of this plant which is more different looking, such as this:

Friday 23 November 2012

Bacopa Monnieri

In Tamil, the plant is called neer brahmi.

In Hindi, it is known as brahmi.

It is known as moneywort by aquatic enthusiasts and brahmi among herbalists.

It is also called as water hyssop.

There is 'some' confusion regarding the identity of bacopa monnieri and Centella asiatica.

Centella asiatica is called Indian Pennywort and looks like this:

but it is not bacopa monnieri.

Brahmi is available in capsule forms from two well known Indian companies.

1. Himalaya Pharmaceuticals.
2. Organic India.