Want to know more about the fruit that The Nagas cultivated and the Buddhists ate, 1000’s of years ago?
Want to know why bananas are called a fruit of the Wise men?
Bananas are undervalued by us here in India, but to the rest of the world, it holds a lot of importance. The scientific name for banana is Musa sapientum, which means “fruit of the wise men.” Since today is World Banana day, we wanted to share some of the amazing facts you should know about Bananas. Bananas are a rare example of fruit which has three genes from one of its parents, Musa acuminata. It confers the ability to produce fruit without the need for seeds. The word, Bana is of African origin, which means finger. The word was introduced by salves that were brought to the Americas from Africa. In India, it is called plantain. With the help of Alexander the Great, the fruits traveled to Europe and Spain. Later a Spanish missionary brought the fruit to America.
In a document, which is from 400 B.C, quoted in Sanskrit literature, which in the south was known as Sangam literature states that bananas were the only fruit permitted to Buddhists in those days. Furthermore, bananas were cultivated by ancient South Indian people who are once called Nagas.
Bananas originated in Southeast Asia, it was said to be the world’s most consumed food, in the previous times. It is one of the most common fruits all over the world. Not to mention it has twice the amount of nutrition than what can be obtained from an apple. Plus it doesn’t require any specific fertilizer or maintenance except water. Yes, water is the main source to cultivate Banana. Thus said, Banana will grow in all types of climate. It is one of a few fruits which is available throughout the year. No auspicius function or puja is complete without full grown banana plant. Banana plant is treated as god, cow in india.
Banana is one divine plant, that has various used to mother nature and mankind. Right from its root to flower, everything is a healing property. Eg. The roots has a micro-organisms, which can purity the impure or contimanited water. That is why in olden days, you will find Banana trees in backyard. where waste water of the house is directed to it, and the water is filtured and send into ground. Whats an amazing ecofriendly fore sight our ancestors had!
Type of Bananas in India – Originally more than 100 nati varieties of Banana were available in India however after the green revolution, most fo the nati varieties of banana weren destroyed and only a few varieties are now currently available. Below is the list of Nati Variety Bananas as follows:
Best time to Eat Banana
Sevvalai (red banana) – which is more nutritious, cultivated in 10 months. Anyone can eat. Especially good for Newly married couples. It helps in weight gain. Mondham Palam (thoothukudi, Nagercoil belt) – King of Banana. Highest nutrition in a single banana than other nati banana varieties. For babies start from 2+ years old, they can give. Rich in fiber and easy digestion. Nenthram Palam (Kerala) – Its a must take for Babies (2+) and those for neuro problems and constipation. In Kerala, the semi ripens fruit will be prepared as Kanji and given to infants to gain more weight. Must eat for all ages. The famous chips of kerala is made from this.Matti Palam (North TN) – Rich in fiber and very rare to get. Yelaki palam (krishnagiri, karnataka) – Very tasty, good for digestion. Naatu vaalai – Very rare to get. Then (honey) vaalai – Rich in fiber, reduces constipation.
Poo vaalai – Not recommended due to high sugar content. One of the oldest variety. Rasthali – Very tasty with a good aroma. Malai vaalai – Only produce in Hill stations. Rich in Nutrition and good for weight gain. Sirumalai – A rare variety grows only in Sirumalai. Very tasty and rich in fiber. The famous Siddha Build Temple, Palani’s Panchamritham is made from this fruit, which has various preservative and curative property.Karpooravalli – Very tasty and easily grown in many parts of South TN. Good for constipation and digestion.
It is recommended to eat on an empty stomach to get more benefits. Or else need to at least eat 1 hr before food or after 2hrs of food. You can also take tea time in the evening. Must avoid eating before sleep. Avoid eating Hybrid bananas.
Make sure the banana contains Seeds while you are eating. Eat daily one banana and stay healthy.
AMAZING BUT TRUE THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH BANANA PEELS (AND BANANAS)
Thanks to its oil, rubbing the inside of a banana peel on a mosquito bite (or another bug bite) or on poison ivy will help keep it from itching and getting inflamed.
If you rub the inside of a banana peel on a scrape or burn, it will help the pain go away, keep the swelling down, and keep the wound from getting infected.
If you rub the inside of a small piece of the banana peel on a wart every night (or tape a piece of peel over the wart), the potassium in the peel can make the wart disappear in one to two weeks.
If you tape a banana peel over a splinter, the enzymes help the splinter work its way out of your skin (and also heal the wound).
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Ever since we started encouraging parents to have their own herbal garden, one parent came forward to share her experience and tip for set up your own garden.
My mom has avid interest in plants and our interest in gardening is inherited from her. As we grew up my parents planted saplings of coconut, mangoes, tapioca and many more. I and my brother took turns to water all the plants and the energy was irresistible. The plants that were so small are now tall trees…Today not only all are pickles, thoku, mango bars are made out of the fresh mangoes and some amount of coconut oil are made out of coconut that is yielded from our trees but we also give it away to our friends and relatives.
Accessing food that are healthy is biggest challenge we face today. “Food is your medicine” as we believe and give our children all the vitamins, immunity building substances, minerals etc but today that’s far from reality. We are not devoid from getting fresh vegetables, so we started to grow naturally. With all raising buildings we dint have adequate sunlight, so terrace gardening was the only option. Watching your seeds sprout and growing you find enrichment and the glory of having to pluck something form your kitchen garden is irresistible. Soon we started noticing some tiny ants construct their homes on mango trees. These tiny creatures live in so much harmony that their nests are so beautifully engineered binding the leaves together like a cluster and forming a nest chamber. Interestingly these ants kill other insects, pests and act as pest control for plants. Traditionally in kerala farmers have used ants nests (Puli urumb) as pest control for vegetables. It is quite interesting that we learn so much from nature in the process. Not all seeds germinate and are self sufficient in terms of our requirement but we are thankful for nature’s contributions, for what we are able to consume from what is grown today, for how exotic our yard has turned out to be, for all creatures who has found habitat in our garden, for all the new things that nature has taught us in the process.. My 3.8yrs young gardener is already exploring garden and asks appa, do you want shankpushpa or chethipoo? We started converting kitchen waste to compost which is one of the best soil nutrients. Its almost like a magic to see garbage transform into so wonderful “black gold”.
World is on the brink of natural disaster with polluted environment, earthquake, bad health, droughts, farmers selling kidneys to clear debts, committing suicide what not? Our actions have not just impacted climate and planet but all species.
If every house hold thinks of retaining some precious greenery around, let the trees flourish again, try to grow edible plants in small space, increase soil fertility with organic composting, we are doing our bit to live in harmony with Earth. Society is gradually turning into soil and waking up to the fact that a small piece of land, a backyard ,a balcony , a roof top or a terrace can produce so much. If there is no yard, there is power when people come together and do community gardening in apartments. It will be great to see schools take this initiative to enlighten children with wonders of nature. When I walk into office campus I wonder why so much space is wasted with shrubs and lawns instead of edible plants.. Let us work for the benefit of all species, bigger self, our family, our friends, generation after us and “mother earth”. With little bit of patience, time and care to nurture, it is fascinating to see what nature can give us back in abundance and in this process with nature we can witness the whole “cycle of creation”.
Hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just the body, but the soul. — Alfred Austin
Quick Tips on growing vegetables:
it’s a beautiful process to bond with plants so get your hands dirty,
Vegetables require direct sunlight, so it’s best to grow them on a terrace or a yard where there is adequate sunlight. On a terrace its better to be done after waterproofing. We can grow them in a patch, grow bags, sacks, gunny bags, waste buckets, pots and any containers.
For soil mixture mix equal proportions of soil, sand, compost made out of kitchen waste, dry cow dung powder.
Make sure some shells are kept under bags so that water do not get stagnated (we use coconut shells)
Soak seeds in water and seed them for climbers like ash gourd, snake gourd, cowpea etc. Others can be seeded immediately in soil. As the seeds sprout, make sure they are not over watered.
The age old mantra of farming “Feed the soil not the plant”. Natural manure in the form of kapalandi pinnaku in Malayalam (flat cakes and is cattle feed) , veppin pinnaku (neem cake) Soak in water for couple of days and use that as manure. You will be surprised to the plants grow so healthy. Dry cow dung powder , compost from kitchen waste etc. are other good soil nutrients. Panchagavya don’t require special introduction which is another important ingredient for plants
For pests – Neem oil mixed diluted in water sprinkle them on plants to keep insects/ aphids away we can also mix small amount of detergent to this. Garlic / ginger/ green chillis grinded together diluted in water and sprinkled over plants keep pests away.
Don’t throw away your kitchen waste, make your own compost with Kamba (Earthen pots) and use that every fortnight for your plants. . http://www.dailydump.org/.
There is enough help available online for all.
There is an app called “garden calendar” that can be downloaded, It guides to grow plants according to phases of moon and forces of nature. Most of the time we do not know what is moons influence on nature so this gives recommendations on favorable days for gardening activities, transplanting, seeding etc.
Lastly as we all know plants can feel, so give them all your affection…Nature does the rest.. Happy Harvesting!!
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Start the herbal garden to protect your family, environment and above all, kids at home inculcate the good practice to plan tress and also pass on the ancient wisdom to this life saving herb.
Coriander is one of the ancient herbs in treating many ailments like obesity, menstrual issues, controlling kaba and many more.
Planting
It can be planted on water bottles with the top lid up to the neck cut off, small baby bath tubs which give more yields, flower pots
(this is the last option).
Seeds
Coriander seeds are easily available in most of the organic stores. Make sure it is native variety, not hybrid or GM seeds. You can also get in touch with HLP.Store for seeds.
Sowing
Sowing coriander seeds should be done in a even manner as harvesting and watering becomes difficult I’d the seeds and sowed dense in a single place. Better to draw line like markings in the soil and sow the seeds evenly in every row giving space between each row.
Soil
Porous soil is best suited for coriander. Make sure the u can stick ur finger inside it. Tats the porous consistency. A mix of coding and vermicompost is an added advantage.
Watering
Use sprayes for watering and the stem is very fragile and too much watering is not gud for the plant. All it needs it is wetness.
Duration
5 weeks
Important note:
Use of scrap water bottles, scrap tubs trays are the best as coriander has very small root so it doesn’t need a shallow pot. I prefer hanging them by kitchen window to get a cilantro breeze inside the kitchen and hanging these greens is the best way to save space.
Energize your soul with nature’s greatest gift to mankind, trees!
Understanding the creation of this whole cosmos is a mystery. Scientists have gone too far in the recent times to give us various theories. Every time they discover a theory, it either supersedes or contradicts their past theory. If we go back in time, It is astonishing to see how yogis or siddhas gave us in-depth knowledge about the creation of universe through various texts/scripts/poems. There is lot of research about such questions going on in the scientific field currently. How our ancestors knew about it might sound mysterious, but if we dig deeper, we will know that it is through their mystic power acquired by their sadhana and various yogic practices such as meditation, astral travel, and so on.
Before we go to the Birth star and their respective trees, we need to understand the connection better. Once we know the meaning, the practice of hugging trees becomes meaningful.
There is a famous saying in siddha’s text “Andathil ullathu pindathil, pindathil ullathu andathil” Which means, whatever is in the cosmos is in our body, and whatever is in the body is in the cosmos. This is the fundamental fact our ancestors realized long ago.
Conception of Astrology
It is a known fact that all the living creatures are made of 5 elements of nature. They are fire, water, earth, air and space. Science says, we are all constantly influenced by heavenly bodies that surround us. Our ancient text clearly documents the fact that, nearest heavenly bodies such as planets and satellites affects us. The nearest bodies for us are, Moon, Sun, Mars, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, and two lunar nodes known as Ragu and Kethu.
We are also affected by moon and stars at night. It is at this time, the conception starts.The subtle vibrations and light that fall on our earth supports two things, creating new life form and healing those living and non-living creatures. These vibrations are changing continually, because the heavenly bodies are also moving in time. It is during such time, new forms of life are created and these life forms have their planetary and stars properties. This is where Astrology starts. At first, it was started to understand the nature of seasons, prediction of flood and famine and so on. Later, as more and more people meditated, understood the nature better, they also realised that all the living and non-living creatures are also affected. Thus, the concept of medical astrology was evolved.
Evolution of Medical Astrology
In the past, there were no sophisticated machines or techniques to scan our physical bodies. The healer who would either be a psychic or a mystic or an astrologer would simply look at the birth chart of the individual and tell us what issues we might face now or in the future.The treatment for the illness would be in the form of rituals, lifestyle changes or give the patients combination of herbs or gems.
For Example, for three people with the same mental problem, they might give one person a Moon stone, second person a panchagavya ghrita and for the third person, pranic healing and so on. Why there is so much difference? It is because our ancestors strongly believed to treat the source of a disease than the symptom. So the same illness might have originated at different levels for each patient and the treatment has to be issued wrt the planet where it has originated. In order to know more about the illness, we need to understand our bodies very well.
The physical body we see is just a one of the three layers, known as, Sthula Sharira. There are other two layers called as Sukshma also known by various name such as astral body, subtle body, pranic body or Linga sharira, where the mind and intellect resides, and finally, the causal body, our doorway to the higher consciousness.
Bridging Astronomy and Botany
Going back to the heavenly moving bodies and it influence on us, we need those healing energy heal our three layers of body from higher species, plants and trees!
We can confidently say trees are far more advanced than animals, based on scientific study done in recent time. Number of genes in an human DNA ranges from 20,000 – 25,000, whereas simple traditional rice has 46,000 – 55,000 genes in their DNA. Surprised!
Higher the genes, higher they have evolved, With common sense, we know that trees live longer than humans and they understand a lot more than we do about nature. In fact, there are trees which are 32,000 years old! The highest lifespan in an animal kingdom is only 300 years that of a tortoise.
Biologists believe that trees do not share the same origin as us.And we also now know that they are lot more intelligent than us having higher social skills.They understand our environment better and few can even dance with music ( this is demonstrated by Botanist Dr Pradit).Trees as they are more evolved than us, can understand us at all three levels of the body.There is an ancient tree called “Karpaga vruksham” or “Kalpavriksha” or “wish-fulfilling” tree which can move! Only nature knows how!!
Since trees are far advanced, they absorb more healing energy than anyone else. That is why our ancient texts are flooded with reference of siddhas or yogi who meditated under a tree and reaching nirvana or enlightened state.
Sage Durvasa and Adi Shankaracharya, meditated under the Kalpavriksha
Buddha meditated under Bodhi tree
Thirumoolar meditated under a banyan tree in Thiruvavaduthurai and wrote 3000 poems one poem in a year
The list is endless.
These enlightened souls, were able to identify various location, symbols, gems stones, and trees that would heal all the layers of the human body of a person born at a particular time.
They identified trees for 9 planets later they identified trees that would cover 30degree of the zodiac called as Rasi Trees, Later they identified 27 stars that affects us and their trees, and they even went further in each star to divide them into 4 parts called as padas and found its tree for respective pada. Hence, 27 x 4 = 108 trees.
In the olden days, they use take classes under the tree. Lucky were those who had the privilege to sit under a tree for their education. It is said, chanting under neem tree produces more powerful vibration, One of the ancient texts (vedas) quotes that neem tree was born while chanting a mantra or primordial sound with certain rituals..
Now, we know a little about trees, so how to do we seek their blessings? Again we have to go back in time to find those answers. In the olden days, when a baby is born, the father would consult a family astrologer to know what is the destiny of the baby and they would recommend a tree as the star tree and gemstones. That is why the activity of writing the birth chart was one the Samskara like swarnaprashana, tonsuring or ear piercing.
The father would then take a small portion of the umbilical cord and bury it and plant the star tree there. Later, we forgot this process, and they used to bury it in schools and temples. Why? They all had trees. Now, we completely lost our tradition.
That is why each temple in ancient times always had a tree. Or to put it right, they found the tree and build the temple around it. So that people who walk-in receives the healing energy. Also, these ancient temples always has a siddha or yogi samadhi. These trees would emit the blessing from those souls to us through trees. These temple trees are called as Sthala Vriksham. For example, the mango tree at the Ekambershwara Temple at Kancheepuram, also known to possess the energy of earth element (which is one of five elements of nature) is said to be 3000-3500 year old!
The mother would keep a vessel of water in silver or copper or gold near the baby’s head while sleeping, in morning time, they would pour the water to the birthday star plant. She would take her baby under the tree during day time to play with them. The plant that is just born out of baby’s entry into the world would produce healing energy for him and guide him in this dream and intuition.
In today’s busy lifestyle, it is hard to spend time with trees, esp if there is no trees near by.
It is necessary to spend time with our respective star-trees during our birthdays because birthdays (wrt star) is the weakest time in a person’s life and we when we are weak, we have to be in the safest place which is our birth tree!
Benefits from our Birth Trees
We can follow few steps when we are near our birth tree or any tree:
Always be in gratitude
Pour some water at its roots, thank them for their selfless healing energy they give without expecting anything from us. Before we take anything from tree, let us give something to them
Sit there and observe their beauty
Talk to them
Meditate under them
Hug them,let your heart touch the bark
Lie on the bark where all the chakras are in touch with the tree for direct healing
Protect them from intruders
Collect the seeds, and store it, When you meet someone with the same birth star, you can gift them the seeds
With permission, Take its small flower or leaves and retain with you in our bag or wallet. It will protect you in various ways, When the leaves are dry, go back and drop it at the same tree, so that they can sense and understand you better. There is a lot of spiritual science behind the process, which I will blog later
There are 108 trees in total for 27 nakshatras and for each of the 4 padas of a nakshatra. Some of the trees are very rare and hard to find, so we have also listed 27 trees for each nakshatra, that would cover all the 4 padas for that particular nakshatra. You can use, either or both of the trees as per the proximity. More than finding one, try to plant one!
Given below is a place at Pondicherry, which not only has all 27 trees / nakshatra, but also 12 trees as per Rasi, 9 trees as per planets, and 60 trees for each Tamil Year cycle. We will continue to find those hidden place and update the blog.
We might not have details regarding all the trees but we are in constant process to update the details. If you know more about trees, please do share it with us. There are usually more than 1 tree for a star – let us not restrict ourselves with the false concept of one tree per star or pada. We will later share the trees/plants wrt to Rasi also.
Special thanks to members and parents:
Siva – Life Coach, who is running a “Hug your star tree” campaign. Motivating all the people to hug trees. He is running a whatsapp group about this. Feel free to join him for meet like-minded people and find your trees near by. He is also actively running an activity on stargazing for parents and their kids. For more info check this here
Divya – who spent months to translate, identifying equivalent scientific name, local name in the various languages. Without her work, this blog would be incomplete
Smitha Ravi & Tejaswini – who helped us to proofread and make this blog presentable in short notice
Vijay Ghanabathi – who shared the Pondicherry location for those healing trees.
108 healing trees
Ashwini – 1st Pada
Strychnos nux-vomica
Scientific Name: Strychnos nux-vomica L
English Name: Strychnine Tree / Poison Nut Tree, Snake-wood, Quaker Button
Tamil Name: Yetti, Kanjaram
Malayalam Name: Kanjeram
Hindi Name: Kuchila
Kannada Name: Hemmushti, Hemmusti, Ittangi
Telugu Name: Mucidi, Mushidi, Mushti
Ashwini – 2nd Pada
Scientific Name:Mimusops elengi
English Name: Indian Medlar/ Spanish cherry/ Bulletwood
English Name: Palmyra Palm, African fan palm, borassus palm, doub palm, great fan palm, lontar palm, ron palm, tala palm, tal-palm, toddy palm, wine palm
Tamil Name: panai, panai maram, panai-maram, pannangkulloo
Malayalam Name: pana
Hindi Name: Taad, Tal, Trinaraaj
Kannada Name:pane-mara
Telugu Name:tati-chettu
Revathi 2nd Pada
Scientific Name: Thevetia peruviana
English Name: Mexican oleander, Yellow Oleander, Lucky Nut
[ The tree mapped to this star is manjapala. Below are the details of pala or jackfruit tree.Awaiting confirmation about this tree]
27 Star trees
Ashwini
Scientific Name: Strychnos nux-vomica L.
English Name: Strychnine Tree / Poison Nut Tree, Snake-wood, Quaker Button
Tamil Name: Yetti, Kanjaram
Malayalam Name: Kanjeram
Hindi Name: Kuchila
Kannada Name: Hemmushti, Hemmusti, Ittangi
Telugu Name: Mucidi, Mushidi, Mushti
Barani
Scientific Name: Phyllanthus emblica
English Name: Gooseberry
Tamil Name: Nelli
Malayalam Name: Nelli
Hindi Name: Amla
Kannada Name: Betta nelli
Telugu Name: Usiri
Karthigai/Krittika
Scientific Name: Ficus Racemosa
English Name: Fig Tree
Tamil Name: Athi
Malayalam Name: Atti
Hindi Name:Goolar
Kannada Name: Rumadi
Telugu Name: Paidi
Rohini
Scientific Name: Syzygium cumini
English Name: Java Plum
Tamil Name: Naval
Malayalam Name: Njaval
Hindi Name: Jamun
Kannada Name: Nerale
Telugu Name: Neredu Chettu
Mrigashirsha
Scientific Name: Acacia catechu
English Name: Cutch Tree, black catechu, black cutch, cashoo, catechu, wadalee gum
Tamil Name: Senkarungali
Malayalam Name: karintaali
Hindi Name:dant-dhavan, gayatrin, khair, khayar, madan, pathi-drum, payor, priya-sakh
Kannada Name: kaachu, kadira, kadu, kaggali
Telugu Name: khadiramu. kaviricandra, nallacandra Sources: http://travancoredevaswomboard.org/uncategorized/birth-star-trees-photos http://www.vedicvanas.com/nakshatravana.html
Scientific Name: Diospyros ebenum
English Name: Indian Ebony
Tamil Name: Karungali
Malayalam Name: ebony, kari, karimaram, karu, mishatumpi, mushtimbi, vayasi
Hindi Name: abnus, ebans
Kannada Name: abanasi, bale, bale mara, balemara
Telugu Name: karimara source: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/grow-your-star-trees/article2242771.ece
Thiruvadhirai/Ardra
Scientific Name: Diospyros ebenum
English Name: Indian Ebony
Tamil Name: Karungali
Malayalam Name: ebony, kari, karimaram, karu, mishatumpi, mushtimbi, vayasi
Hindi Name: abnus, ebans
Kannada Name: abanasi, bale, bale mara, balemara
Telugu Name: karimara Source:http://travancoredevaswomboard.org/uncategorized/birth-star-trees-photos
Scientific Name: Aquilaria agallocha
English Name: Agarwood, Aloeswood, Eaglewood
Tamil Name: agar, Aggalichandanam,murukamaram,karkantamaram
Malayalam Name:akil, karakil, kayagahru
Hindi Name: agar
Kannada Name: agaru, agaru gandha, agilu gandha, krishnagaru
Telugu Name: agaru, agaru chettu, agru, krishna agaru, krishnagaru Source:http://www.vedicvanas.com/nakshatravana.html
Scientific Name: Acacia catechu
English Name: Cutch Tree, black catechu, black cutch, cashoo, catechu, wadalee gum
Tamil Name: Senkarungali
Malayalam Name: karintaali
Hindi Name:dant-dhavan, gayatrin, khair, khayar, madan, pathi-drum, payor, priya-sakh
Kannada Name: kaachu, kadira, kadu, kaggali
Telugu Name: khadiramu. kaviricandra, nallacandra Source:http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/grow-your-star-trees/article2242771.ece
Punarpoosam/Punarvasu
Scientific Name: Bambusa arundinacea
English Name: Indian Thorny Bamboo, giant thorny bamboo, male bamboo, spiny bamboo, spring bamboo
Tamil Name: Moongil
Malayalam Name: Mula
Hindi Name: Bans, bambu
Kannada Name: bidiru, vamsha
Telugu Name: Veduru
Poosam/Pushya
Scientific Name: Ficus religiosa
English Name: Peepal, holy fig tree, peepul, sacred fig tree,Bodhi Tree
Tamil Name: Arasu, Arasa Maram
Malayalam Name: arayal, pippalam
Hindi Name: aswattha, pipal
Kannada Name: aralimara, asvatthamara
Telugu Name: pippalamu, ragichettu
Ayilyam/Aslesha
Scientific Name: Calophyllum inophyllum
English Name: Beauty Leaf, Alexandrian laurel
Tamil Name: punnai
Malayalam Name: Pinna, Punna, Surampunna
Hindi Name: Sultan Champa
Kannada Name: sura honne
Telugu Name: Punnagamu, nameruvu, ponna Source:http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/grow-your-star-trees/article2242771.ece
Scientific Name: Mesua ferrea [Mesua nagassarium]
English Name: Cobra saffron, Ceylon ironwood, Indian rose chestnut
Tamil Name: Tadinangu, sirunagappoo
Malayam Name: Vainavu
Hindi Name: Nag champa, Nagkesar
Kannada Name: naagasampige
Telugu Name: nagachampakamu Sources:http://www.vedicvanas.com/nakshatravana.html http://travancoredevaswomboard.org/uncategorized/birth-star-trees-photos
Megha/Magham
Scientific Name: Ficus bengalensis
English Name: Banyan tree
Tamil Name: Aala maram
Malayalam Name: Alamaram, Peraal, Aal, Nyagrodham, Vadavriksham
Hindi Name: Barh
Kannada Name: aalada mara
Telugu Name: Marri chettu
Pooram/Purva Phalguni
Scientific Name: Butea monosperma [Butea frondosa]
English Name: Flame of the forest, Bastard teak, Bengal kino tree
Tamil Name: Purasu
Malayalam Name: Brahmavriksham, Chamatha, Mukkappuyam, Plasu, Palasinsamatha
Hindi Name: Palash, Dha
Kannada Name: Muthuga
Telugu Name: Modugu
Utthiram/Uttara Phalguni
Scientific Name: Ficus infectoria
English Name: White Fig
Tamil Name: Kurugatti
Malayam Name: Cherala
Hindi Name: Pilkhan
Kannada Name: Kari-basari, juvvi
Telugu Name: Badijuvvi, Jatti Source:http://www.vedicvanas.com/nakshatravana.html
Scientific Name: Spondias mangifera
English Name: Wild Mango, Andaman mombin, Indian hog plum, Indian mombin
Tamil Name: kincam, pulima
Malayalam Name:ampazham
Hindi Name: ambara,ambari,amra,bhringi-phal,metula,pashu-haritaki,pitan
Kannada Name: ambatta, kadambatte, marahunise, murthiga, pullile, pundi, umhati, umme, vrykshamla
Telugu Name:adavimamidi, adhvamu, ambalamu Sources:http://travancoredevaswomboard.org/uncategorized/birth-star-trees-photos http://www.vedicvanas.com/nakshatravana.html
Scientific Name: Ficus Racemosa
English Name: Fig Tree
Tamil Name: Athi
Malayalam Name: Atti
Hindi Name:Goolar
Kannada Name: Rumadi
Telugu Name: Paidi Source:http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/grow-your-star-trees/article2242771.ece
Chitirai/Chitra
Scientific Name: Aegle marmelos
English Name: Bel, Beli fruit, Bengal quince, Stone apple, Wood apple
Tamil Name: Vilvam
Malayalam Name: Vilvam
Hindi Name: Bel
Kannada Name: Bilvapatre
Telugu Name: Sandiliyamu
Swathi
Scientific Name: Terminalia Arjuna
English Name: arjun, kahua bark, kumbuk
Tamil Name: marutamaram, maruthu, nirmarudu, nirmarutu
Malayam Name: attumarutu, kulamaruthu, marutu, neermaruthu
Hindi Name: arjun, anjan, anjani
Kannada Name: arjuna, arjuna mara
Telugu Name: eramaddi, thellamaddi chettu
Vishaka
Scientific Name: Feronia elephantum/Limonia acidissima
English Name: Wood Apple
Tamil Name: Vila
Malayam Name: Vilam Kai
Hindi Name: Kaitha
Kannada Name: Belavu
Telugu Name: Velaga Sources:http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/grow-your-star-trees/article2242771.ece http://www.vedicvanas.com/nakshatravana.html
Scientific Name:Flacourtia jangomas
English Name: Coffee Plum, Indian cherry, Indian plum, rukam, runeala plum
Tamil Name:Vaiyyankarai
Malayalam Name:Vayyamkaitha
Hindi Name: Talispatri,Paniala,Pani amla
Kannada Name:Chankali, Goraji
Telugu Name:Kuragayi
Source:http://travancoredevaswomboard.org/uncategorized/birth-star-trees-photos
Anusham/Anuradha
Scientific Name:Mimusops elengi
English Name: Indian Medlar/ Spanish cherry/ Bulletwood
Tamil Name: Magizham
Malayam Name: elengi
Hindi Name: Maulsari/ Bakul
Kannada Name: Ranjal
Telugu Name: Kesari, pogada, vagula, magadam, barz
Scientific Name: Canarium strictum
English Name: Black dammer, Black dhup, Indian white Mahogany
Tamil Name:karuppukkunkiliyam
Malayalam Name:Karutha-kungiliyam, Kungiliyium, Kunthirikkam, Pantham, Pantappayan, Thelli, Viraka, Thellippayin
Hindi Name: kala dammar
Kannada Name: haale maddu,raala dhoopa
Telugu Name:nalla-rojan, nallarojanamu, nallarojen Source:http://www.vedicvanas.com/nakshatravana.html
Scientific Name: Mangifera indica
English Name: Mango
Tamil Name: ma,Thema
Malayalam Name:Mangga
Hindi Name: Am
Kannada Name: Mavina mara
Telugu Name: Mamidi
All the below trees are listed in the siddha medical dictionary as “Maramaram”
Scientific Name: Aporosa lindleyana
English Name: Lindley’s Aporosa
Tamil Name: Kodali, Vettikan, Vettil, Vittil, Vitti
Malayalam Name: Kodali, Kotili, Ponvetti, Vetti, Vittil
Hindi Name:
Kannada Name: Salle mara, Sali, Sarali, Sulla
Telugu Name:
Pooradam/Poorvasu
Scientific Name: Salix Tetrasperma
English Name: Indian Willow
Tamil Name: Atrupalai, Vanji
Malayam Name: Arali, Atrupala
Hindi Name: Bod, Bains
Kannada Name: Niranji
Telugu Name: Etipaala, Etipisinika, Kondaganneru, VodimeSources:http://travancoredevaswomboard.org/uncategorized/birth-star-trees-photos http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/grow-your-star-trees/article2242771.ece
Scientific Name: Saraca indica
English Name: ashoka tree
Tamil Name:acoka maram
Malayalam Name:asoka, asokam, hemapushpam, vanculam, vanjulam
Hindi Name: anganapriya, ashok, asok
Kannada Name:asokada, hashige, jassoondie, kenkali
Telugu Name:ashokamu, asogam, asoka, asokamanu, asokamu, vanjulamuSource:http://www.vedicvanas.com/nakshatravana.html
Uthiradam/Uttarashada
Scientific Name: Artocarpus heterophyllus
English Name: Jackfruit
Tamil Name: Palaa
Malayalam Name: Chakka
Hindi Name: Katahal, Kathal
Kannada Name: Halasina hannu
Telugu Name: Panas
Thiruvonam/Shravan
Scientific Name: Calotropis gigantea
English Name: Crown Flower
Tamil Name: Erukku
Malayam Name: erukku, vellaarike, vellerikku
Hindi Name: erukku, vellaarike, vellerikku
Kannada Name: bili ekkada gida, ekka, ekkai
Telugu Name: Jilledi Puvvu
Avittam/Dhanista
Scientific Name: Prosopis cineraria
English Name: Khejri Tree
Tamil Name: parambai, perumbe, seemaimullu, vanni
Malayam Name: Perumbai
Hindi Name: Jand , Khejri
Kannada Name: perumbe, shastra mara, shive, vunne mara
Telugu Name: chani, jambi, jammi, jammi chettu, priyadarshini Source:http://travancoredevaswomboard.org/uncategorized/birth-star-trees-photos
Scientific Name: Acacia ferruginea
English Name: Rusty Acacia
Tamil Name: cimai-velvel, Chimaivelvel, Karambai,vanni
Malayalam Name: karivelam, thimai-velvelam, vanni
Hindi Name: kaigar, kalgar, kingore, safed khair
Kannada Name: banni, banni mara, banue, kiri banni
Telugu Name: anachandra, anasandra, inupa tumma Source:http://www.vedicvanas.com/nakshatravana.html
Scientific Name: Prosopis juliflora
English Name: Algaroba, Mesquite
Tamil Name:cimaikkaruvel, velikattan
Malayalam Name:Sali, Vanni
Hindi Name: bavalio, bilyti-babul, kikar, valaitij Source:http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/grow-your-star-trees/article2242771.ece
Sadhayam/Shatakara
Scientific Name: Anthocephalus cadamba/Neolamarckia cadamba
English Name: Kadam
Tamil Name:Vellaikkatampu
Malayam Name: vellakatampa
Hindi Name:Kadamb
Kannada Name: Kaduavalatige
Telugu Name: Rudrakskamba Sources:http://www.vedicvanas.com/nakshatravana.html http://travancoredevaswomboard.org/uncategorized/birth-star-trees-photos
Scientific Name:Anthocephalus chinensis
English Name:Purple Neo-Cheesewood
Tamil Name:kadambu, kathambu
Malayalam Name:Manjanir kadambu
Hindi Name:kadamb
Kannada Name:Ahnan
Telugu Name:begada, kadamba,rudraakshakamba Source:http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/grow-your-star-trees/article2242771.ece
Pooratathi/Poorva
Scientific Name: Mangifera indica
English Name: Mango
Tamil Name: ma,Thema
Malayalam Name:Mangga
Hindi Name: Am
Kannada Name: Mavina mara
Telugu Name: Mamidi Sources:http://travancoredevaswomboard.org/uncategorized/birth-star-trees-photos http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/grow-your-star-trees/article2242771.ece
Scientific Name: Azadirachta indica
English Name: Neem
Tamil Name: Vembu, Veppai
Malayalam Name:Ariyaveppu
Hindi Name:Neem
Kannada Name:Turakabevu
Telugu Name:Vepa Source:http://www.vedicvanas.com/nakshatravana.html
Uthrattathi/ Uttara Bhadrapada
Scientific Name:Borassus flabellifer
English Name: Palmyra Palm, African fan palm, borassus palm, doub palm, great fan palm
Tamil Name:talam
Malayalam Name:karimpana
Hindi Name: Taad,Tal,Trinaraaj
Kannada Name: legari,taalegari,taatinimgu
Telugu Name:tatichettu Source:http://travancoredevaswomboard.org/uncategorized/birth-star-trees-photos
Scientific Name: Mangifera indica
English Name: Mango
Tamil Name: ma,Thema
Malayalam Name:Mangga
Hindi Name: Am
Kannada Name: Mavina mara
Telugu Name: Mamidi Source:http://www.vedicvanas.com/nakshatravana.html
Scientific Name: Azadirachta indica
English Name: Neem
Tamil Name: Vembu, Veppai
Malayalam Name:Ariyaveppu
Hindi Name:Neem
Kannada Name:Turakabevu
Telugu Name:Vepa Source:http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/grow-your-star-trees/article2242771.ece
Revathi
Scientific Name: Madhuca longifolia/Madhuca indica
English Name: Indian Butter Tree
Tamil Name: Iluppai
Malayam Name: Ilupa, Irippa, Njannal
Hindi Name: Mahua
Kannada Name: hippe
Telugu Name: Ippa
Rashi Trees
Mesha Raasi
English Name: red sandalwood, sanderswood
Tamil Name:sivapu chandanam,cencantanam,nallacantanam
Malayalam Name:cencandanam,ooruttahchandanam, patrangam, rakta-channanam
Hindi Name: lalchandana,rakta-chandana
Kannada Name: kempugandha chakke, patranga, rakta-chandana
Telugu Name:agarugandhamu,rakta-chandanam,yerrachandanam
Vrishabha Raasi
Scientific Name:Alstonia scholaris
English Name:Scholar Tree, Dita bark, Devil tree, Blackboard Tree
Tamil Name:Ezilai piLLai,mukumpalai
Malayalam Name:Daivappala
Hindi Name: Saptaparni, Shaitan ka jhar , Chitvan
Kannada Name:Aelele Haale, Bantale, Doddapala
Telugu Name:Daevasurippi
Midhuna Raasi
Scientific Name: Artocarpus heterophyllus
English Name: Jackfruit
Tamil Name: Palaa
Malayam Name: Chakka
Hindi Name: Katahal, Kathal
Kannada Name: Halasina hannu
Telugu Name: Panas
Kadaka Raasi
Scientific Name: Butea monosperma [Butea frondosa]
English Name: Flame of the forest, Bastard teak, Bengal kino tree
Tamil Name: Purasu
Malayalam Name: Brahmavriksham, Chamatha, Mukkappuyam, Plasu, Palasinsamatha
Hindi Name: Palash, Dha
Kannada Name: Muthuga
Telugu Name: Modugu
Simha Raasi
Scientific Name: Stereospermum chelonoides
English Name: Fragrant Padri Tree
Tamil Name:ambuvagina, padiri, pathiriver, pumbadiri
Malayalam Name:kacasthali, karannavu, karanyavu
Hindi Name:padeli
Kannada Name:adri, bili paadri, giri, hadari
Telugu Name:ambuvaasini, gallugudu, goddalipukusu, isakarasi
Kanya Raasi
Scientific Name: Mangifera indica
English Name: Mango
Tamil Name: ma,Thema
Malayalam Name:Mangga
Hindi Name: Am
Kannada Name: Mavina mara
Telugu Name: Mamidi
Tula Raasi
Scientific Name:Mimusops elengi
English Name: Indian Medlar/ Spanish cherry/ Bulletwood
Tamil Name: Magizham
Malayam Name: elengi
Hindi Name: Maulsari/ Bakul
Kannada Name: Ranjal
Telugu Name: Kesari, pogada, vagula, magadam, barz
Vrishchika Raasi
Scientific Name: Acacia catechu
English Name: Cutch Tree, black catechu, black cutch, cashoo, catechu, wadalee gum
Tamil Name: Senkarungali
Malayalam Name: karintaali
Hindi Name:dant-dhavan, gayatrin, khair, khayar, madan, pathi-drum, payor, priya-sakh
Kannada Name: kaachu, kadira, kadu, kaggali
Telugu Name: khadiramu. kaviricandra, nallacandra
Dhanasu Raasi
Scientific Name: Ficus religiosa
English Name: Peepal, holy fig tree, peepul, sacred fig tree,Bodhi Tree
Tamil Name: Arasu, Arasa Maram
Malayalam Name: arayal, pippalam
Hindi Name: aswattha, pipal
Kannada Name: aralimara, asvatthamara
Telugu Name: pippalamu, ragichettu
Scientific Name: Ficus Racemosa
English Name: Fig Tree
Tamil Name: Athi
Malayalam Name: Atti
Hindi Name:Goolar
Kannada Name: Rumadi
Telugu Name: Paidi
Moon / Chandra / Soma-SouthEast
Scientific Name: Butea monosperma [synonyms: Butea frondosa]
English Name: Flame of the forest, Bastard teak, Bengal kino tree
Tamil Name: Purasu
Malayalam Name: Brahmavriksham, Chamatha, Mukkappuyam, Plasu, Palasinsamatha
Hindi Name: Palash, Dha
Kannada Name: Muthuga
Telugu Name: Modugu
Guru / Jupiter – North
Scientific Name: Ficus religiosa
English Name: Peepal, holy fig tree, peepul, sacred fig tree
Tamil Name: Arasu, Arasa Maram
Malayalam Name: arayal, pippalam
Hindi Name: aswattha, pipal
Kannada Name: aralimara, asvatthamara
Telugu Name: pippalamu, ragichettu
Kuja / Mangala / Mars – South
English Name: Cutch Tree, black catechu, black cutch, cashoo, catechu, wadalee gum
Tamil Name: Senkarungali
Malayalam Name: karintaali
Hindi Name:dant-dhavan, gayatrin, khair, khayar, madan, pathi-drum, payor, priya-sakh
Kannada Name: kaachu, kadira, kadu, kaggali
Telugu Name: khadiramu. kaviricandra, nallacandra
Sun / Surya – Middle
Scientific Name: Calotropis procera
English Name: Rubber Bush, apple of sodom, french cotton, sodom apple
Tamil Name: vellai erukkan, vellai erukku
Malayalam Name: erikku, erukku
Hindi Name: Aak, Mudar
Kannada Name: bili aekka, bili aekkada gida
Telugu Name: erra jilledu, jilledu, mandaaramu
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Lots has been mentioned about the benefit of Arjunarisht for heart related problems. Here are a plethora of gains by thisone herb,please read on may be somewhere it will help you.
The use of arjuna reduces excess bile, cures acidity, and brings stability in blood circulation.
It brings relief in blood bile, acidic bile and other related disorders.
Due to its bitter taste, it treats cough, urine related disorders and is a good suppressor. It is astringent and febrifuge. It treats various toxins and strengthens the hearts functioning.
Arjuna, Shirish and Palm tree are helpful in leprosy, gonorrhea, paleness and cough and are a fat suppressor. Arjuna tree, ‘ashmbheda’, ‘apamarg’ and ‘gokhru’, help in treating gastric disorders. The lithiasis sugar treats urinary disorders. Arjuna, syzygium cumin, licorice and berry, all are beneficial in abscess, inflammation and other diseases.
On dry mountain ranges, on the bank of rivers, lines of trees, growing up to 80 feet high, the green color bulbs appear as it’s warriors, armed with an infinite number of weapons in their quivers. These warriors have gathered to eliminate the various disorders and diseases, as their enemy. Arjuna tree is found in the forests. The flowers grow in ‘Baisakh’ and ‘Jyeshtha’ months, and fruits develop in the winter season.Its main trunk has a round shape with a height of 10-20 feet. Its outer layer (bark) is whitish in color, smooth, and around 1/3rd of an inch thick. The wood is red color on the inside. The bark shed its layer once in a year as the snake sheds its skin. Its leaves are 3 to 6 inches long, 1 to 2 inches broad, and on small branches are smooth and costate. On the back side of the leaves, it carries two green color glands. The flower is small, green-whitish color, and grows up in clusters. It is odorless. The fruits are long, oval shaped having 5 bulging curves with chambers. The fruits are seedless.
Gum of the Arjuna Tree:The extract of arjuna is clean, golden or brownish in color and transparent.
Chemical Composition of Arjuna Tree:The husk of arjuna has various chemical compositions. It has 34 percent of calcium carbonate and other alkalis include sodium, magnesium and aluminum. Due to excessive calcium and sodium, it helps in strengthening heart muscles at the minute levels.
Qualities of the Arjuna Tree:Arjuna is cool, good for the heart, astringent, treats body toxins, blood disorders, gonorrhea, bile, cough, fat and ‘pitta’. Arjuna bark in different composition gives strength to the heart muscles. It is good in supplying nutritious elements to the heart. When the muscles of the heart become powerful, the heart beats are strengthened with more regularity. The heart beats will reduce, with contraction in blood ducts, which regulates blood circulation. The heart gets strengthened and stimulated. The blood flow (pressure) within the blood ducts reduces, which treats hydro-related problems. Its use ensures proper contraction of the blood resources so that the heart uniformly distributes blood in the body and also pulls blood sent over different parts of the body back into the heart. Hence, its use is beneficial in heart disorders, passiveness in blood vessels, bodily inflammation, slowness in nerves, breath and cough problems, particularly chronic ones.
The use of arjuna reduces increase in the ‘pitta’ and acidity and generates stability in the blood circulation. It is helpful in case of blood bile and acidic biles. Since it is astringent it treats cough and urine disorders. It also treats fever and strengthens heart functioning. It is anti-toxin. ‘Arjuna’, ‘Shirish’ and palm tree are good for leprosy, gonorrhea, paleness, cough and fat. Arjuna, syzygium cumini (Jamun), liquorice and berry, all are good for abscess, as well as sexual diseases.Medicinal .
Use of Arjuna Tree According to Ayurveda:
*Treatment of Recurrent Mouth Ulcer (Stomatitis) with Arjuna Tree:‘Mukhpak’ – When the powder of its root is mixed with eating oil and gargled with hot water, it treats ‘mukhpak’.
*Treatment of Ear-ache with Arjuna Tree:When 3-4 drops of juice from its leaves are put in the ears, it treats ear-ache.
*Treatment of Melasma on the Face with Arjuna Tree:When its bark is crushed finely and mixed with honey to put a paste of it on the face, it cures melasma.
*Treatment of Tuberculosis Cough with Arjuna Tree:When the powder of the bark of arjuna is mixed with seven pinches of ‘vasa’ leaves and taken with 2-3 grams of honey, sugar candy (misri) or cow ‘ghee’, it treats TB cough with blood.
*Treatment of Rapid Heart Beat with Arjuna Tree:
When heart beats exceed from 72 to 150, take one glass of tomato juice, with one spoon of arjuna bark powder. Its regular use normalizes heart beats.
A spoonfull of fine powder of broad bark of arjuna tree, when taken with one cup of milk without cream, regularly in morning and evening, treats all heart ailments. It gives strength to the heart and treats weakness. The increasing heart beats too are reduced to normalcy.
Roast 20 grams of wheat flour in 30 grams of cow ghee. When it turns pink, put 3 grams of arjuna bark powder and 30 grams of sugar candy (misri) with 100 grams of water. After the mix is properly prepared, take it in morning. Its regular use treats heart pain, increased heart beats and anxiety.
Mix powder of bark of arjuna tree with flour and mix with honey and sugar candy (misri). These treats severe heart problems.
*Treatment of Heart Troubles with Arjuna Tree:
The weakness of heart and inflammation generated due to it, could be treated with arjuna bark. Mix 6 to 10 grams of arjuna bark powder with ‘gur’ (jaggery) and milk and boil it. Filter it and drink. It stops water content of lymph filling in the blood vessels. This treats heart inflammation and hence, the weakness is treated.
Take 50 grams of arjuna bark (if wet is not available, take 50 grams of dry bark) and boil in 4 kg of water. When the mix is reduced to one fourth, filter the decoction. Take 50 grams of cow ‘ghee’ and mix 50 grams of arjuna bark and the other ingredients cooked earlier. Heat it on a slow fire. Later, cool it. Now mix 50 grams of honey and 75 grams of sugar candy (misri) and keep it in china clay pot or glass jar. Take around 6 grams with cow milk. This will strengthen the heart.Weakness of the heart, excess heart beats, swelling or heart enlargement problems are best treated with this mix.
If a person has suffered heart attack earlier, take the above decoction 40 ml in morning and evening. It is a miraculous heart and cardiac tonic.
For complete benefit of the mix, prepare the decoction in milk. It helps in the treatment of angina pain, heart beats and anxiety.
The powder of arjuna bark, when filtered with cloth is more effective as compared to other medicines. Chew it, keeping it on the tongue. It was found equally beneficial as sorbitrate pill. When the pulse rates or heart beats are very low, keeping it on the tongue starts giving relief immediately. The medicine gives permanent relief and it does not have any adverse impact. It is more beneficial as compared to the allopathic medicine digitalis.
It is beneficial in cases of high blood pressure. If swelling or inflammation has developed due to the high blood pressure, it gives relief.
Treatment of Excessive Urine with Arjuna Tree: To stop the problem, take 40 ml decoction regularly in morning and evening.
Treatment of Blood Diarrhea with Arjuna Tree: Take the finely grinded powder of arjuna bark, 5 grams, and warm it on a slow fire with 250 grams of cow milk and around 150 grams of water. When only milk is left and when its temperature is reduced, comfortable to drink, mix with 10 grams of sugar candy or sugar. Take the mix regularly in the morning, which treats all the heart ailments. It is especially beneficial in gastric troubles or heart ailments. This milk, mixed with arjuna bark powder is also helpful in chronic fever, blood diarrhea and blood bile.
Treatment of Blood Blennelytria with Arjuna Tree: Take arjuna bark powder 1 spoon and boil with mix of 1 cup of milk. When the residue remains half, mix sugar candy and take three times a day.
Treatment of Gonorrhea with Arjuna Tree: Take arjuna bark, neem bark, amliki bark, neelkamal and turmeric, all in equal proportions, around 20 grams and mix with 400 ml of water. Boil till residue remains 100 ml.Take the mix with honey in morning and evening, which treats gonorrhea.
Take leaves of arjuna, quince, syzygium cumini, ‘mrinali’, ‘shriparni’, ‘mahendi’, ‘dhai’ and mix them with ‘ghee’ and salt. It is much beneficial in the disease.
Treatment of Shukrameh with Arjuna Tree: The patient should take the decoction of the arjuna bark or white sandal regularly in morning and evening, which treats the disease.
Treatment of Urine disorder with Arjuna Tree: Take 40 ml decoction of arjuna bark, which treats urine disorders.
Treatment of Fracture with Arjuna Tree: When the body part is plastered due to broken bone, take finely grinded powder of arjuna bark, one spoon with 1 cup of milk, which strengthens bones. On the broken bone, use paste of its bark mixed with ‘ghee’. It also helps speed union of the fractured bone.
Treatment of Inflammation with Arjuna Tree: It effects on the kidney and helps in proper urine formation. It helps in the treatment of excessive water content in the body parts besides heart ailments.
Treatment of Obesity with Arjuna Tree (for Weightloss): Take powder of arjuna root bark and ‘gangeran’, two grams each regularly in morning and evening, which treats diseases related to obesity.
Treatment of Blood Bile with Arjuna Tree: According to Charak, soak Arjuna bark for entire night and in the morning filter the water and prepare a decoction. Its use is helpful in blood bile.
Treatment of Leprosy with Arjuna Tree: In blood disorders and leprosy, take one spoonfull of arjuna bark powder with water daily. Also, its bark, when rubbed with water to prepare a paste, is helpful.
Treatment of Fever with Arjuna Tree: In fever, take around 40 ml of its decoction, which treats fever.
Treatment of Abscess with Arjuna Tree:Finely grind arjuna bark and prepare a decoction. Wash injuries and abscess with it, which is beneficial.
Take powder of its root, one spoon with milk, which treats bluishness due to some injury.
Treatment of Chronic Fever with Arjuna Tree: Take one spoon full of its bark with ‘gur’ (jaggery), which treats chronic fever.
Treatment After Heart Attack with Arjuna Tree: Take fresh bark of arjuna tree, dry it in open and prepare a powder. Take 250 grams of milk and an equal amount of water and boil it. Put three grams of arjuna powder (partially filled tea spoon) in it. After boiling, when the milk remains half of the quantity, remove it from the flame. Filter it and drink, which treats all heart problems and stops heart attacks. It is very effective medicine after heart attacks.
Other Procedures:Take 12 grams of arjuna bark and boil with 250 grams of cow milk and an equal amount of water. When it remains half, mix 10 grams of sugar candy, which treats all heart troubles. In fact, arjuna is a miraculous gift of the nature and we all should take advantage of it.
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