Malaysian Herbs

http://www.sidhhaherbs.blogspot.com   Senna occidentalis-தகரைச்செடி Senna occidentalis  is a  pantropical  plant species. Vernacular names include : ʻauʻaukoʻi in Hawaii,  coffee senna ,  coffeeweed ,  Mogdad coffee ,  negro-coffee ,  senna coffee , Stephanie coffee ,  stinkingweed  or  styptic weed . [ citation needed ] The species was formerly placed in the genus  Cassia . The species was formerly placed in the genus Cassia . The plant is reported to be poisonous to cattle . The plant contains anthraquinones. The roots contain emodin and the seeds contain chrysarobin (1,8-dihydroxy-3-methyl-9-anthrone) and N-methylmorpholine . Mogdad coffee seeds can be roasted and used as a substitute for coffee. They have also been used as an  adulterant  for coffee. There is apparently no  caffeine  in mogdad coffee. Despite the claims of being poisonous, the leaves of this plant,  Dhigu...

http://www.sidhhaherbs.blogspot.com   புளியாரையில் ஓரினம் Oxalis corniculata   இந்தியன் சோரல்--INDIAN SORREL இதை இந்தியன் அனைவரும் அறிவார்களா? இதனை கலப்புக்கீரையுடன் சேர்த்து கறி சமைக்கலாம். Oxalis corniculata , the creeping woodsorrel, also called procumbent yellow-sorrel or sleeping beauty, resembles the common yellow woodsorrel , Oxalis stricta .  It is a somewhat delicate-appearing, low-growing, herbaceous plant in the family Oxalidaceae . It has a narrow, creeping stem that readily roots at the nodes . The trifoliate leaves are subdivided into three rounded leaflets and resemble a clover in shape. Some varieties have green leaves, while others, like Oxalis corniculata var. atropurpurea , have purple. The leaves have inconspicuous stipules at the base of each petiole . The fruit is a narrow, cylindrical capsule , 1 to 2 cm long and noteworthy for its explosive discharge of the contained, 1 mm long seeds Description: The flowers are 1/2...