tell me some trees in your neighbourhood having medicinal values???

Question

please help me in this assignment i treid hard to find some thing useful every where but it was of no help !!!!!
please tell me some common trees having good medicinal value please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 1

I have a rare "Slippery Elm" (aka Red Elm) in my yard. I remember throat lozenges made from slippery elm - though I do not see them anymore.

Answer 2

Google search: tree medicine

http://www.cygnus-books.co.uk/mind_body_spirit_books/tree_medicine_soft.htm

_Tree Medicine: A Comprehensive Guide to the Healing Power of Over 170 Trees_

Hmmm. At science camp, we made tea out of madrone bark.

Google search: madrone bark medicine

http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Environment/CulRes/ShrubsTrees.htm

Use: Madrone berries have been know to be eaten, but little is known about its preparation. Some First Peoples sometimes cooked the reddish, papery bark with camas bulbs to color them pink. Red-alder bark was also used for this purpose. One tribe used medicinal preparations from madrone bark and leaves for colds, stomach problems, as a post-childbirth contraceptive, and in a ten-ingredient bark medicine for tuberculosis and spitting up blood (Turner & Hebda, 1990)

Answer 3

Sassafras trees. They were used by Native Americans for medicinal purposes. They made teas, etc., from the roots, and branches. Cooks used them for flavoring when cooking stews, etc. Here in Northern New England there are many plants which were used for medicinal purposes over the years.

Answer 4

Hyperacidity, indigestion medicine usually should contain aluminum bicarbonate, magnesium bicarbonate. While Liquorice (english) is radix glycyrrhiza (latin) just make your stomach feel better, not vomitting, and warm. Some chinese medicines some times combine these above ingredients, to make maximum remedy effect. If so, it can cure indigestion, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, gastralgia, gastroxia, stomachic uncomfortness. liquorice, is also used for cough, pharyngitis, just as antiseptic. Liquorice tastes sweet, spicy. Liquorice,licorice,liquiriha officinalis, glycyrrhiza glabra are the same. Actually used fordemultion, expectorant, emolient, sedative. So it used for pharyngitis, cough. pleghm removing. Liquorice be used for beer produce, as color enhancer, and for porter (black wine), or stout (stronger black wine).

Answer 5

The first 4 are really good sites where u can get loads of info...i dont think u will need to search any further....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_herbs_and_minerals_in_Ayurveda -- good list

http://www.blackwoodconservation.org/5-year_program_tree_list.html -- big list - put the scientific name in google search to get the common name.

http://www.geocities.com/opossumsal/trees.html -- good site again - good list of trees and paragraphs written well.


http://www.himalayahealthcare.com/PRODUCTS/pureherbs.htm -- click on the links for info on each plant


Others for ur reference:

http://www.arnatural.org/Wildfoods/Uses_Trees.htm

http://www.medicinehunter.com/plant_medicine.htm

http://www.rainforesteducation.com/medicines/PlantMedicines/rfmedicines.htm

http://www.rainforesteducation.com/medicines/medcontents.htm

Answer 6

Margo tree--antiseptic,germkilling properties in leaves
Aleo Vera--Natural cleanser and moisturiser for skin and hair.
Holy Basil--Cures fever and cold,leaves antiseptic and kill germs.

Answer 7

eucalyptus tree, neem tree, etc.
their leaves are the herbs used in many cough syrups. Also used in vicks for nose blocks.
aloe vera leaves are commonly used for burns, skin injuries, good for pimples (my experience), and even used in cosmetic products.
garlic surprisingly has certain substances that help reduce blood pressure, and lowers cholestrol and fat in the blood stream.
also suppresses cough when you have colds & flu.
ginger can treat nausia, motion sickness and vomiting.
e.g. of one form (ginger tea).

Answer 8

anti-inflammatory compounds in the bark of the Scotch pine - widely used for Christmas trees - that scientists say could be developed into food supplements or drugs for treating arthritis and pain.

Answer 9

The willow family has natural aspirin in the bark.
You can actually peal off a piece of bark and put it between your cheek and gums and your body will absorb the aspirin.

Answer 10

neem,tulsi,ashvagandha,n many more.