Botanical Name - Swertia chirayita
Category - Aromatic/Medicinal
Form - Dry
Part Used - Whole Plant
General Information - Swertia chirayita (Gentianaceae), a popular medicinal herb indigenous to the temperate Himalayas is used in traditional medicine to treat numerous ailments such as liver disorders, malaria, and diabetes and are reported to have a wide spectrum of pharmacological properties. This ethnomedicinal herb is known mostly for its bitter taste caused by the presence of different bioactive compounds that are directly associated with human health welfare. The increasing high usage of Swertia chirayita, mostly the underground tissues, as well as the illegal overharvesting combined with habitat destruction resulted in a drastic reduction of its populations and has brought this plant to the verge of extinction.
Phytochemicals - The whole plant of S. chirayita have been reported to be used for the treatment of antibacterial and antifungal activity. Anti-hepatitis B virus activity of S. chirayita extracts was also studied. The whole plant of S. chirayita has been reported for the anti-inflammatory and hypoglycemic activity. The wide-range biological activities of S. chirayita are attributed to the presence of a diverse group of pharmacologically bioactive compounds belonging to different classes such as xanthones and their derivatives, lignans, alkaloids, flavonoids, terpenoids, iridoids, secoiridoids, and other compounds such as chiratin, ophelicacid, palmitic acid, oleic acid, and stearic acid.
Swertia chirayita (Gentianaceae), a popular medicinal herb indigenous to the temperate Himalayas is used in traditional medicine to treat numerous ailments such as liver disorders, malaria, and diabetes and are reported to have a wide spectrum of pharmacological properties
Supplier: Tea, coffee, ginger (raw and powder), chiraito (swertia chirayita), lokta (nepalese handmade lokta paper
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Supplier: Cordyceps, ganodarma, morel mushroom (himalayan mushroom ), rhizome picrorhiza, swertia chirayita, spike nard, gulancha tinospora, toothache tree (zanthoxylum armatum ), margosa tree (neem ), himalayen yew, wild garlic, paris polyphylla (paris ), gooseberry, nepal cardamom, ginger and natural herbal products .
Supplier: Cordyceps, ganodarma, morel mushroom (himalayan mushroom ), rhizome picrorhiza, swertia chirayita, spike nard, gulancha tinospora, toothache tree (zanthoxylum armatum ), margosa tree (neem ), himalayen yew, wild garlic, paris polyphylla (paris ), gooseberry, nepal cardamom, ginger and natural herbal products .
Botanical Name - Andrographis paniculata Category - Medicinal Form - Dry Part Used - Whole Plant General Information - The whole herb is bitter in taste and is source of several diterpenoids of which a bitter water soluble lactone andrographolide is important. The plant is acrid, cooling, laxative, antipyretic, antiperiodic, anti-inflammatory, expectorant, sudorific, anthelmintic, digestive and stomachic. It is useful in burning sensation, chronic fever, malaria and intermittent fever, inflammation, cough, bronchitis, skin diseases, intestinal worm, dyspepsia, flatulence, colic, diarrhoea, dysentery, haemorrhoids and vitiated condition of pitta. The plant is often used as a substitute for Chirayita (Swertia chirayita). Phytochemicals - A number of diterpenoids and diterpenoid glycosides of similar carbon skeleton have been isolated from Andrographis, mainly the most bitter compounds among them are andrographolide, neoandrographolide, deoxyandrographolide. Other such phytochemicals amassed by the plant are 14-deoxyandro -grapholide, 14-deoxy-11,12-didehydroandrographolide, andrographiside, deoxyandrographiside, homoandrogra-pholide, andrographan, andrographon, andro-graphosterin and stigmasterol. The leaves of Andrographis contain the highest amount of andrographolide (2.39%), the most medicinally active phytochemical in the plant, while the seeds contain the lowest. Andrographolide has highly bitter taste, is colorless crystalline in appearance, and possess a "lactone function". Both growing region and seasonal changes have a strong impact on formation of the diterpene lactones. The highest concentration of the active components is found just before the plant blooms, making early fall the best time to harvest.
Supplier: Cordyceps, ganodarma , morel mushroom (himalayan mushroom ), rhizome picrorhiza, swertia chirayita , polygontum rhizoma, soap nuts, spike nard ,gulancha tinospora ,toothache tree (zanthoxylum armatum ) , margosa tree (neem ) , himalayen yew , wild garlic , paris polyphylla (paris ) , gooseberry , nepali black cardamom , fresh ginger and all kinds of natural herbal products .
