Leadwort: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Leadwort in English is the name of a plant defined with Plumbago auriculata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Plumbago alba Pasq. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Catalogo del Real Orto Botanico di Napoli (1867)
· Flora de Veracruz (1997)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (1786)
· Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden (1985)
· Flora of Tropical East Africa, Plumbaginaceae (1976)
· Flora of Ecuador (1990)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Leadwort, for example side effects, health benefits, diet and recipes, extract dosage, pregnancy safety, chemical composition, have a look at these references.
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Ends with: Blueflowered leadwort, Cape leadwort, Ceylon leadwort, Indian leadwort, Officinal leadwort, Rosy-flowered leadwort, White leadwort, White-flowered leadwort, Whiteflower leadwort.
Full-text (+68): Citraka, Citramula, Blueflowered leadwort, White-flowered leadwort, Cape leadwort, Whiteflower leadwort, Officinal leadwort, Cittiramulam, Rosy-flowered leadwort, Ceylon leadwort, White leadwort, Indian leadwort, Tambada Citraka, Kotiveli, Vallivanni, Kuriyavanni, Civappu-cittiramulam, Atikarrati, Makarutam, Umil-nirperukki.
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Charaka Samhita (English translation) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)
Chapter 9 - The Pharmaceutics of Tilwaka (tilvaka-kalpa) < [Kalpasthana (Kalpa Sthana) — Section on Pharmaceutics]
Chapter 14 - The therapeutics of Abdominal Piles (arshas-cikitsa) < [Cikitsasthana (Cikitsa Sthana) — Section on Therapeutics]
Chapter 15 - The therapeutics of Assimilation disorders (grahani-dosha-cikitsa) < [Cikitsasthana (Cikitsa Sthana) — Section on Therapeutics]
Bhesajjakkhandhaka (Chapter on Medicine) (by Hin-tak Sik)
Medicines (m): Unclassified Substances < [Chapter 4 - Medicinal Substances in the Chapter on Medicine]