Herb Plant Rauvolfia serpentina

by dinesh_valke
Rauvolfia -- honours Leonhard Rauwolf, German physician, botanist and travellerserpentina -- from Latin serpentine, related to snakecommonly known as: Indian snakeroot, java devil pepper, ichneumon-plant, insanity herb, rauvolfia root, rauwolfia, serpentine wood, snakeroot, snakewood � Assamese: arachoritita � Bengali: ?????? chandra � Gujarati: ???????? sarpagandha � Hindi: chandrabhaga, ???? ???? chota-chand, ?????? nakuli, ???????? sarpagandha � Kannada: ???????? sarpangandha, ????????? sarpagandhi, ???????????? shivanabhiballi, sutranavi, ????????? patalagandhi � Malayalam: ???????? amalpori, chuvannavilpori, ??????????? sarppagandhi, suvapavalporiyam � Marathi: harkaya, harki, ?????? nakuli � Oriya: patalagarar, sanochado � Sanskrit: ????????? chandrika, ?????? nakuli, ????????? patalgaruda, ???????? sarpagandha � Tamil: chevanamalpodi � Telugu: patalaguni, patalagaruda, sarpagandha � Urdu: ???? ????? chota chand, ????? nakuli... concoction of the root is hypnotic, sedative and reduces blood pressure; it is also employed in labours to increase uterine contraction; it is an excellent remedy for snake-bites.