all over India in gardens.
English Oriental Arbor-Vitae.
Folk Morepankhi.
Action Leaves—diuretic, insecticidal antipyretic.
The leaves contain rhodoxanthin, amentoflavone, hinokiflavone, quercetin, myricetin, carotene (20.8 mg/tOO g dry basis), xanthophyll and ascorbic acid (68 mg/100 g). Essential oil, obtained from twigs (0.32) and berries
(0.25%), contains alpha-thujene, (+) - sabinene, (+)-camphene, cedrol, cedrenol and alpha-and beta-pinenes as maj or constituents.
American Arbor-Vitae and White Cedar has been equated with T. occidentalis and is used as Thuja.
It was introduced into India from North America, and grows as a Christmas tree in the plains of India.
Leaves—an infusion is used as a uterine stimulant, emmenagogue and diuretic. Boiled in lard, are applied externally for rheumatism. Bark—astringent, emmenagogue, diuretic. Oil— poisonous, disinfectant, insecticidal. Seed and fruit— antibacterial; inhibited the growth of Gram-positive microorganisms.
The leaves yields a volatile oil, containing thujone as major component, with iso-thujone, borneol, bornyl acetate, l-fenchone, limonene, sabinene, camphor, l-alpha-thujene; flavonoids, mucilage, tannins.
The heartwood yields a non-toxic antibiotic substance. It gave sesquiterpene alcohols—occidentalol and occidol; also alpha-beta-and gammaeudesmol.
Thuja is used in homoeopathy for tissue degeneration and tumours, warts and fungoid growths, both internally and externally.
Thymus serpyllum Linn.
Family Labiatae; Lamiaceae.
Habitat Native to North America; also found in temperate Himalayas from Kashmir to Nepal; grown in gardens in western India.
Tilia sp. Linn. 661
English Mother-of-thyme, Wild Thyme. Thymus vulgaris (Garden Thyme) is found in the Nilgiris at higher elevations.
Ayurvedic Ajagandhaa, VanaYavaani. (Not to be confused with Yavaani, Ajmodaa, Shataahvaa, Raajikaa and Tilaparni.)
Unani Haashaa, Jangali Pudinaa.
Action Antiseptic, antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, antispasmodic, mild sedative, expectorant. T
