Ayurvedic Herbs Glossary MMM

Melaleuca leucadendron

1. ENG: Cajuput Tree Tea Tree 
2. Family: ​ 
3. Sanskrit:  kayaputi, kajuput 
4. Other Names:  
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Momordica charantia

1. ENG: Bitter Gourd, Carilla Fruit
2. Family: 
3. Sanskrit: Karavella, Kathilla, Sushavi
4. Other Names: 
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1. ENG: Common mallow
2. Family: 
3. Sanskrit: gulkhair, kunzi, vilayatiikangai
4. Other Names: 
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Moringa pterygosperma /Moringa oleifera

1. ENG:  Drumstick plant, Moringa, Horse radish tree
2. Family: Moringaceae
3. Sanskrit: Shigru, shobhanjana, sahijna, sainjna,  munaga
4. Other Names: Teekshnagandha ,Aksheeva
5. Part Used: 
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Mucunapruriens /Mucunaprurita

1. ENG:  cow-itch plant,cowhage
2. Family:  Fabaceae
3. Sanskrit:  kapikachhu,atmagupta,kaunch,kevanch
4. Other Names:  Guptapala, Svagupta,
5. Part Used: 
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Mentha piperata

1. ENG:  Peppermint 
2. Family:  
3. Sanskrit:  paparaminta
4. Other Names:  
5. Part Used: 
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Myristica fragrans 

1. ENG: Nutmeg
2. Family: MYRISTICACEAE
3. Sanskrit:  Jatiphala, Malatiphala, Malatisuta
4. Other Names:  Majjasaram
5. Part Used: 
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Mangifera indica Linn

1. ENG:  Mango
2. Family: Anacardiaceae
3. Sanskrit:  Amra, chuta
4. Other Names:  
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Mentha arvensis

1. ENG: Mint
2. Family: 
3. Sanskrit:  Pudina, Putiha 
4. Other Names:  
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Mesua ferrea

1. ENG:  Ironwood tree 
2. Family: Guttiferae
3. Sanskrit: Nagakeshara, Nagakesara, Nag keshar, Ahipushpa,
4. Other Names:  
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Mimosa pudica Mimosaceae

1. ENG:  Sensitive plant 
2. Family:
3. Sanskrit: Lajjalu
4. Other Names:  
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Mentha spicata

1. ENG: Spearmint
2. Family: 
3. Sanskrit:  pahari putida,putiha
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Mācīka : Gall of Tamarix 

Madhuka : Glycyrrhiza glabra 

Madana : Randia dumetorum 

Madayantikā : Jasminum species

Madhuparṇī (Syn. Madhuka)

Madhurasā (Syn. Mūrvā)

Madhuvallī

Madhuśigru : Moringa concanensis Nimmo

Madhūka : Madhuca indica J.F Gmel

Madhūkapuṣpī L : Madhuca butyracea 

Madhūlī (Syn. Madhūlikā)

Madhuyaṣṭī (Syn. Madhuka)

Madhūlīkā : Eleusine coracana

Māgadhī (Syn. Pippalī)

Mahatī śravaṇī (Same as mahāsrāvaṇī)

Mahājālīnī (Syn. Dhāmārgava)

Mahāmedā : Polygonatum verticillatum Allioni

Mahāpatra : Leea macrophylla Roxb. ex Hornem

Mahāpurṣadantā (Syn. Śatāvarī)

Mahāsahā (Syn. Māṣaparṇī)

Mahāśravaṇī

Mahāśvetā (Syn. Kiṇihī)

Mahauṣadha (Syn. Śuṇṭhī)

Mahāvrīhi (a variety of Vrīhi)

Mahāvṛkṣa (Syn. Snuhī)

Makuṣṭha(ka):Phaseolus aconitifolius 

Malapū (Syn. Kākodumbarikā)

Mālatī (Syn. gātī)

Māṁsī : Nardostachys jatamansi DC.

Maṇḍūkaparṇī (Syn. Brāhmi)

Maῆjiṣṭhā : Rubia cordifolia 

Marica : Piper nigrum 

Markaṭa ( a root poison)

Markaṭī (Syn. Kapikacchu)

Mārkava (Syn. Bhṛṅgarāja)

Marubaka : Majorana hortensis Moench

Māṣa : Phaeolus mungo Linn

Māṣaparṇī : Teramnus labialis Spreng

Masūra : Lens culinaris Medic.

Masūravidalā(lah) (Syn. Śyāma trivṛt)

Matsyākhya(kṣa)ka : Alternanthera sessilis 

Mātuluṅga (Syn. Bījapūraka)

Mayūraka

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Medā : Polygonatum verticillatum 

Meghaka (a root poison)

Meṣaśṛṅgī : Dolichandrone falcata Seem

Mocā (Syn. Kadalī)

Mocarasa (Exudation of Śālmali)

Moraṭa : Maerua arenaria

Mṛdaṅgaphala (Syn. Kṛtavedhana)

Mṛdvīkā (Syn. Drākṣā)

Mṛgaliṇḍika : Gnetum montanum Markgraf

Mṛṇāla (stalk of Lotus)

Mṛṇālī

Mṛṣtaka (Syn. Āsurī)

Mudga : Phaseolus radiatus Linn

Mudgaparṇī : Phaseolus trilobus Ait

Muktā (Syn. Nākulī)

Mukūlaka : Sapium insigne Triven

Mukunda(ka) (an inferior cereal)

Mūlaka : Raphanus sativus

Mūlakaparṇi (Syn. Adhoguḍā)

Muῆjātaka : Orchis latifolia 

Mūrvā : Marsdenia tenacissima

Mūsikāhvayā (Syn. Mūṣikaparṇi)

Mūsikaparnī(kā) :Ipomoea reniformis Chois

Muṣkaka : Schrebera swietenioides 

Mustaka : Cyperus rotundus

Mustaka(viṣa) (a root poison)