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Botany name: Lawsonia inermis (Henna)                      
Habit             : Shrub
Parts used     : Leaves, bark, flowers and seeds
Constituents  : Leaves yield a colouring matter. seeds yield a
fragrant otto or oil. the whole plant contains glucoside.
Action        : Bark is alterative, sedative and astringent.
leaves are astringent, detergent and deodorant. flowers are
refrigerant and soporfic. root bark is astringent.

Botany name: Leucas aspera                                                             
Habit             : Herb
Parts used     : Whole plant
Constituents  : Flowers contain an essential oil an alkaloid.
Action          : Flowers are stimulant, expectorant, aperient,
diaphoretic, insectiside and emmenagogue. plant is laxative,
antipyretic, expectorant, stimulant, emmenagogue, antidote
and alexipharmic.

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