medicinal Plants .....importance is mentioned in this ppt

1. ENGLISH PRESENTATION
 MD.Aquib Khan
 Shahbaz Haque
 Mohit Singh
 Saket Jha
 Arshad kalam
 Aman jha
 Vikash pandey

3. INTRODUCTION
• Arnica montana, known
commonly as leopard's bane,
wolf's bane, mountain tobacco
and mountain arnica, is a
European flowering plant with
large yellow capitula.
• Arnica has been used in herbal
medicine.

4. ARNICA MONTANA
• Common Name:- Mountain
Arnica
• Scientific Name:- Arnica
Montana
• Plant’s Category:- Medicinal
Plant
• Areas mainly found:- Mainly
found in Europe

5. DISTRIBUTION &
HABITAT OF ARNICA
• Arnica montana is endemic to
Europe, from southern Iberia to
southern Scandinavia and the
Carpathians. A. montana grows
in nutrient-poor siliceous
meadows up to nearly 3,000
metres (9,800 ft.). It is rare
overall, but may be locally

6. • It is becoming rarer,
particularly in the north of its
distribution, largely due to
increasingly intensive
agriculture. In more upland
regions, it may also be found
on nutrient-poor moors and
heaths.

7. FORMS OF ARNICA
• A. montana has tall stems, 20–60
centimetres (7.9–24 in) high, supporting
usually a single flower head. Most of the
leaves are in a basal rosette, but one or
two pairs may be found on the stem and
are, unusually for composites, opposite.
The flower heads are yellow,
approximately 5 cm in diameter, and
appear from May to August.

8. USES OF ARNICA
• Arnica is traditionally used as an external
herbal medicine for bruises. It is in fact
approved by the German Commission E for
topical use when applied for inflammation,
bruises and joint pain. According to esteemed
herbalist Michael Moore, the herb does not
have an immediate effect but instead takes
several hours to work in support of strains and
bruises. Arnica flower should not be taken
internally.

9. IMPORTANT PARTS WHICH
ARE USED

10. SOME PICTURES OF ARNICA

12. INTRODUCTION
• Peppermint (Mentha piperita, also
known as M. balsamea Wild) is a hybrid
mint, a cross between watermint and
spearmint.
• The plant, indigenous to Europe, is now
widespread in cultivation throughout all
regions of the world.
• It is found wild occasionally with its parent
species.

13. PEPPERMINT
• Common Name :- Peppermint
• Scientific Name :- Mentha
x.Peperita
• Plant’s Category :- Medicinal
Plant
• Areas Mainly Found :- Europe ,
Asia & North America

14. BOTANY OF PEPPERMINT
• Peppermint was first described in 1753
by Carl Linnaeus from specimens that
had been collected in England; he
treated it as a species, but it is now
universally agreed to be a hybrid.
• It is a herbaceous rhizomatous perennial
plant growing to 30–90 cm (12–35 in)
tall, with smooth stems, square in cross
section.

15. USES OF PEPPERMINT
• Peppermint has a high menthol content,
and is often used in tea and for
flavouring ice cream, confectionery,
chewing gum, and toothpaste. The oil
also contains menthone and menthyl
esters, particularly menthyl acetate.

16. • Dried peppermint typically has 0.3-0.4%
of volatile oil containing menthol (7-
48%), menthone (20-46%), menthyl
acetate (3-10%), menthofuran (1-17%)
and 1,8-cineol (3-6%).
• Peppermint is commonly used to soothe
or treat symptoms such as nausea,
vomiting, abdominal pain, indigestion,
irritable bowel, and bloating. It is also
used in aroma therapy.

17. TOXICOLOGY
• The toxicity studies of the plant have
received controversial results. Some
authors reported that the plant may induce
hepatic diseases (liver disease), while
others found that it protects against liver
damage that is caused by heavy metals.
• In addition to that, the toxicities of the
plant seem to vary from one cultivator to
another and are dose dependent.

18. IMPORTANT PARTS WHICH ARE
USED

19. SOME PICTURES OF
PEPPERMINT