Nature has gifted us with abundant herbs and plants that have the ability to cure a wide range of illnesses and ailments. India is the birthplace of herbal medicine or the ayurveda. These products include spectrum of botanical and medicinal products prepared from herbs, dried flowers, roots, barks and seeds. These products are impeccably natural and pure. Essential oils like aloe vera is used both for medical and cosmetic purpose. Its main property is to heal wounds, emollient, and laxative. Ajowan oil is a powerful antiseptic, and germicide, and carminative. This has widely been used for the isolation of thymol. Sometimes used in production of soaps. Angelica has been used to reduce muscular spasms in asthma and bronchitis.
It has also been shown to ease rheumatic inflammation, to regulate menstrual flow and as an appetite stimulant. The stems are candied for culinary use. Black pepper oil is widely used in some tonics and for vertigo, paralytic and arthritic disorders. The oil and oleoresin are used extensively in the food industry, as well as in the food industry and in alcoholic drinks.
