Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Jasminum grandiflorum(Jasminum grandiflorum)


Common Name: Jasminum grandiflorum, Royal jasmine, Catalonian jasmine
Plant name: Jasminum grandiflorum
Chemical constituents: oil contains benzyl acetate, linalool, benzyl alcohol,  methyl anthranilate and trace amounts of p. cresol, farnesol, cis-3-hexenyl benzoate, eugenol, nerol, ceosol ,indole,  benzyl benzoate, cis-jasmone, geraniol, benzoic acid, benzaldehyde, y-terpineol and nerolidol, isohytol.
Uses:
- Flowers used for tea.
- Water in which the flowers were macerated the night before used as eyewash.
- Flowers macerated in oil or alcohol extract used for rheumatism.
-used for skin diseases, ulcers of the mouth, and otorrhea.
- leaves are chewed for ulcerations of the mucous membranes of the mouth.
- Flowers used as plaster to the loins and pubes as an aphrodisiac.











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