Lac Carteria lacca or Coccus lacca or Tachardia lacca Vernacular Names Sanskrit – Laksha Malayalam – Laksha Tamil – Kombarakku Source Lac is a resinous substance usually of reddish or dark brown in colour with a disagreeable odour & easily breakable with a cracking sound. It is deposited on the twigs of trees such as [...]

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Tiger Felis tigris Vernacular Names:- English – Tiger Malayalam – Kaduva Tamil – Puli Most of the parts of Tiger are used in Siddha medicines. Skin, flesh, blood, bile, fat, nail, bone, excreta & whiskers are used in medicine. All the body parts, posess hot potency because of its intense nature, habit of taking flesh [...]

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