Lac
Carteria lacca or Coccus lacca or Tachardia lacca
Vernacular Names
Sanskrit - Laksha Malayalam - Laksha Tamil - Kombarakku
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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 banyan, accasia and peepal tree [...]

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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 and its strength.
The Yoga practitioners usually use [...]

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