A widely used new blood thinner that is routinely given to heart patients after angioplasty appears in rare cases to trigger a deadly blood disease. The drug, called Plavix, prevents blood clots and has been taken by more than 3 million people worldwide since its introudction two years ago. For …
Eating broccoli sprouts may be an effective way to control the germ that causes most peptic ulcers and is strongly associated with stomach cancer, a small study has found. Dietary Sulforaphane-Rich Broccoli Sprouts Reduce Colonization and Attenuate Gastritis in Helicobacter pylori
Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood, one that strikes the poor disproportionately. Up to one-third of children living in inner-city public housing have allergic asthma, in which a specific allergen sets off a cascade of events that cause characteristic inflammation, airway constriction and wheezing. VACUUMING Dr. Daniel …
Sivadas Varma KOCHI: Kerala campuses will soon sport a green look, courtesy the herbal nursery of the Hill Palace Museum in Tripunithura. Spread over 54 acres, the biggest botanical garden in the state supplies breeds of rare trees like the old man tree, banyan and mahogany. The Centre for Heritage …
The paper deals with 57 plants species belonging to 24 families used in the treatment of stomach disorders by the Boto (the Buddhists) tribal community of Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir state. Plants parts used in the treatment of stomach disorders along with methods of preparation, dose of administration and duration …
The many faces of Himalayan herb bhangjeera Traditional medicine practitioners of eastern Asia know about this spice. People of Garhwal in Uttarakhand have many uses for the leaves and seeds of this plant grown in the upper reaches of Himalaya. But gourmets are yet to discover it. The aroma of …
An attempt has been made to review some medicinal plants used for the prevention and treatment of cancer in foreign countries. Information on the botanical names of plants with family names, parts used and their main active components, and original/native place of these plants have been collected from the literature. …
London: A Belfast-based scientist has claimed that a herb found in the Himalayan region could be effective in controlling Type 2 diabetes. Dr. Yasser Abdel-Wahab, a senior lecturer in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Ulster, and his team discovered that the roots of a cucumber-like vegetable
Talk about weeds changing labour market Vandana Khobragade, a small farmer, knew the wheat and chickpea growing on her half hectare farmland needed weeding. But she could not afford to pay Rs 50 a day for labour to farm hands in her village Matkazari in Maharashtra
While some medicinal herbs found in the North East, especially in Meghalaya can cure ailments ranging from snake bites to malaria, others could prove to be harmful, studies have found. According to a study conducted by the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Mohali, some of the medicinal …
V Krithiga |Tirunelveli, It has 50 varieties of herbs that can cure headache, asthma, jaundice and even chickenpox AN herbal garden in a village in Tirunelveli provides herbs free of cost to villagers to cure a wide range of diseases including headache and jaundice. M Ramathal, president of Keela Vellakkal …
Wild plant species also form an important component of livelihood strategies in Asia, with wild collection of medicinal and aromatic plants providing a critical source of income in many areas. This is particularly true in areas such as the high alpine regions of the Himalayas, where agricultural outputs are low …
Nov 25: A unique agriculture festival called the tulsi mahotsav that celebrates the wonder herb tulsi (holy basil) was held in Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh this week. The festival was celebrated by a cluster of 13 villages where tulsi cultivation is popular. Organised by Organic India with its tulsi …
Central government has plans to introduce National Medicinal Herbs Mission soon on model of National Horticulture Mission with the aim of boosting medicinal herbs cultivation, developing medicinal nurseries, processing and marketing activities. A sum of Rs 630 crore will be allocated in the 11th Five Year Plan for the same …
GM herbs knock on the doors of Ayurveda. Can Ayurveda really be compatible with genetic modification? With traditional medicine herbs being genetically engineered, custodians of this ancient system will soon have to decide if they want to assimilate this new technology or insulate Ayurveda from it. While purists are not …
Joe C Mathew / New Delhi November 05, 2008, 0:54 IST Even as the debate over safety and essentiality of genetically modified (GM) foods continues, Indian research institutes are trying to genetically modify some high-value medicinal herbs that are an integral part of ayurvedic medicine, a recent report of pro-environment …
