Public Health

True Ashok tree is Saraca asoca (Roxb.) De Wilde syn. S. indica auct. non Linn. with medicinal value

Saraca asoca (Roxb.) De Wilde syn. S. indica auct. non Linn. Caesalpiniaceae (Fabaceae) Bark. Distribution Area It occurs almost throughout India up to an altitude of 750 m. in the central and the eastern Himalayas and the Khasi, Garo and Lushai hills; it ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Jan 13 2011 - 2:37am

Terminalia arjuna (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.= T. cuneata Roth bark has great medicinal value

Terminalia arjuna (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.= T. cuneata Roth Combretaceae Bark. A large, evergreen tree, common in most parts of India.. It is rare in the Karnatic, but is fairly plentiful in Tirunelveli and on the west coast. It extends north- wards to the ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Jan 13 2011 - 10:05am

Get A Better Tan By Eating Carrots

Forget spray-on tans, n ew research in Evolution and Human Behaviour says eating carrots and tomatoes gives you a more healthy tan than even the sun. Dr Ian Stephen, from the School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus, led the research ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 13 2011 - 8:36pm

Entada phaseoloides (Linn.) Merr. syn. E. scandens Ayervedic Gila has medicinal properties

Entada phaseoloides (Linn.) Merr. syn. E. scandens Benth. Family Fabaceae Used Part Fruits. Distribution Area The plant occurs throughout the sub-Himalayan tract, from Nepal eastwards ascending to 4,000 ft. in Sikkim, in Assam, Bihar and Orissa, and in the ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Jan 15 2011 - 12:13am

Phragmites karka Trin. ex Steud. root has medicinal value

Phragmites karka Trin. ex Steud. (Syn P. karka Retz., P. roxburghii(Kunth) Steud.; P. maxima Blatter & McCann in part. Family Gramineae Used Part Root Distribution Area A tall reed, with thick creeping rhizome, found in marshy places and along banks of ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Jan 15 2011 - 12:18am

New Study On Chemicals In Pregnant Women (and General Kvetching)

As a preface to this post, I have to offer a general complaint against media (both print and television) and their bias against providing citation information or links on studies when they report on them. You always have to go digging to find the actual st ...

Article - Kim Wombles - Jan 15 2011 - 5:06pm

Cissampelos pareira Linn. var.hirsuta (Buch.-Ham. ex DC.) Forman a medicinal plant from India

Cissampelos pareira Linn. var.hirsuta (Buch.-Ham. ex DC.) Forman syn. C.hirsuta Buch.-Ham. ex DC.; C. pareira Linn. var. ß; C. pareira Hook. f. & Thoms. Menispermaceae Leaves, twigs Distribution Area A very variable, lofty, slender, dioecious, perennia ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Jan 15 2011 - 11:25pm

Persea odorantissima (Nees) Kostem. (=syn Machilus odorantissima (Nees) Kostem.)

Persea odorantissima (Nees) Kostem. (=syn Machilus odorantissima (Nees) Kostem.) Lauraceae Bark Throughout the outer Himalayas and Khashi hills up to an altitude of 2.100 m., chiefly in moist ravines and shady places. Leaves and flowers of the tree are swe ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Jan 17 2011 - 3:32am

Global Warming Means Better Milk?

A U.K. study showed that wetter, cooler summers have a detrimental effect on the milk we drink. Newcastle researchers found that milk collected during a cooler summer and the following winter had significantly higher saturated fat content and far less bene ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 17 2011 - 1:16pm

Sphaeranthus indicus Linn. or Gorkha mundi has medicinal value.

Inflorescence of Sphaeranthus indicus Linn. belonging to family Asteraceae has medicinal properties. Distribution Area An aromatic herb, found abundantly in damp situations in the plains all over India, ascending to an altitude of c. 1,500 m. in the hills ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Jan 18 2011 - 12:21am