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Cassia fistula Linn a plant Ayurvedic medicine potential has great medicinal value for human health

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Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 5 2009 - 8:23pm

Acacia catechu Willd can provide tannis to develop RT inhibitors to prevent AIDS infection

It is strange analogy that since times immemorial Kattha was used along with Piper betle leaves by dance artists and visitors to the brothels, and rulers before indulgence. Were they knowing that consumption of Piper betle leaves with Acacia catechu can p ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 5 2009 - 8:30pm

Aloe vera is not safe to drink while Aloe arborescens

Ale vera juices are commonly made from grounded leaves dissolved in water. They are packed and sold as health tonic. However three of the species including Aloe vera are not safe to drink and even banned by law in Japan. However one can drink Aloe arboresc ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 6 2009 - 7:05am

Coriandurm sativum Linn is condiment and a traditional medicine also

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Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 8 2009 - 10:00pm

Aegle marmelos (L.)Corr fruit is tonic for heart and brain in Ayurvedic system.

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Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 7 2012 - 9:10am

Panax ginseng has great potential for health.

Panax, the generic name, is derived from the Greek Panakos (a panacea), in reference to the miraculous virtue ascribed to it by the Chinese, who consider it a sovereign remedy in almost all diseases. It was formerly supposed to be confined to Chinese Tart ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 9 2009 - 11:08pm

Holarrhena pubescens(Buch.-Ham.) Wall. ex DC. syn. Holarrhena antidysenterica (Linn.) Wall. has medicinal potential

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Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 10 2009 - 12:31am

Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Miers. a wonder drug plant

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Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 10 2009 - 3:41am

Ginseng

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Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 10 2009 - 6:19am

Oscimum tenuiflorum Linn (= O.sanctum Linn) a holy plant of India has great medicinal potential

Scientific Name Oscimum tenuiflorum Linn (= O.sanctum Linn) Family Lamiaceae Used Part Dried stem. Distribution Area, Found throughout India ascending up to 1,800 m. in the Himalayas, and in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 10 2009 - 7:22am