Public Health
- Plants of desert have medicinal value.
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Out of the total 4,20,000 flowering plants reported from the world Govaerts, 2001) more than 50,000 are used for medicinal purposes ...
Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 14 2009 - 1:00am
- Jatropha as folk medicine
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Folk Medicine ...
Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 14 2009 - 1:05am
- Jatropha a Lucrative alternative for developing world
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Lucrative alternative All this, says Ibrahim, is good news for Malawi, where most people live on less than US$1 a day. He says jatropha could be a lucrative alternative to tobacco, Malawi's agricultural mainstay and principal source of foreign exchang ...
Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 14 2009 - 1:09am
- Woodfordia fruticosa (L.)Kurz. flowers have medicinal value.
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Scientific Name Woodfordia fruticosa (L.)Kurz. (W. fruticosa Kurz syn. W.floribunda Salisb.) Family Lythraceae Used Part Flowers. Distribution Area A shrub, commonly occurring throughout North India, ascending to an altitude of c. 1,500 m. in the Himalayas ...
Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 14 2009 - 7:12am
- Bambusa arundinacea (Retz) Willd. (Bamboo) is good for rheumatism
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Scientific Name Bambusa arundinacea (Retz) Willd. (B. arundinacea (Retz.) Roxb.; syn. B. bambos Druce) Family Poaceae Used Part Bamboo manna. Distribution Area Distributed throughout the moist parts of India, up to an altitude of 1,250 m, also cultivated i ...
Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 14 2009 - 11:19am
- Valeriana jatamansi Jones syn. V. wallichii DC with analgesic action is important herb of traditional medicine.
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Scientific Name Valeriana jatamansi Jones syn. V. wallichii DC. Family Valerianaceae Used Part Rhizome, roots. Distribution Area A sligtly hairy, tufted herb, found in the temperate Himalayas at an altitude of c. 3,000 m., and in the Khasi and Jaintia hill ...
Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 15 2009 - 6:32am
- Bombax ceiba Linn young fruits are used in chronic inflammation and ulceration of the bladder and kidneys.
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Scientific Name Bombax ceiba Linn Family Bombacaceae Used Part Flowers Distribution Area Throughout India in forests upto an elevation of about 1500 m also raised in plantations. ...
Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 15 2009 - 6:36am
- Two-Minute Drill For Water Quality In Space
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How would you know if your water in space were infected with something? Water is easy enough to clean but it requires some precision and current methods only examine water cleanliness after the fact. University of Utah chemists developed a two-minute w ...
Article - News Staff - Sep 8 2010 - 6:57pm
- Rosa alba Linn. (rose the healer of heart)has medicinal properties also.
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Scientific Name Rosa alba Linn. Family Rosaceae Used Part Stem,flowers Distribution AreaIt is cultivated to some extent in Bulgaria and Turkey for extraction of oil (otto) from the flowers. Common Uses. The flowers are also said to be used as a cooling med ...
Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 16 2009 - 7:43am
- Mesua ferrea flowers are astringent and stomachiac
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Scientific Name Mesua ferrea L.(syn Mesua nagassarium (Burm.f.)Kosterm.) Family Clusiaceae Used Part Stamens (Sample is crushed flower parts with some stamens) Distribution Area Found in the Himalayas, Madesh and Terai region of Nepal ascending to an altit ...
Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 16 2009 - 9:59am
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