Public Health

The term “ethnobotany” has often been considered synonmymous with “traditional medicine” or with “economic botany”.

Ethnobotany in totality is virtually, a new field of research and if this field is investigated thoroughly and systematically, it will yield results of great value to the ethnologists, archaeologists, anthropologists, plant geographers, ethnobotanists, bot ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 28 2009 - 4:27am

Information on folk medicinal uses of the plants has become of improved interest in search for new therapeutic agent.

Information on folk medicinal uses of the plants has become of improved interest in search for new therapeutic agent. Huge information on medicinal plants exists as oral among the folklore and primitive societies of India, where a large number of potent me ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 28 2009 - 7:00pm

Euphorbia hirta L.; has been used in the treatment of syphilis in traditional medicines.

In India, more than about 80% of the rural people depend mainly on plants for their primary healthcare needs. Many member plants of family Euphorbiaceae are found in Rajasthan and used here in many traditional remedies. A list of plants of family Euphorbia ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 28 2009 - 7:04pm

Euphorbia pulcherrima L:means "most beautiful" and brilliant red has medicinal value also.

Euphorbia pulcherrima L: Common name: Poinsettia The name pulcherrima means "most beautiful" and brilliant red floral display of E. pulcherrima, held against rich green foliage has made this unlikely species a holiday favorite. Its attractive app ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 28 2009 - 7:08pm

Vaccine Paranoia vs. the Null Hypothesis

CDC officials are anticipating a wave a vaccine horror stories, and reminding folks that by sheer coincidence bad things will happen after some people get their flu shots: As soon as swine flu vaccinations start next month, some people getting them will dr ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Sep 28 2009 - 11:17pm

The Next Time Your Wife Says Shoes Are Important, Believe Her

Think shoes aren't important for women?   You would be wrong, though perhaps not for the reasons you want to believe. A recent  Arthritis Care&Research study says that women who make poor shoe choices early in life are at greater risk for foot pai ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 29 2009 - 3:27pm

Cassia fistula Linn. A deciduous medium-sized tree, has great medicinal value.

Scientific Name Cassia fistula Linn. Family Caesalpiniaceae (Fabaceae) Used Part Root. Distribution Area A deciduous medium-sized tree, occurring in deciduous forests throughout the greater part of India, ascending up to an altitude of 1,220 m in the sub- ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Oct 3 2009 - 12:33pm

Vanda tessellata (Roxb.) Hook ex Don An epiphytic orchid, has medicinal value also

Scientific Name Vanda tessellata (Roxb.) Hook ex Don (=V.roxburghii R.BR.) Family Orchidaceaae Used Part Root. Distribution Area An epiphytic orchid, 30-60 cm. high, found from Uttar Pradesh to West Bengal, extending southwards to Kerala.. Common Uses. The ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Oct 3 2009 - 12:37pm

Too Many Antioxidants, More Diabetes?

It seems like common sense that too much of even good things can be bad.  Everyone has heard about the damage that reactive oxygen species (ROS) – aka free radicals – can do to our bodies by now and the sales pitches for antioxidant vitamins, skin creams o ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 6 2009 - 12:18pm

Men And Hearing Loss: Do We Just Rock Harder Or Are We Too Stupid To Turn Down The Volume?

Men suffer noise-induced hearing loss more than women, it seems.   Guys just rock out more, you might think.  Better to burn out than fade away, and all that.   But it's primarily married white guys who can't turn the volume down, which means our ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Oct 6 2009 - 12:40pm