Public Health

Genomics, proteomics and metabolomics and now “felobomics.”

Genomics, proteomics and metabolomics and now “felobomics.” More than often people go to doctor and complain “I am not feeling good” “I am feeling bad” The science of feelings if you permit me to coin a new word I coin this word as “felobomics”. Its all a ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 16 2010 - 10:22pm

Plants and plant products could reduce obesity

Suddenly the prevalence of obesity in the last 25 years in rich and not so rich nations cant be attributed to the genetic factors. At present more than one billion adults worldwide are overweight and at least 300 million of them are clinically obese (WHO 2 ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 17 2010 - 7:04am

The rich biodiversity of eastern Himalaya has great medicinal potential

The rich biodiversity of eastern Himalaya including Bhutan, comprises most of the aforesaid types of forests except for the ones described at Sl. no. 4, 5 and 6 in preceding paras. ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 17 2010 - 8:05pm

Weekends- The Biggest Health Concern For The Latest Generation

Obesity is on the rise and one cause for that may be that young people do even less on the weekend than they do during the week- the number of those with inactive lifestyles goes up 100% when they're out of school.   Instead, boys primarily play video ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 18 2010 - 3:00am

Some medicinal plants of India: Sphaeranthus indicus Linn. commonly known as Gorkha mundi

Sphaeranthus indicus Linn. commonly known as Gorkha mundi (Inflorescence)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, especially as a weed in the rice-fields. All ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 18 2010 - 6:36am

Indian medicinal plants: Commiphora mukul(Hook. ex Stocks) Engl. syn. Balsamodendron mukul Hook. ex Stocks syn Commiphora wightii (Arn.)Bhandari(Burseraceae)

Commiphora mukul(Hook. ex Stocks) Engl. syn. Balsamodendron mukul Hook. ex Stocks syn Commiphora wightii (Arn.)Bhandari(Burseraceae)Used Part is Gum A small tree or shrub with spinescent branches occurring in the arid rocky tracts of Rajputana, Khandesh, B ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 18 2010 - 6:43am

Indian medicinal plants: Linum usitatissimum Linn (Linaceae)

Parts used are seeds. An erect annual, herb, cultivated throughout the plains of India and up to an altitude of 1,800 m. The seeds heal ulcers, urinary discharges, cure leprosy,remove "Vata" and "pitta", "kapha" bad for the ey ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 18 2010 - 6:49am

Indian medicinal plants of Himalyan region: Holarrhena pubescens (Buch.-Ham.) Wall. ex DC. syn. H. antidysenterica (Linn.) (Apocynaceae) Vern. kurchi

Holarrhena pubescens (Buch.-Ham.) Wall. ex DC. syn. H. antidysenterica (Linn.) (Apocynaceae) Vern. kurchi This plant is especially abundant in the sub-Himalayan tract. The used part is bark. The bark has astringent, antidysenteric, anthelmintic, stomachic, ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 18 2010 - 10:04am

Indian Medicinal plants of Himalayan region: Astilbe rivularis Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don,

Astilbe rivularis Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don, (Saxifragaceae) Used Part is Flower It is met with in temperate Himalayas from Kashmir to Bhutan up to altitudes of 1,500-2,700 m and in Khasi hills. Root paste is mixed with honey and taken to control post- partum d ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 18 2010 - 10:07am

Himalayan biodiversity has great medicinal potential but it needs to be conserved.

The biodiversity of the Himalaya province is extraordinarily high. The eastern part of Himalaya embraces the zones of highest biological diversity, with more than 4,000 species of vascular plants per 10,000 km2 area. This is exceptionally high even in the ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 18 2010 - 7:21pm