Scientific Name Leucas cephalotes (Roth) Spreng. Family Lamiaceae Used Part Inflorescence Distribution Area Himalayan and Madesh and Terai region of Nepal at 100 to 200 m and ascending up to 1,800 m. in the Himalayas. Common Uses The flowers are administered in the form of a syrup as a domestic remedy for coughs and colds. Kaccordi oil, Lasunaghrtam, Pathadigulika, Kompancadi gulika, are some of the preparations using this durg. Used in “Vata” and “Pitta”, in coughs and colds, anorexia, dyspepsia, fever, helminthic manifestations, jaundice, psoriasis, respiratory diseases and skin diseases. Similar crude drugs Leucas aspera (Willd.)Spr. and Leucas stricta Benth are also used to obtain similar drug.

Copenhagen is discussing climate change problems of green house gases. Nobody seems to care for the real problem of climate change being casued by unplanned growth of population which has neither to eat nor to feed nor keep themselves clean and keep environment clean. Slums are growing in several parts of the world with world population growing uncontrolled resulting in population pollution. Such nations who are not able to control their population should pay population tax to the world climate or UN. Its the slum populations which are destroying the climate of the world, uprooting the trees, destroying the forests and selling the woods and trees for greed of money. Most of the Forest agencies play a role in selling the forest products in legal and more goes in illegal manner.

Scientific Name Ajuga bracteosa Wall ex. Benth. Family Lamiaceae Used Part Leaves. Distribution Area Distrubuted from Kashmir to Nepal at an altitude of 2,000 m. It is also found in the sub-Himalayan tract, plains of Punjab and the upper Gangetic plain. Common Uses . The herb has been in use since ancient times and is mentioned

Scientific Name Baliospermum montanum (Willd.) Muell. Family Euphorbiaceae Used Part Root Distribution Area Distributed almost throughout India from Kashmir eastwards to Arunachal Pradesh, up to an elevation of 1,000 m and southwards into peninsular India, ascending to an altitude of 1,800 m in the hills of Kerala. Common Uses . The powdered seeds are used as a drastic purgative, one seed being the dose for an adult. But in large doses, they act as an acronarcotic poison. Externally, they are used as a stimultant and rubefacient. The seeds are sometimes substituted for those ofjamalgota (Croton tiglium Linn.) and are often sold in the market under the same name. The seeds externally applied in rheumatism as a counter-irritant.

This is a fascinating article about how behavior at different levels of organization show strong parallels.

“Humans in solitary confinement can go crazy, talking to themselves and
trying to break free. Now scientists from New Mexico and New Hampshire
are reporting that bacteria locked in solitary confinement know they
are locked up, talk to themselves, and try to break free of their
imprisonment.”

COPENHAGEN – President Barack Obama is holding another one-on-one meeting with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, in hopes of sweeping aside some of the disputes that have barred a final deal at an international climate conference. That makes the second private talk of the day between the two leaders in Copenhagen. Obama also scrambled his planned schedule earlier Friday by adding two impromptu meetings with a larger group of leaders from key developed and developing nations, though China sent lower-level officials to those. China is the only nation that emits more heat-trapping gases than the United States. Officials said the two leaders took a step forward in their first set of talks and directed negotiators to keep working. The degree of progress is unclear.