Ashwgandha (means the plant roots when harvested fresh smell like ashwa or horse ) ( Withania sominfera ) roots are given in dried and powdered form as capsule , powder etc and its is supposed to delay degenration of neurons. It prevents from dimentia old age memory loss and provides vitality. NAGORI ashwaganda is famous for its efficacy in comparison to other ashwagandha However there is need to undertake clinical trials on this plant.

Out of 2.5 millions to 3.5 million plnats and microbe species ihabiting our earth all life depends hardly on 250 plants out of which only 40 are important. Out of this list only 10 plants make staple food including wheat rice, maize, soybean and some more. Although vedic literature lists 4000 plants of medicinal value but how many are documented in proper manner. Human life depends on almost 40 to 50 plants for its food and another 40 to 50 plants for its oil . If these plants become susceptible to some disease or vanish from earth can man survive. I cant even imagine life without eating bread made of wheat or some cant live without eating rice .

Great efforts are made to protect the Tiger wild cat and a large number of animals. There are several groups like prevention of cruelty to animals etc. There are no groups on preventing cruelty to plants. People cut trees and uproot them . Nobody says dont uproot the tree. Tree is also living. Plants provide us food, shelter, medicine and fodder, all the edible oil and now biofuel also. They are the only living organisms on this earth which can convert the solar energy into chemical energy. But I feel very sad each year large number of plant species are going extinct but there are not a sigle voice on global level to prevent cruetly to plants Because they dont have voice to speak. People still keep on debating on green house effects as if plants dont have any role in it.

There is debate going on under the carpet why not we go ahead with nuclear fuel energy instead of biofuel energy. Its obvious that our energy needs are growing and one of the option is nuclear energy. I am not proponant of nuclear energy. However all things have to be weighed in present context future requirements. I can only talk about plants . Plants are the only source to provide the natural oxygen or recycle carbondioxide to produce oxygen again . No other mechanism can provide oxygen as far as I know. What will happen if there is excess of carbondioxide and green house effect and global warming and conditions become inhospitable for the survival.

Worldwide energy consumption is projected to grow by 59 % over the next two decades, according to International Energy Outlook 2001 (IEO 2001), released by theUS Energy 2Information Administration (EIA). One half of the projected growth is expected to occur inthe developing nations of Asia (including China, India and South Korea) and in Central and South America, where strong economic growth is likely to spur demand for energy over the forecast period. Renewable energy use is expected to increase by 53 % between 1999 and 2020, but its current 9 % share of total energy consumption is projected to drop to 8 % by 2020. Oil currently accounts for a larger share of world energy consumption than any other

Time and again people doubt about the traditional medicines and their useful news in modern world. Traditions can we wrong but if they are right they have whole lot of science behind it. However three things are very important. 1. Idendtify that drug ( it could be mixture of several plant ingredients which should be identified correctly) 2. Identify the plants used in drug or traditional medicine. 3. Ensure that what you are using is botanically correct and its also correct part of the plant and it also has required contents. 4. Even if 1 to 3 are correct there is no criteria of shelf life of traditional medicine 5. There is no way to measure the composition of the traditional drug during storage period. 6. The contents of traditional medicine may vary from place to place.