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Herbal Medicine
Flower power
Issue Date: May 8, 2012
As temperatures soar, the neem trees are in full flower in northern India. In the plains of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Odisha, the forests are filled with the scent of mahua flowers. Everyone should have dishes cooked from these flowers at least once every season to beat the heat and keep ailments at bay
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The inside story
Issue Date: Feb 15, 2005
The idea that food has therapeutic value is not a new one. Ayurveda, for instance, recommends diet regimes based on seasons and on an individual's constitution (see box: Take cues from traditional wisdom). And it's not just this ancient system of medicine. Traditional communities in most countries had dietary practices that placed a premium on nutrition.
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Super Market
Issue Date: Feb 28, 2003
• India has 16,000 recorded plant species. About 3,000 of these yield minor forest produce (MFP).
• Nearly 500 million people living in and around forests in India depend on MFP for sustenance and as a supplement to their income
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How To Sell A Wonder Herb
Issue Date: Nov 15, 1998
The miracle-makers
Scientists are only now finding out the Kanis' knowledge of herbal remedies.The most outstanding find so far is arogyapacha.
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Bad Medicine
Issue Date: Jan 31, 1998
Gresham revisited
Demand for herbal drugs has surged. Riding the crest of the wave are spurious and adulterated medicines
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On the Edge
Issue Date: Apr 30, 1997
A. The quick and the dead
Human pressure, lack of research and shrinking forests coupled with a thriving international trade in wildlife threatens to turn a zoologist's Garden of Eden into a poacher's paradise
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Wisdom roots
Issue Date: May 31, 2005
In 1992, a viral epidemic spread through the Jheelo ki Basti of Udaipur district in Rajasthan. Healthcare facilities were limited and many children died. The scourge was finally contained only with the help of traditional healers in the area, whose kada (potion) quickly brought a frightening situation under control.
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"Ayurveda has no lobby"
Issue Date: May 31, 2005
What's the future of ayurveda in USA?
Interviewee:
David Frawley
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'You cannot balance an economy by unbalancing human lives'
Issue Date: Apr 30, 2005
Why research whistleblowers?
How did human development achieve such prominence?
All credit goes to the late Mahbub Ul Haq and Nobel laureate Amartya Sen! They saw the importance of putting people at the centre of development strategy.
Interviewee:
Sir Richard Jolly
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