Healthy kya?

Why are companies across all product categories 'nutracising' their brands? Obviously, to catch a huge market -- growing by the day -- for health …

Highs and lows

The government's vanaspati van scheme is good news, but for it to succeed small-scale farmers and local communities have to be brought in its fold

Grow more

There is no land to cultivate medicinal plants, neither are there any legal provisions, nor market access. At present, the risks involved are …

Predicting the future

A severe shortage of medicinal plants and herbs threatens ISM. Cultivation may be the only way out. But currently medicinal plants that are …

A Himalayan Tragedy

People who have no idea about forests step in to further trade, while the indigenous herb gatherers get exploited further

Herbal heist

Hand-in-glove with the forest department, traders of medicinal plants and herbs make hay while communities who depend on herb gathering for …

Book review: Healthy herbs

Quality of Standards of Indian Medicinal Plants, Volume 1, Published by ICMR, 2003 Rs 600

Website review: www.nandiniherbs.com

With contributions from various sections of the herbal industry, this interactive site will fill up the void in giving this sector a big boost. …

Sap zap

US scientists show how plants can be used as vaccine-factories

Celery for blood pressure

Herbal health in a kit

Oriental skin therapy

Dying in lesser misery

Chinese herbs relieve cancer patients

Moneymakers

Herb to the rescue

Gaining popularity

SNV antidote

Herbal cure for snakebite

Herbal cure for stones

In South Asia

Cancer cure

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

That's an old remedy

Herbal remedy

Play safe on herbal

Reliable remedy