Little boxes of herbs

SUMANA NARAYANAN finds a 125-year-old shop selling herbal medicines in the lanes of Chennai

"Biodiversity treaty is misleading the Third World"

A known a crusader for traditional Indian medicine. P Pushpangadan, who completed his Ph.D from Aligarh University, is currently the director of …

A touch of poison

Amrita Singh discovers culinary versatility of a potentially poisonous weed

Curing our medical vision

Making science of mumbo-jumbo

Scientists compile India's ethnic knowledge. They find a veritable gold-mine

Digital medical library

Herbal remedies

A new venture makes a foray into the world herbal market

Home remedies

Right from the backyard

Victim by default

A popular ayurvedic herb is blacklisted by the US media on unjustifiable grounds

Written word protects

Registers can help preserve the traditional knowledge of India's healers

Body ache? Try green dosa

A creeper found in south India is an answer to several common ailments, says Sumana Narayanan

Pink of health

A Garhwali radish, small and round and pink, is just what the doctor ordered

Forgotten healers

Traditional medicine system has time and again proved its worth. Then why the cold shoulder?

A delicious affair

During a trekking trip to the Himalayan region of Uttarakhand, Chandra Prakash Kala discovers the succulent kafal fruit, which has found its way …

What's in a neem?

A lot, apparently. Neem -Azadirachta indica -and the I?roducts derived from it have traditionally been widely used for centuries, especially in …

Bitter way to slow ageing

Indian researchers find bitter cumin contains antioxidants

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Threatening trade

Risky remedy

UK prohibits sale of herbal medicine with harmful side-effects

Wisdom roots

Tulsi helps tablets disintegrate faster

Reetha effect

Flower of wellness

Medicinal properties of endangered dhawai phool are recognised in Ayurveda and modern medicine

Biodiversity in jeopardy

Tribals in Kerala are being forced to give away medicinal plants in repayment of their loans. In the process, biodiversity is being depleted

'The forest mafia is very powerful'

AJAY S RAWAT spent six months in the Indo-Nepal terais to trace the methods of timber smugglers