Enact a special act for protecting India’s natural pharmacy

The country’s medicinal plants, which are used in a number of alternative systems of medicine, are in danger of becoming extinct due to …

Under siege

Film review: A planet of hope

Kalahandi: A Planet of Herbs / Director: Amarendra Kishore / 28 minutes / English/Hindi

Wild trouble

Trade threatens medicinal plants

Medicinal plant rediscovered in Arunachal Pradesh

A taste of mountains

Jakhiya seeds are used for tempering almost all types of vegetables and curries in the Garhwal region

Gandhamardan revisited

Fifteen years ago, BALCO made an abortive attempt to mine bauxite in one of India's richest biodiversity reserves, Gandhamardan in Orissa. Now …

"Forests are the main source of herbs"

Meghalaya's abundant flora is the basis of its traditional healthcare system. Now, rapid urbanisation and breakdown of the community structure …

Are we ready to hand over on our life-forms?

There are certain plants, vegetables and fruits indigenous to India having medicinal properties. The knowledge of these properties rests with …

Aloe vera helps cure kala-azar

Prickly, delicious

One person's weed, another's medicinal plant

Local citrus goes global

Roadside remedy

A common plant growing in the wild in Garhwal, basingu is traded both as a medicinal herb and vegetable

Caught in the crossfire in Nepal

The Bankariyas, a forest-dweller community of central Nepal, have been uprooted from their traditional habitat and are living like refugees in …

A green company in a grey market

There was a time when Payinthulasi, a 40-year old herb gatherer of village Utchananthal in Virudunagar district of Tamil Nadu, had to trudge to …

Go foraging for edible plants

One person's weed can be another person's green

High on green

Moringa leaves are packed with nutrients, but very few know about it

HERBAL REMEDIES

Kashmir: a treasure of forest herbs

Many of these herbs have medicinal value and are used in the treatment of both common and serious ailments

Small sweet success

Farmers in the Western Ghats warm up to wonder fruit kokum after local organisations create a market for it

The leafy option

The Soligas combat monsoon sickness with leafy vegetables

UNITED NATIONS

Drought made palatable

When rains fail, people dependent on forests can relish the strong-flavoured sarata bhaji and enjoy the added bonus of health benefits

Tulsi Fights Fluorosis

Fluoride levels in drinking water in 196 districts of 19 Indian states are much higher than the maximum concentration of 1.5 parts per million (…