Himachal's being robbed of its medicinal herbs

Himachal's valleys are being robbed off their natural gift -- medicinal herbs

Navara, the rice that cures

A thousand utility leaf

Sudeshna Saha shares benefits and recipes of a herb, sometimes used as an ornamental plant

The price of life

A fair Share

Patenting a tradition

Wonder plant

An eco-friendly plant, the Senna can be used to regenerate wastelands with less water and without pesticides

The healing touch

A USER’S GUIDE TO MEDICINAL PLANTS FOR PRIMARY HEALTH CARE·Vaidya P Ram Manohar·Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health …

Garlic breath

Taxus treat

A rare tree whose extracts are used for an anti-cancer drug is being felled illegally

Getting serious?

The Union government sets up a task force to protect India's medicinal plants

Healing touch

J&K proposes prescription for reviving medicinal plants

Nipping malaria in the bud

Scientists from the Desert Medicine Research Centre, Jodhpur, have found that the Indian nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum) is fatal for three …

Has India missed the boat?

An amla a day

Keeps the doctor away

Losing the edge

As the world increasingly resorts to natural, plant-derived cures for illnesses, the wealth of India's traditional medicinal systems lies …

A drugs story

NGOs all over southern India are helping to revive the system of local medicinal plants and herbs, holding out the promise of not just cheaper …

Herb dealers

In Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district is the Great Himalayan National Park. An eco-development project meant to benefit people of Tirthan and …

A moosli mafia is at work

It has put paid to the authenticity of a wonder herb

Poor man's saffron

Loaded with immunity-boosting properties,parijaat flower is used in various delicacies during the onset of winter

Ayurvedic cure for malaria

Two plants found in tropical India prove useful

Databank inaugurated

Yet another victim

Folk cures

In Ethiopia, traditional healers can be a good alternative to an inefficient public health system

Preserving wisdom