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 (…

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Hypothetical cure

Unlike allopathic medicines, Ayurvedic products are not clinically tested before they are introduced in the market. This raises doubts about …

Win one, lose many

India needs to have a hard look at the sources of all its varied traditional knowledge and how to protect them

Peepal power

The Baiga tribe in Madhya Pradesh never misses the opportunity to savour the tender leaves of peepal

A sip of earthy flavour

Anantamool tea is more than a refresher for the farmers of Vidarbha

Back where it belongs

India emerges victorious from a legal wrangle with the US over the patenting of neem

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Biobusiness

Himalayan herbal heritage fading

Forest produce in Western Ghats suffer mystery infection

Tribal women in Chattisgarh beat the poverty trap with fortunes from traditional medicines

जापानी फल, देसी जायका

अंग्रेजों द्वारा भारत लाए गए इस फल ने देश के लोगों को अपने स्वाद का कायल बना लिया। तकनीक के अभाव के कारण भारत ...

औषधीय पौधों में बैक्टीरिया-रोधी गुणों की पुष्टि

सतुवा, लेमन-ग्रास, चिरायता और दारु-हरिद्रा जैसे औषधीय पौधे भी बैक्टीरिया-जनित बीमारियों से लड़ने में मददगार हो सकते हैं। 

Fruity twist to grandma's tale

The country fig can pass off as any other wild fruit. Little can one guess it has a cluster of fibrous flowers inside, loaded with prebiotic …

Intoxicatingly delicious

With increasing urbanisation and changing food habits, very few people are aware of the mahua fruit and its oil, let alone its health benefits

The eco tree

Many tribal communities consume semal because of its medicinal properties. Others worship the tree. A clan of the Bhil tribe in Rajasthan …

Relish history

Rich in its mythological antecedents, the prickly pear has many medicinal merits

A bushful of medicine

Seabuckthorn, a plant with numerous medicinal properties, grows wild in India. Rural communities are the losers

Sri Lanka bans export of high-value medicinal plant

Mushrooms shield body from radiation

Textile therapy

A handloom trader experiments with traditional medicinal herbs for dyeing garments

On the wild side

Residents of Garhwal swear by the taste and health benefits of a lesser known vegetable

Herbs to heal cattle

In the absence of veterinary services, traditional medical practices for treating livestock remain popular in tribal villages

Blossoms with benefits

Heti flower adds variety to cooking when few options are available just before the harvest season in Maharashtra