Vanishing herbs

Many varieties of medicinal plants and flowers in Darjeeling are facing extinction

Extinction threat

Extinction threat

Cry neem

There is more to neem than fighting a patent

RAMPANT COLLECTION

Brazil

Cooking with kokum

Spice, fruit juice and now weight watchers' manna

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

Bitter way to slow ageing

Indian researchers find bitter cumin contains antioxidants

AMAZON

Threatening trade

Risky remedy

UK prohibits sale of herbal medicine with harmful side-effects

Gulp it down the cool way

Thambli, a decoction of herbs, and a soothing drink

Forest medicines

New drug for cancer

PATENT TROUBLES

Yar Tsa Gumba

A miraculous mushroom, over-exploited, is on the brink of extinction

Cheaper remedy