Tribals sow, MNCs reap

Solutions for a large country

...are normally available with the local community

Free for all

Free exports of herbs could mean the death knell for India's biodiversity

Stakeholders meet

Patent solution

Digital library to store data collected from ancient texts on medicinal properties of plants

On medicinal value of Assam's plants

The biochemical disciplinarian

Root out cancer

Grow a curry leaf plant

And control type 2 diabetes

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Go wild

Ashwagandha that grows in the wild fights illness better

A fig for the pain

Bark of the banyan tree cures joint pain and inflammation  

New plants species with healing properties found in Manipur

Researchers documented 145 medicinal plants that the healers use for treating 59 ailments

Home remedies

Making a case

The Patent Bill gives oral traditions document status

Goa’s signature spice

Pungent teppal balances dishes’ strong sweet-sour flavour

Scent of good business

Herbs spell commercial success for villages in Jowahar Valley

Trouble in Mexico

Mayans may lose traditional knowledge to a Us-funded project

Herbal cures to fight kala azar

Tamed for good

CITES ban forces India to hasten formulation of legislation to protect endangered species

Root therapy

Without a trace

Medicinal plant biodiversity is rapidly vanishing in India and the government has still to come up with a plan of action

Loss of the wild

Greed has taken a heavy toll on the wealth of herbs in India. Manufacturers of herbal products are cutting the very branch on which the industry …

Building bridges

Both allopathy and Indian systems of medicine can gain from each other, provided practitioners interact with an open mind

Perjury and other afflictions

While the market for herbal preparations is maturing, laws and regulations have failed to keep pace with it