From ancient times, plants and herbs have been used in almost all cultures as a major resource of herbal remedies. The widespread use of herbal remedies and healthcare preparations, as described in…

Giant milkweed is also known as sodom apple, calotrope, French cotton, small crown flower (English), algodón de seda, bomba (Spanish), cotton-france, arbre de soie, and bois canon (French) (Howard…

Family Fabaceae dominates the plant world and consists of a large number of plants which are having Ayurvedic medicinal importance. This family Fabaceae consists of 600 genera with 12000 species and…

CASSIA SENNA LINN. Botanical name :- Cassia senna Linn. Var. senna syn.Cassia acutifolia Delile ; Cassia angustifolia Vahl . Common name in Hindi :- Bhuikhakhasa , Hindisana . Common name in English…

Eyes speak volumes but words don’t. Words are words and carry no weight . Look into the eyes and find the solutions. Many a times we go by words but time tells words have no meaning at least of some…

Since there are more and more unbearable TED talks, it becomes useful to recommend the one or the other, as I am sure many have given up on watching them all, which in the beginning of TED was still…

The biodiversity of the Himalaya province is extraordinarily high. The eastern part of Himalaya embraces the zones of highest biological diversity, with more than 4,000 species of vascular plants…

Astilbe rivularis Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don, ( Saxifragaceae) Used Part is Flower It is met with in temperate Himalayas from Kashmir to Bhutan up to altitudes of 1,500-2,700 m and in Khasi…

Holarrhena pubescens (Buch.-Ham.) Wall. ex DC. syn. H. antidysenterica (Linn.) ( Apocynaceae) Vern. kurchi This plant is especially abundant in the sub-Himalayan tract. The used part is bark.…

Parts used are seeds. An erect annual, herb, cultivated throughout the plains of India and up to an altitude of 1,800 m. The seeds heal ulcers, urinary discharges, cure leprosy,remove "Vata" and…