Botanical Name: Acalypha Indica
Indian Name: Khokali
Chamorro: hierba del cancer
English: copperleaf, Indian acalypha, Indian-nettle
Niuean: hongohongo, ogoogo, ongoongo
Spanish: hierba de cancer, ricinela
Habit: herb
Habitat/ecology: “Occasional in disturbed and cultivated places” (Whistler, 1988; p. 17). In Guam, “abundant in waste ground and in towns” (Stone, 1970; p. 367).
Propagation: Seed
Native range: Africa, southern Asia [...]
Posture : This Asana(exercise) differs from the earlier one only in the position of hands.(as in the picture) However, this latter variety is more difficult than the former. Besides, it is a more advanced state and naturally more beneficial. One should first practice type 1 and then pass on to [...]
Posture : This Asana is performed in Vajrasana Position.
Pre position : Vajrasana Position
How to do the Exercise:
1. Inhale and take both the hands back and keep the palms facing outside interlocking the thumbs. Keep both the hands straight.
2. Exhailing bend in the waist [...]
Importance Of Forgiveness
When someone has hurt us, consciously or unconsciously, one of the most difficult things we have to face in resolving the situation is the act of forgiveness. Sometimes it feels like it’s easier not to forgive and that the answer is to simply cut the person in question out of our lives. [...]
The front side of the body is called east side, while the back side is called the west side. In this Asana complete back side, i.e., the west side, right from the heels to the forehead, gets stretched and therefore, it is called ‘Pashchimottanasana’.
!st. Position: Sitting Position.
How to do the exercise: Only [...]
Ardha (means half)Pashchimottanasana is not an independent Asana Exercise). But since Paschimottanasana (full) is difficult to practice, Pashchimottanasana (ardha) is designed to enable the body to take the full position later.
Pre position or First Position: Sitting Position.
How to do the exercise:
Fold the left leg in the knee and place the heel of the left [...]
Botanical Name : Peganum Hermala
Indian Name : Hermal
Family: Nitrariaceae
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Forb/herb
. Harmal (Peganum harmala) is a plant of the family Nitrariaceae, native from the eastern Mediterranean region east to India. It is also sometimes known as Syrian Rue, a confusing name as it is not related to rue [...]
Ginkgo is the oldest living tree species on the earth, dating back to the time of the dinosaurs.It is native to northeast Asia. Medically its leaves used to prevent slow memory loss associated with aging. It has various other medical uses.
Etymology
The name “Ginkgo†was a phonetic note for its (older) Chinese name “银果†( pinyin: [...]
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Botanical name : Hemidesmus Indicus.
Family: N.O. Asclepiadaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Gentianales
Genus: Hemidesmus
Species: H. indicus
Indian Name: Magarbu
Sanskrit: Anantamul
Hindi: Kapuri
Telugu: Sugandhi-pala
Common names: Sariva, sarbia, ontomulo, naruninti Nannari, tygade beru, anant-vel, durivel
Synonyms: Hemidesmus. Periploca Indica. Nunnari Asclepias. Pseudosarsa.
Part Used: Dried root.
Habitat: All parts of India, the Moluccas, and Ceylon.
Description: A climbing slender plant with twining [...]
NEW YORK: Young adults who are short-tempered may face greater lung problems, says a study, the first to offer a detailed examination of the inverse link between hostility and pulmonary function.
Hostile or short-tempered people are often stubborn and impatient. They are frequently in fights or may say they feel like hitting something or someone. Such [...]
Botanical name: Cassia Agustifolia
Indian name : Bhumiari
Synonyms:—Alexandrian Senna. Nubian Senna. Cassia Senna. Cassia lenitiva. Cassia Lanceolata. Cassia officinalis. Cassia aethiopica. Senna acutifolia. Egyptian Senna. Sene de la palthe. Tinnevelly Senna. Cassia angustifolia. East Indian Senna.
Parts Used-:–Dried leaflets, pods.
Habitat:—Egypt, Nubia, Arabia, Sennar.
Specifications:
It is a small bushy plant.The leaves have pair of leaflets. The plant [...]
WASHINGTON: Researchers at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have demonstrated that rats with erectile dysfunction (ED) had regained normal function four weeks after being injected with a gene therapy vector containing either of two nerve growth factors.
The study presented at the 10th annual meeting of the American Society of Gene Therapy, was led by [...]
Pre position : Padmasana Position
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How to do the Exercise:
Exhale, and inhaling raise the hands upward from the sides and join the palms.
Exhaling, bend in the waist and touch the forehead on the floor keeping the hands straight. After taking the final position, continue smooth breathing.(as shown in the picture)
Position Like Yogamudra here too the [...]
Botanical name: Oxalis Corniculata
Indian name: Amboti-ki-patti.
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Rumex (ROO-meks)
Species: vesicarius (ves-ee-KAR-ee-us)
Origin, Distribution and Composition
It is a small hairy annual herb. It has numerous branches which shoot out from the roots and creep to a length of 12 to 30 cms.The herb is indigenous to India. It grows wild during monsoon and on [...]
NEW DELHI: American scientists may have found the world’s first drug that prolongs survival of liver cancer patients in the final stage of the deadly disease.
Sorafenib, a pill that zeroes in on malignant cancer cells and cuts off the blood supply feeding the tumour, was found to increase chances of survival by over 44% [...]
Love Should Feel Good
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Cancer - Step Outside the Box
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Q: Regarding weaning food. Many varieties are available in the market. What do you recommend I start with?
Weaning can begin with simple preparations like powdered rice cooked in water and milk with a little sugar .
A: Weaning should not be started till at least the 120th day. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends breastfeeding [...]
Botanical Name: Centella asiatica
Indian Name: Khulakudi or Brahmamanduki
Common Name : PENNYWORT, INDIAN PENNYWORT, ARTAYNIYA-E HINDI, JAL BRAHMI
Part Used : WHOLE PLANT
Location:
Grows in the warmer regions of both hemispheres, it is a slender, creeping plant abundant in swampy areas of India, Sri Lanka, China, South Africa and in tropical areas of Central and South America.
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