What do a guava, cabbage and a weed have in common? They’re all foods you should be eating. Here’s why you should add the following 10 fruits, vegetables and plants to your diet. FRUITS 1. Guava is a slightly pear-shaped tropical fruit known for its sweet, acidic flavor and yellow or pink color. It contains [...]
Botanical Name: Anacyclus pyrethrum (D.C.) Family: N.O. Compositae/Asteraceae,/Urticaceae (Nettle) Latin name: Parietaria hespera B.D. Hinton var. hespera Synonyms: Anthemis Pyrethrum. Pyrethrum officinarum. Pyrethrum. Pyrethri Radix. Roman Pellitory. Pellitory of Spain. Spanish Chamomile. Pyrethre. Matricaria Pyrethrum. Part Used: Root. Habitat: Moist shaded slopes and rocky places at low elevations, coastal sage scrub, chaparral, creosote bush scrub, [...]
A psychology researcher has pinpointed regions of the brain that are linked to “ritualistic repetitive behavior” in autistic children — the insatiable desire to rock back and forth for hours or to tirelessly march in place. . Keith Shafritz, an assistant professor of psychology at Hofstra University on Long Island, compared brain images of autistic [...]
Smokers are about to get help kicking the tobacco habit: an interactive computer game that aims to “coach” cigarette users away from their addiction. Based on the successful “Allen Carr’s Easyway to Stop Smoking” method which reportedly has helped more than 10 million smokers to stub out their cigarettes once and for all, the game, [...]
Image via Wikipedia Botanical Name: Prunus persica (STOKES) Family: N.O. Rosaceae Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Rosales Genus: Prunus Subgenus: Amygdalus Species: P. persica Synonyms: Amygdalis Persica (Linn.). Persica vulgaris Null. (Chinese and Japanese) ‘Too’. Parts Used: The leaves, bark, flowers and kernels have medicinal virtue. Habitat:The peach (Prunus persica) is a species [...]
A passion fruit extract can cut down severe wheezing and coughing among asthma patients and help reduce blood pressure, a new study published in the journal Nutrition Research , has found. In a placebo-controlled, double-blind trial, only about a fifth of the people receiving purple passion fruit skin extracts had wheeze as a symptom, compared [...]
Image via Wikipedia Defenition: Autism is a brain development disorder that impairs social interaction and communication, and causes restricted and repetitive behavior, all starting before a child is three years old. This set of signs distinguishes autism from milder autism spectrum disorders (ASD) such as Asperger syndrome. Most infants and young children are very social [...]
You can cut your cancer death risk with just 30 minutes of walking daily, for a new study has revealed that physically fit people are less likely to die from the disease. .. Researchers at Karolinska Institute in Sweden have found that people who do at least half-an-hour of exercise everyday have a 34 per [...]
Botanical Name: Pogostemon patchouli (PILL.) Family: N.O. Labiatae Latin name: Pogostemum patchouli. Synonym: Pucha-pat. Part Used: The herb, yielding a volatile oil by distillation. Habitat:Patchouli is a tropical plant that originated in the Philippines and Indonesia, but found growing wild in several other locations. East and West Indies and Paraguay. Description: Patchouli is a small [...]
Definition: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, ADHD, is one of the most common mental disorders that develop in children. Children with ADHD have impaired functioning in multiple settings, including home, school, and in relationships with peers. If untreated, the disorder can have long-term adverse effects into adolescence and adulthood. . It is a neurobehavioral developmental disorder [...]
