Bahera: An Excellent Medicinal Tree
Dr R D Gupta Bahera (Terminalia belerica) or Baheda is a forest tree and is also found outside the forests in other lands. This is the most useful tree of Ayurvedic System of Medicine and…
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Breathe easy
Ashok Gupta The literary meaning of breathe easy is when people or animals,take air into their lungs and let it out again in perfect pollution free atmosphere. If the air you breathe is polluted as…
Let’s Go Birding Peeping into our wonderful birdlife
Tahir Shawl Birds always captivate our fascination. Whether we wander along a mountain stream, move deep into the woods or stroll through our lawns, gardens, streets or lanes, our eyes hardly miss a flitting, hopping…
Pet Care in winter
Dr.Himalini, Dr. Rajiv Singh During winter, the mercury plummets to an all time low and the chill in the air becomes unbearable. Every season brings along a change to our pet’s care routine and winter…
The Big Cat Returns Experimenting With African Cheetah
Tahir Shawl On September 17, 2022 the history of wildlife conservation in India was rescripted when Prime Minister Narendra Modi released cheetahs into the Kuno National Park, in Madhya Pradesh. Eight African cheetahs, three males…
Keeda Jadi: The Himalayan Gold
Dr. Vikas Sharma, Abeeda Mushtaq Keeda jadi, one of the rarest fungal species in whole world known as the mysterious “half-caterpillar-half-mushroom” possessing anti-microbial, anti-oxidant, anti-viral, anti-diabetic, anti inflammatory, anti-cancer, anti-fibrotic, anti-HIV, anti-malaria, anti-depression, anti-arteriosclerosis and…
Harad: The King of Medicines
Dr Vikas Sharma, Proloy Sankar Harad is used as ingredient in the ayurvedic formula ‘Triphala’ and is referred to as rasayana drug in the Indian System of Medicine. Emblica officinalis, Terminalia chebula, Terminalia bellerica are…
Bel Patra-A deeply revered leaf
Dr. Vikas Sharma, Arvind Badyal Bel leaves are important as their trifoliate shape signifies Shiva’s three eyes as well as the three spokes of the lords Trishul. Since they have a cooling effect, they are…
eFlora of India@15
Gurcharan Singh, Nidhan Singh eFloraofIndia, one of the biggest non-commercial websites, one of its kind in the world and without advertisements, celebrated its 15th Anniversary on 17th June, 2022. To celebrate this occasion, a special…
Stevia: The Herbal Sweetener
Dr. Vikas Sharma, Proloy Sankar Stevia, as an emerging source of calorie free sweetener, owing to being 20 to 30 times more sweeter than cane / beet sugar, aids in digestion and weight reduction simultaneously,…