Ayurveda 
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Rural youths to receive alternative medicine training
Next time if you notice a rural youth imparting ayurvedic treatment in a village then don’t mistake him for a quack. State government has embarked on a novel mission to equip rural youths about basic know how of alternative system of medicine. The trade besides encouraging health measures will also serve as a self employment oppotunity for the youths.
- Date:
- 17/11/2009
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- Pioneer (Lucknow)
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- Reports and Documents
WHO monographs on selected medicinal plants
This is a WHO monograph on selected medicinal plants describing their quality control and use. It contains two parts: the first provides pharmacopoeial summaries for quality assurance purposes; and the second describes the clinical applications of the plant material.
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- Nov 2009
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- WHO
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Climate change threatening herbs, says Pratibha Patil
NEW DELHI: President Pratibha Devisingh Patil on Wednesday expressed concern over climate change that was threatening the existence of several Indian herbs which are key ingredients in the traditional Ayurvedic system of medicine.
- Date:
- 08/10/2009
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- Hindu (New Delhi)
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Use Ayurveda, Unani interventions to bolster flu immunity: Centre
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Thursday said Ayurveda and Unani interventions could be used for increasing the immunity to fight various flu-like conditions. These could be adopted by normal healthy persons as well as those with mild symptoms such as cold, cough and body pain.
- Date:
- 21/08/2009
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- Hindu (New Delhi)
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- Feature Articles
Preparation and characterization of a mercury based Indian traditional drug — Ras-Sindoor
The mercury based Indian traditional drug Ras-Sindoor is administered for the various ailments such as syphilis, genital disorders, and for rejuvenation.
- Date:
- Jul 2009
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- Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge Vol: 8 Issue: 3 pp: 346-351
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Medicinal plants for the treatment of fever (Jvaracikits?) in the Mâdhavacikitsâ tradition of India
The traditional knowledge of healing plants and their treatment methods are rooted in the Âyurvedic compendia (Sanskrit medical treaties) and in the unscripted dialects of the people in India. Scientific documentation of this vast information has been accelerated in the last few decades.
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- Jul 2009
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- Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge Vol: 8 Issue: 3 pp: 352-361
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Therapeutic efficacy of Agnimantha (Premna obtusifolia R. Br.) in obesity (Sthaulya)
Sthaulya is a deprecate state of human being. The physical morbidity of Sthaulya is paramount and enhances several disease processes. In the study, the role of Agnimantha (Premna obtusifolia R. Br.) as antiobesity agent has been studied in 26 subjects with severe form of Sthaulya and has been compared in 24 age and sex matched controlled subjects.
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- Jul 2009
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- Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge Vol: 8 Issue: 3 pp: 369-371
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An ayurvedic bulletproof jacket, a muscle-powered generator
A “bulletproof” jacket made of pulses, which its creator prefers to describe as an “ayurvedic jacket”, was one of the inventions that over 50 innovators presented at a workshop held at National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) on Sunday, the eve of National Technology Day (Monday).
- Date:
- 11/05/2009
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- Indian Express (Mumbai)
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An Ayurvedic view of life
Ayurveda, according to Caraka, is knowledge which seeks to weigh life in the scales of wholesomeness and happiness against their opposites. Its main themes of health and disease, and recovery of health from disease take the stage against an inspiring background of intuitive philosophy, lofty idealism, and vivid compassion, which are the hallmarks of India’s cultural inheritance.
- Date:
- May 2009
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- Current Science Vol: 96 Issue: 9 pp: 1186-1192
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Authentication and quality evaluation of an important Ayurvedic drug - Ashoka bark
This paper presents authentication and quality evaluation of stem bark of Saraca asoca (Roxb.) Wilde, officially considered as 'Ashoka', in comparison with stem barks of S. declinata Linn and Polyalthia longifolia Benth, which are also known as 'Ashoka'. S asoka is an important indigenous drugs for treatment of various female disorders.
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- May 2009
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- Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research Vol: 68 Issue: 5 pp: 393-400
