Health In General

   Sadabahar/Madagascar Catharanthus roseus is commonly called as Periwinkle, Madagascar periwinkle, and  Sadabahar . It grows throughout India and is found as an escape in waste places and sandy tracts. More than 130 different compounds have been reported including about 100 monoterpenoid indole alkaloids. As an important medical plant, it has a good antioxidant potential throughout its parts under drought stress. There are several health benefits of Catharanthus roseus leaves such as maintaining blood sugar, lowering high blood pressure, menstruation irregularities, Hodgkin's disease, and as antioxidant, antitumour, anti-mutagenic.                Click here to explore more about Antioxidant and Free radicals It has different names in different languages such as  Marathi name (Sadabahar, Sadaphool),   Hindi name  (Sadab .............................read more For Hindi refer/click on the following link/हिंदीसाठी खालील लिंकवर क्लिक करा https://kbjawadwar.blogspot.com/2022/08/130-100

Pear Fruit/Nashpathi  Pear is a gently sweet juicy fruitwith glitter and buttery texture. It holds 2nd rank after apple innutrition amongst cultivated fruits. Ancient Greek poet Homer narrated Pears as one of the ‘gifts of God’. Pear belongs todicotyledonous plant species of genus pyrus, (family Rosaceae).In Sanskrit, it is named as ‘Amritphale’ because of its immense potential in human health care. Its varieties are widely distributed all over the world, which may be ‘stiff’(Nashpati) or  soft’(Babbu-ghosh). Pears can be classified in to three categories based upon their origin and commercial production viz. i) European Pear ( Pyrus communis L.), ii) Japanese Pear ( P. pyrifolia Burm.) and iii) Chinese Pear (P. bretschneideriRehd.and P. ussuriensis Maxim).  It shows anti-inflammatory, sedative, anti-pyretic, anti-oxidant, hypolipidemic, hypoglycaemic, anti-aging, analgesic,spasmolytic, anti-tussive, anti-diarrheal, wound healing, anti-microbial and hepato-protective properties.      

  Ginger(aale) Ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe), which belongs to the Zingiberaceae family and the Zingiber genus, has been commonly consumed as a  spice  and in an  herbal medicine  for a long time. Ginger is a flowering plant whose  rhizome or root  is used as a spice. Consumption of the ginger rhizome is a typical traditional remedy to relieve common health problems, including pain, nausea, and vomiting.  It shows antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, anticancer, neuroprotective, cardiovascular protective, respiratory protective, antiobesity, antidiabetic, antinausea, and antiemetic activities . In many of the application we can use dry ginger instead of wet ginger.                      Click here to explore more about Antioxidants and Free radicals It has different names in different languages such as  Marathi name (Aale, Adarak),  Hindi name (Adarakh, Aadi),  Kannada name (Hasi Shunti, Shunti),  Telugu name(Alla , Allamu),  Tamil name (Inji),  Pu ......................

   Spiny Gourd /Kantola /Kartoli  Spiny Gourd or Kantola could be a vegetable that generally seen in Indian markets during monsoon season. It has several health advantages that is the reason why now it’s available all round the world besides Indian landmass. Fruit is covered with small spineseverywhere that is why it named as “SpinyGourd” also known as teasel gourd, Kakrol, Kankro, Kartoli, Kantoli and Bhat korola. Kantola primarily cultivated within the mountain regions of India on infertile soil and it is a vascular plant of solely three to four months generation. The fruits have diuretic, antioxidant, laxative, hepatoprotective, an-tivenomous, antihypertensive,anti-inflammatory, antiasth-matic, antipyretic, antileprosy,antidiabetic and antidepres-sant properties and leaves have antihelminthic, aphrodisiac, anti-hemorrhoidal, hepato-protective, antibronchitic, an-tipyretic, antiasthmatic andanalgesic properties. Root juice has stimulant, astringent, antiseptic, antidiabetic, anti-inf