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Other common names are Senna Leaf, Tinnevelly Senna. Indian Senna mainly contains dried leaflets of Senna Plant (Cassia Angustifolia Vahl) belonging to the family Leguminosae.  Dried Nearly ripe fruits are also used.  Senna was known to physicians from ancient time and was part of Unani medicines. Mostly two type of Senna is cultivated. One is Indian Senna and other is Alexandrian Senna. Indian Senna is cultivated and collected in India, as name suggests and Alexandrian Senna grow in middle and upper Nile territories, tropical Africa, specially Sudan. Purgative property of Senna is due to its two anthraquinone glycosides known as Sennoside A and Sennoside B. Uses of Senna: Senna has purgative property. Senna and its preparations are used as purgative in habitual constipations. The anthraquinone glycosides present in the Senna are absorbed first in intestine, and then release aglycone part from it. These anthroquinones irritate and stimulate the colon, thus produce

Brahmi is also known as Jalbrahmi. Brahmi is the leaves and stems of Bacopa moniera belonging to the family Scrophulariaceae. Brahmi is mainly cultivated in wet regions of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Madasgascar, Africa, Australia, China and Viet-nam. Brahmi found to be contained alkaloids and saponins. Brahmi is grayish green in color and bitter-sweet type of taste. Uses: Ø   Brahmi is essential herb in many ayurvedic and hebal preparations. Ø   Mainly used as nervine tonic, good for improving memory, enhance recall level and learning. Ø   It is used in the treatment of asthma, epilepsy and insanity. Ø   It has anti-anxiety and anti-stress actions. Ø   It has sedative and spasmolytic properties. Ø   It is used in skin diseases. Ø   It is also employed in leprosy and syphilis. Ø   Alcoholic extract of entire plant is found to be anti-cancer activity. for Best Ayurvedic products visit us at  www.elzac.in

Ginseng is the dried root of various species of Panax, like P. ginseng (Korean Ginseng), P. japonica (Japanese ginseng), and P. notoginseng (Chinese Ginseng) and P. quinquefolium (American ginseng), belonging to family Araliaceae. Ginseng mainly obtained from Korea, China, Russia, Japan, Canada and USA. Ginseng contains a mixture of several saponin glycosides. Uses of Ginseng: Ø   Ginseng is commonly used as immunomudulatory in food products and medicinal products. Ø   It increases natural resistance and enhances the power of body, to fight against illness or exhaustion. Ø   It has both stimulant and sedative properties. Ø   It is used as aphrodisiac. Ø   It is believed to be useful in adrenal and thyroid dysfunctioning. Ø   Considered to be useful in gastritis and anaemia. Ø   Ginseng extract is also used in cosmetics. Caution: Ginseng shows a low toxicity, long term use leads to poisoning. One should be Careful while using ginseng products in long te

MCI’s ethics committee has received complaint against 300 doctors from across the country that they had been bribed by a pharmaceutical firm. According to complaint, the Ahmedabad-based pharma company has paying doctors money, gifts, cars, flats and foreign trips in return for prescribing its medicine even though cheaper alternatives from better known companies are available. Nearly 100 of these doctors have been appeared before MCI’s ethics committee on Monday.  150 doctors had to appear before ethics committee, only 109 appeared. The rest were summoned on Monday and asked to appear at next meeting of the committee in December. "About 135 are left and they have been asked to appear at the next meeting of the committee in December. According to the rules, they have to be given three chances," explained Dr KK Aggarwal, a member of the panel.  Doctors has to submit their ITR, bank statement of last three years, passport in original, as well as a set of photocopies befo

The study presented at an American Heart Association Scientific meeting in Chicago, looked at three years of data collected from all 55 poison control centers around U.S. between Oct. 2010 and Sept. 2013. Report says, “Thousands of children younger than 6 year have experienced adverse effects after consuming energy drinks, and with some suffering serious heart and neurological symptoms” “Energy Drink have no place in pediatric diet,” Dr. Steven Lipshultz, the study’s lead author and head of the pediatrics department at Wayne State University and Chief pediatrician at Children’s Hospital of Michigan in Detroit, said in press conference.  In 2007, he noticed that an increase in number of children was coming to hospital’s emergency room after consuming energy drinks. This incident made him interested in this topic. Energy drinks become more dangerous if it contains alcohol. In 2010, U.S. FDA has banned combination of alcohol-energy drinks. But study indicates that pe

Arjunrishta is well known ayurvedic liquid preparation mainly used for heart and respiratory disorders. Main ingredient of Arjunarishita is “Arjuna” which is very good heart tonic. Arjunarshta contains 6-12% self generated alcohol. Ingredients: Main ingredients of Arjunarishta are as followings: Terminalia Arjuna – Stem Bark Dry Grapes (Mrudvika) Madhuca Indica (Madhuka) Woodfodia fruticosa (Dhataki) Jaggery (Guda) Arjunarhista Uses: Arjunarishta is useful in chest injury, weakness, respiratory diseases, tiredness, cough and throat related diseases. Mainly Arjunarishta is used as herbal cardiac tonic. It is also used in intestine disorders. Caution:  Arjunarishta should be taken under profession advice and supervision. Assumptions regarding use should be avoided. Side effects: There is no known side effects of Arjunarishta if it is taken under profession advice. Doses: 12-24 ml. one or two times a day after food or as directed.

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