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WHAT IS GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION AND WHAT IS ITS IMPORTANCE

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Medicinal plants and Geographical Indications (GI) Geographical Indication (GI) :  a sign or tag used on agricultural, natural or manufactured products  indicating a specific geographical location.   part of the intellectual property rights   comes under the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property. The purpose  for quality assurance and trade  for conservation of  species.  helps to supplement the incomes of the farmers. Let’s take a look at a few medicinal plants of Ayurveda that are GI-tagged. Navara Rice Oryza Sativa  L.  🔹“Navara Rice”  🔹Shashtikashali in Ayurveda  🔹cultivated largely in Palakkad and neighbouring districts of #Kerala.  🔹It has a wide range of health benefits.  🔹It is particularly famous as the critical ingredient of a Kerala panchakarma speciality treatments procedure called Navarakizhi.  🔹The Navara rice has curative potential for various diseases like...

അന്താരാഷ്ട്ര യോഗാദിനം

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  🌿 അന്താരാഷ്ട്ര യോഗാദിനം 🌿🌿 🌿ഐ​ക്യ​രാ​ഷ്ട്ര​ ​സ​ഭ​യു​ടെ​ 2014​ ​സെ​പ്‌​തം​ബ​ർ​ 27​ ​ന് ​ന​ട​ന്ന​ ​യോ​ഗ​ത്തി​ൽ​ ​ന​മ്മു​ടെ​ ​പ്ര​ധാ​ന​മ​ന്ത്രി​ ​ന​രേ​ന്ദ്ര​മോ​ദി​യു​ടെ​ ​അ​ഭ്യ​ർ​ത്ഥ​ന​ ​സ്വീ​ക​രി​ച്ചാ​ണ്,​ ​സ​ഭ​ 2015​ ​ജൂ​ൺ​ 21​ ​മു​ത​ൽ​ ​ആ​ ​ദി​വ​സം​ ​അ​ന്താ​രാ​ഷ്ട്ര​ ​യോ​ഗാ​ദി​ന​മാ​യി​ ​ആ​ച​രി​ക്കാ​ൻ​ ​തീ​രു​മാ​നി​ച്ച​ത്.​ ​ 🌿ആ​ ​തീ​രു​മാ​ന​ത്തി​ന് 177​ ​ലോ​ക​രാ​ഷ്ട്ര​ങ്ങ​ളു​ടെ​ ​പി​ന്തു​ണ​യു​ണ്ടാ​യി​രു​ന്നു​ ​. 🌿യോ​ഗ​ ​ഇ​ന്ന് ​ലോ​ക​ത്ത് ​പ്ര​ചു​രപ്ര​ചാ​രം​ ​നേ​ടി​യി​രി​ക്കു​ന്നു.​ ​ 🌿ഋഷി ​ഷി​ക​ളു​ടെ​യും​ ​മു​നി​ക​ളു​ടെ​യും​ ​ലോ​ക​ത്തു​ ​നി​ന്ന് ​യോ​ഗ​ ​ശാ​സ്ത്ര​ത്തെ​ ​സാ​ധാ​ര​ണ​ക്കാ​രി​ലേ​ക്ക് ​എ​ത്തി​ച്ച​ത് ​പ​ത​ഞ്ജ​ലി​ ​മ​ഹ​ർ​ഷി​യാ​ണ്.​ ​ 🌿 പതഞ്ജലിയുടെ യോ​ഗ​സൂ​ത്രം​ ​എ​ന്ന​ ​ 196​ ​ശ്ലോ​ക​ങ്ങ​ൾ​ ​അ​ട​ങ്ങു​ന്ന വി​ശി​ഷ്ഠ​ ​ഗ്ര​ന്ഥ​മാ​ണ് ​യോ​ഗ​യെ​ ​ഋ​ഷി​ക​ളി​ൽ​ ​നി​ന്നും​ ​ബ്ര​ ഹ്മ​ചാ​രി​ക​ളി​ൽ​ ​നി​ന്നും​ ​സാ​ധാ​ര​ണ​ക്കാ​ര​ന്റെ​യും​ ​ഗൃ​ഹ​സ്ഥ​രു​ടെ​യും​ ​മ​ദ്ധ്യ​ത്തി​ലേ​ക്ക് ​എ​ത്തി​ച്ച​ത്.​ ​ 🌿യോ​ഗ​ ​എ​ന്ന​ ​വാ​ക്കി​ന് ​വ​ള​രെ​ ​ല​ളി​ത​മാ​യ​ ​ഒ​രു​ ​അ​ർ​ത്ഥം​ ​'​...

Nutmeg..the narcotic in our kichen cabinet

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🌿NUTMEG   kernel of a nut-like seed inside the fruit of the nutmeg tree. 🌿Nutmeg tree  (Myristica fragrance), is an evergreen tropical tree, originally from Indonesia.  🌿Nutmeg’s got its special taste from myristicin, which is a volatile oil.  🌿Myristicin - found in carrots, celery, parsley, and star anise 🌿SPICE MACE: The fleshy arils surrounding the nutmeg seed are called spice mace. 🌿NUTMEG BUTTER: Nutmeg on expression yields about 24 to 30 percent fixed oil called nutmeg butter, or oil of mace.  🌿BENEFITS: 🌿In folkloric medicine gastrointestinal problems- flatulence, colic, indigo, station, and diarrhea.  🌿The traditional use  infectious diseases, such as parasites and plague, have also been reported. 🌿NUTMEG HIGHLIGHTS: ☘alleviates anxiety symptoms ☘contributes to memory improvement ☘significant anti-depressant ☘known to kill the ‘rotavirus”, one of the causes of  ‘travelers diarrhea’ ☘A dash in a glass of warm milk can be used...

Astangas of Yoga

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🔹On the cover page of yoga books we always see the display of complex body postures.. 🔹There is a Yoga era for healthy, shapely and beautiful body in each and everywhere...also a tight competition between gym and yoga studios world wide.. 🔹But do you know these all involving regular breathing exercises, relaxation techniques, slow progressive result, with a transformation of our whole life.. 🔹Nowadays many shocking news especially about young energetic active celebrities, suddenly passing away while doing exercises or regular fitness trainings..  🔹Do you know these majority cases are because of lack of proper breathing practice,relaxation in regular intervals. How many of us know Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtras, with a focus on the psychological concepts and techniques designed for controlling the ,processes of mind, which form the core of Yoga psychology. 🔹Pictures seeing in majority Yogic representation is only one of the limb among eight limbs in (ashtangas) in Patañjali yogasu...