WHAT IS GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION AND WHAT IS ITS IMPORTANCE

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 

🔹rheumatic pains

 🔹polio related disabilities

🔹blood circulatory disorders

 🔹respiratory diseases.

Cardamomum

Alleppey Green cardamom: 

• Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Latin
• Alleppey Green cardamom 
• Alleppey (presently Alappuzha) has been the port city in the southern region of Kerala state,  from which it was exported in the olden days. 
• colour: the uniform shade of green colour 
• shape:3 cornered with a ribbed appearance. 

Coorg green cardamom

•  green cardamom is grown in southwest Karnataka. 
• The colour:range varies from greenish to brown. 
•  global 
• dry skin can be ribbed or smooth, and pedicels are separated.
• In #Ayurveda “Green Cardamom” is known as Sukshma-ELA and Elaichii. `
• It is used in the treatment of Asthma, Cough and difficulty in Micturition.

Ganjam Kewda flower

Pandanus odorifer (Forssk.) Kuntze

“Kewda flower” also known as Ketakipushpa in Ayurveda 

 GI tag:state of #Orissa where it is extensively cultivated. 

It is associated mostly with the Ganjam district. It is a well-known scent-producing and flavouring agent. As a medicine, it is useful in the treatment of eye ailments and respiratory disorders.

Saffron

Crocus sativus L.

“Saffron” also known as Kumkuma in Ayurveda, 

a well-known spice.

 GI-tag:

 Jammu and Kashmir where it is extensively cultivated.   

As a medicine, it is used in the treatment of migraine, wounds, vomiting, discolouration and patches on the skin. 

 (Credit for pictures and information link: https://wahgi.ncog.gov.in/homeUrl )

This is all for today

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