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Everything that you should know about Gaduchi/Giloy (Amritvel)

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       Gaduchi/Giloy (Amritvel) Gaduchi is a popular medicinal plant which is used in several traditional medicines to cure various diseases. It is considered an essential herbal plant of Indian system of medicine ( ISM ) and has been used in the treatment of fever, urinary problem, dysentery, skin diseases leprosy, diabetes, and many more diseases. It is also known as botanical medicine or phytomedicine. It shows antioxidant, antimicrobial, antiviral, antipyretic, antidiabetic, antifungal, antimicrobial, antitoxic, hypolipidaemic, radio-protective, cardioprotective, wound healing, immunomodulating, antiosteoporotic effect. Click here for more information about Anti-oxidant Guduchi is clearly an herb with a myriad of potent medicinal qualities , qualities that were recognized by the ancient rishis in Vedic times, long before modern scientific technology. Through spiritual means, the rishis were able to understand guduchi (and other herbs) in a pro-found manner and now modern science

Mint(Pudina) - Health benefits, ayurvedic remedies, application, chemical constituents, side effects and many more

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Mint(Pudina) Mint or mentha species belongs to the Lamiaceae family, which contains around 15 to 20 plant species , including peppermint and spearmint. Peppermint is a hybrid of Spearmint and Watermint and are thus similar. Peppermint contains more menthol so has a stronger smell , slightly dark in color and has less hairy leaves than spearmint. It is a popular herb that people can use fresh or dried in many dishes and infusions.  It shows antioxidant, astringent, antiseptic, antinociceptive, anti-inflammatory,  antimicrobia antipruritic, antiemetic, carminative, vermifuge,  diaphoretic, antiallergic, antispasmodic, analgestic, radioprotective property.               Click here for more information about Anti-oxidant It has different names in different languages such as Marathi name (Pudina), English name (Spearmint, Garden mint), Hindi name (Podina),  Malayalam name (Putina), Bengali name (Pudina), Burmese name (Bhudina), Canada name (Chetni-maruga), Arabic name (Phujanaj). But it