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About Corona Virus Infection According to World Health Organization (WHO), Corona virus is a family of virus, that causes illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as SARS and MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome). These viruses are inherently zoonotic, i.e., originally transmitted from  animals to humans. Now, this infection spreads through direct or indirect with the infected person. Name of this virus is derived from Latin word 'corona', meaning crown or Halo owing to the shape of this virus. The first instance of identification of Corona viruses traces back to the 1960s. But, the novel Corona Virus (2019-nCoV) was identified as the source of the illness in early 2020 as an infection traced to Wuhan seafood market that also sold live animals. Signs and symptoms of infection   Running nose Fever Sneezing Cough Sore throat Shortness of breath Difficulty in breathing Nose sinuses  Upper throat infection In advanced st...

Ponnavarai is a medicinal herb having lots of curative properties. Botanical name of this herb is senna occidentalis or cassia occidentalis . It belongs to the family of fabaceace . Cassia occidentalis or senna occidentalis is a perennial shrub that grows in tropical and temperate climates. It is mostly found in rainy season in between the plants, roadsides, waste lands all over TamilNadu in India. This plant grows up to height of 3 feet. Its flowers are yellow in color. Other names of this herb are coffee senna, stinking weed, kasundi, mogdad coffee, etc. Seeds of this shrub are commonly used as an adulterant in coffee. The whole plants, seeds, leaves roots has lot of nutrients like apigenin, amodiene, emodin, quercetin, amino acids, volatile oil, oleic acid, tannin, linoleic acid, minerals like magnesium, calsium, iron, etc. The leaves of this herb is very effective in treating obesity and constipation. Take a hand full of leaves, wash it and the cut into small piec...

The Chia seeds are tiny black seeds extracted from the plant called Salvia Hispanica . It is nutrient dense and highly energy giving. Chia seeds are mainly grown in Mexico. Chia means strength in Mayan language. It is easily digestible and has lots of medicinal properties. It is known as runners' food as runner use as a fuel  while running for long distances. Chia Seeds are good absorbent, i.e., when we soak in water the size of the seeds can expand up to ten times of its original size and form a gel like a substance. It has an ability to slow down the conversion of carbohydrates into sugar. Nutrients in Chia seeds  Chia seeds contain essential Omega 3 fatty acids like alpha-linolenic acid, alpha linoleic acid, mucin, strontium, etc. It is also rich in highly powerful antioxidants, vitamins like vitamin A, D, B complex like Thiamine(B1), niacin (B6) and vitamin E, calcium, potassium, manganese, magnesium, iodine, sulphur, iron, copper, zinc, protein and dietary fi...

Mullein Flowers Mullein is a medicinal plant having lot of curative properties and has been used to treat various diseases since ancient times. These plants were first used for lung diseases around 2000 years ago in Rome. Botanical name of this plant is  Verbascum thapsus   and belongs to the family of  Scarephulariaceae . Common names  of this plant are American mullein, candle flower, orange mullein, candle wick, high taper, velvet dock, Adam flower, flannel, blanket leaf, torch wort, etc. Mullein is native to Europe, Asia, Africa and it has been introduced to America and Australia. It is a widely spread weed commonly found everywhere in USA. This plant spreads fast and copiously by producing large number of seeds. Mullein is drought resistant and grows easily from seed. This plant grows up to 2 meters height. It is a biennial plant, the top portion of the stem develops huge flower spikes with many bright densely cluster yellow flowers which only ...

Strychnos Nuxvomia  Nuxvomica seeds    Strychnos Nuxvomica is medicinal tree native to India and Southeast Asia,belongs to the family of  Loganiaceae. It is a deciduous,medium sized tree ,grows open in habitats.It is also known as Nuxvomica,Poison nut, Semen strychnos,Ettikkottai ,Ettitree, and Quaker buttons. The flowers are in green color, small and  funnel shape. They bloom in the cold season and have foul smell.The fruit are like apple size with a smooth and hard shell which when ripened is a mild shade of orange color .The flesh of the fruit is soft and white with a jelly like pulp containing five seeds covered with a soft woolly substances. Seeds are flattened disk shape ,very hard with a dark gray horny endosperm it gives no odor but possess a very bitter taste. The seeds contains highly poisonous,intensely bitter toxic alkaloids called strychnine and brucine.  The homeopathic medicine Nuxvomica is prepared with strychnine was cr...

Mango Leaves Mango, a summer fruit is the king of Asian fruits. We are all aware of the benefits of mango fruit, but we are not much aware about benefits of mango leaves. Mango leaves are available in everywhere without cost. Mango leaves are packed with full of nutrients, phytochemicals, vitamins like Vitamin A, B1 (thiamine), B2 (riboflavin), B3 (niacin), Vitamin C, phytonutrients, flavonoids, caffeic acid, gallic acid,mangaferin ,tannin,phenols,antioxidants,fiber content, medicinal and curative properties. In take of mango leaves helps to Reduce the high blood sugar levels in diabetic patients through enhancing the insulin production and glucose distribution, because of its anti diabetic property and its compound mangaferin. It will not cause hypoglycemia Reduce the LDL (Low Density Lipoprotein) cholesterol i.e., bad cholesterol because of its dietary fiber content and anti-hyperlipidimic property Lower the high blood pressure ...

Moringa Leaves Juice Take 10 ml of drumstick leaves juice or Moringa leaves juice with 5 ml of honey daily in the morning or take hand full of drumstick leaves add two glass of water , two garlic cloves ,pinch of pepper powder ,and pinch of  rock salt to it and then boil it for 7 to 8 minutes strain it and then have this soup daily before food.This will help you to protect your heart from heart diseases. White Lotus Flower Take one fresh white lotus flower petals in a container add one glass of water to it  boil the mixture until to attain the half of the quantity and then strain the mixture.To that obtained extract add 50 ml of milk  and one teaspoon full of jaggery or honey mix it well have this mixture daily in the morning.Instead of fresh lotus flower petals you can use white lotus flower powder.It is available in the herbal stores. Tulsi Leaves Tea Take 5 ml of Tulsi  or Basil leaves juice with 5 ml of honey in the morning empty stomach daily ....