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Terminalia Arjuna, Wight and Am
Family: Combretaceae
Name: Hindi – Arjun
Sanskrit – Indradrum
English – Arjuna myrobalan
Bengali – Arjun
Gujarati – Shadado
Marathi – Ladada
Kannada – Maddi
Tamil – Vellai morudaa
Trade name – Arjuna chaal
Description: Arjun is a large tree of 60-80 ft height. Leaves sub-opposite or alternate, sometimes clustered at the ends of the twigs and often bearing large glands on the petiole or near the base of the midrib beneath. Flowers small, green or white. Fruit ovoid, vary in size, smooth or angular or winged. Bark 5-10 mm thickness, external surface pink and inner surface reddish brown, finely striated.
Distribution: All over India.
Parts used: Stem Bark, Peeling out in thin flakes.
Properties: Astringent, Read the rest of this entry »
No CommentsMomordica Charantia, Linn
Family – Cucurbitaceae
Names – Hindi – Karela
English – Bitter Gourd
Sanskrit – Karavella
Bengali – Karela
Marathi – Karle
Kannada – Hagal
Tamil – Pakal, Pavakka
Malayalam – Kaippakaya
Description: It is a climber, stem is slender pubescent with suborbicular leaves and single pale flowers. Fruits are 5-25 cm long, pendulous, fusiform, beaked and ribbed with many tubercles. Brown seed, 13-16 cm long compressed in bulb of fruit.
Distribution: Plant is cultivated during hot season and available in Indian market as vegetable.
Parts used: Roots, leaves and fruits.
Phytochemicals: Different types of compounds have been isolated viz., bitter glycosides, saponins, alkaloids, reducing sugars, phenolics, oils, free acids, polypeptides, sterols, 17-amino acids including methionine and Read the rest of this entry »
No CommentsHow To Treat Yourself With Meditation Music And Relaxation?
Meditation, music and relaxation are the keys to attaining the power which can heal your body from various psychological and emotional imbalances. There are different relaxation techniques to experiment with and meditation music is one such technique, designed to treat those suffering from stress or fatigue.
Meditation music is a kind of music used for supporting the whole purpose of meditation and reviving the mind sensations. Relaxation is a way of refreshing the mind, body and soul by doing something peaceful, tranquil and enjoyable. Basic purpose of any relaxation technique is simply to take mind away from its stress and to pump up the weary body. Meditation music and relaxation have a synchronization that works best for bringing Read the rest of this entry »
No CommentsMusic as an Aid to Healing
Sound is the oldest form of healing and of that, it is the sound of the mother’s voice that is the most important. Sony conducted research in the 80’s that showed sounds played to babies while in the womb influenced their behaviour. It has been proven that like animals human babies can detect their mother’s voice from other females and there is evidence that they can do this in the womb too. Other research has shown that babies can remember and recognise sounds from the womb a year after birth.
The Colour of Music
Each colour has a corresponding musical keynote that in turn resonates with the respective chakra and as follows.
Colour / Keynote / Chakra Read the rest of this entry »
No CommentsSyzygium – Cumini, (linn) Skeels
Family: Myrtaceae
Names: Hindi – Jamun
English – Black berry
Sanskrit – Jambul
Bengali – Kalijaam bija
Kannada – Koddanirlu kalu
Marathi – Jambhul chabi
Gujarati – Jambunu bija
Tamil – Sambal virat
Telugu – Naredu vittulu
Trade name – Jambul stone
Description: A large evergreen tree, leaves opposite, 8Â20cm long, leathery. Fruit 1.5-4 cm long, violet black on ripe. Seed usually one. Fruits are eaten raw with salt, make tongue purple for hours.
Distribution: Grown throughout the plains of India.
Parts used: Fruits, leaves, seeds and bark.
Properties: Astingent, stomachic, diuretic (increases the amount of urine), anti-diabetic and anti-diarrhoeal.
Phytochemicals: Phenols, terpenes, glucoside.
Medicinal Uses
(a) In diabetes
The seeds are Read the rest of this entry »
No CommentsInventions in Music Therapy
METHOD FOR CORRECTING DEPRESSION IN DISABLED PERSONS IN SETTING OF CENTER FOR VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION OF DISABLED PERSONS (UA19989U)
The method for correcting the depression in the disabled persons in the setting of the center for vocational rehabilitation of the disabled persons provides for assaying the depressive state using Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory assay. The method comprises the music therapy and the aromatherapy. Beforehand, several music pieces are presented sequentially for the disabled persons, namely Polonese in C sharp minor by F. Chopin, Viennese Blood by I. Strauss, the Chinese piece Tai Shi, the prayer music, and the dolphin voice. Then the diagnostic computed electroencephalography follows. One of the selected pieces is used for the music therapy for 30 minutes daily Read the rest of this entry »