Ayurveda Initiative For Global Health

Ottelia alismoides (submersed aquatic plant)  Family :- Hydrocharitaceae Local name :- Pani kunduri Location :- Cuttack, odisha Sugimani Marndi Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.  Ambika Prasad Research Foundation Cuttack, Odisha India www.aprf.co.in

Pistia stratiotes  (free floating aquatic plant)  Family:- Araceae Local name :- Borajhanji Treatment :- eczema, leprosy, ulcers, piles, stomach disorder.  Location :- Athgarh Sugimani Marndi Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.  Ambika Prasad Research Foundation Cuttack, Odisha India www.aprf.co.in

Lythrum salicaria L (Aquatic plant) Lythrum salicaria is native to most of Europe, the United Kingdom, Northern Tropical and temperate Asia and southern Asia.   Uses:- It is planted by beekeepers for its nectar-producing capabilities, treatment for diarrhea, dysentery, bleeding wounds, ulcers, and sores.    Sugimani Marndi Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.  Ambika Prasad Research Foundation Cuttack, Odisha India www.aprf.co.in     

Croton bonplandianus baill Family - Euphorbiaceae Local name - Ban tulsi For cholagogues & purgative, this is the most important plant. Uses -  1. Wound healing property 2. Gastrointestinal disorders ( cholera, boils, bowel, diarrhea, dysentery) 3. Respiratory disease( cold & cough, lung infection, bronchitis, asthma). 4. The leaves extract was used for the treatment of cancer, venereal diseases, ulcers. 5 Antitumor activity, antimicrobial activity. 6. People use both fuel and detergent.  Sugimani Marndi Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.  Ambika Prasad Research Foundation Cuttack, Odisha India www.aprf.co.in

Anisomeles indica (L.) Kuntze Family - Lamiaceae Camphor- scented perennial woody shrub Mostly found in grasslands, wet soils along streams. Medicinal uses - Analgesic, anti-inflammatory, cancer, bruised leaves are applied locally in snake bites, antioxidant, antimicrobial, anti-HIV.  Sugimani Marndi Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.  Ambika Prasad Research Foundation Cuttack, Odisha India www.aprf.co.in

💐☘🌾☘🍀🍁🍀☘🌾☘💐         🌺 ASHTAVAKRA GITA🌺                      🌿Chapter - 32🌿              ~ Uncovering Bliss ~                   🌱 Day - 185 🌱 💐☘🌾☘🍀🍁🍀☘🌾☘💐 मा सङ्कल्पविकल्पाभ्यां चित्तं क्षोभय चिन्मय । उपशाम्य सुखं तिष्ठ स्वात्मन्यानन्दविग्रहे ॥ On the days when you eat too much sugar, you feel as if something is happening in the brain. Or when you have too much coffee, you feel excited. You recognize that you ate something which caused a change in you. You feel that you are not normal. You are either empty, or tired or restless. You see this as something separate. These bodily impurities are called mala. And then there is something called vikshepa. Vikshepa is in the mind. You don't see it as an impurity but you are simply agitated. Friction arises because of conflicting thoughts in the mind. This is call...

💐☘🌾☘🍀🍁🍀☘🌾☘💐         🌺 ASHTAVAKRA GITA🌺                      🌿Chapter - 31🌿                ~ Free Of Wanting ~                   🌱 Day - 184 🌱 💐☘🌾☘🍀🍁🍀☘🌾☘💐 Arjuna went on asking questions till the last. In the end Krishna got fed up. He said that He had said whatever He could say, Arjuna could do what he wanted to. Krishna told Arjuna to think and do whatever he wanted. And only then, did Arjuna remember. He said that he would do whatever Krishna had said. It took him all that time (18 chapters, 700 verses)! Krishna had to recite so many verses in so many ways, to convince him. Several times he asked what he was talking about. Again and again, Arjuna said that Krishna was so confusing! He asked Him to tell him one thing for sure. What was it that Krishna wanted? He said that something is good and He ...

💐☘🌾☘🍀🍁🍀☘🌾☘💐         🌺 ASHTAVAKRA GITA🌺                      🌿Chapter - 31🌿                ~ Free Of Wanting ~                   🌱 Day - 183 🌱 💐☘🌾☘🍀🍁🍀☘🌾☘💐 The greatness of Janaka was that he was not asking question; he was expressing. Many times, we go on asking questions and we don't listen or hear to the answers. We don't digest what is happening, coming to us, i.e. the very presence, the very look, the very being, the very words. They are not empty words and empty looks. It's not an empty presence. Everything is coming on with such a force and so much wealth awakening something deep inside you. It is kindling a light inside you. New seeds are being sown and something is sprouting inside. And instead of observing, absorbing, and living that you go on asking questions. Then you remain just at the s...

💐☘🌾☘🍀🍁🍀☘🌾☘💐         🌺 ASHTAVAKRA GITA🌺                      🌿Chapter - 31🌿                ~ Free Of Wanting ~                   🌱 Day - 182 🌱 💐☘🌾☘🍀🍁🍀☘🌾☘💐 अन्तर्विकल्पशून्यस्य बहिः स्वच्छन्दचारिणः । Do you see what is happening inside you every moment? Choices are rising. You are choosing everything. You are calculating, dividing, discriminating and choosing. This is happening continuously, not in your actions, but in your mind. Janaka says, अन्तर्विकल्पशून्यस्य, 'In my mind, there is no conflict, there is no choice, there is nothing.' बहिः स्वच्छन्दचारिणः । This is so beautiful we really have to look closely at it! 'But, in my action, there is so much purity, clarity, and perfection. Inside it is conflict-free.' Many people may be outwardly acting properly but they may be filled with conflicts insi...

💐☘🌾☘🍀🍁🍀☘🌾☘💐         🌺 ASHTAVAKRA GITA🌺                      🌿Chapter - 31🌿                ~ Free Of Wanting ~                   🌱 Day - 181 🌱 💐☘🌾☘🍀🍁🍀☘🌾☘💐 This can take you away from your center. क्व शास्त्रं क्व च विज्ञानं यदा मे गलिता स्पृहा ॥ Or any special knowledge, skills or attraction can take you off your center. An astrologer can distract you by offering to tell you all about your future. Immediately the mind goes there. Knowing this or that, and doing this or that can take you off your center, your focus, your devotion, and off your fulfilment. Just be fulfilled, happy and settled immediately wherever you are. Janaka said that nothing could move him. क्व धनानि क्व मित्राणि क्व मे विषयदस्यवः । क्व शास्त्रं क्व च विज्ञानं यदा मे गलिता स्पृहा ॥ His mind was fulfilled and settled. And he was j...