Ayurveda Initiative For Global Health

 MALPIGHIACEAE family is home to some very beautiful shrubs, trees and vines native to the tropics and subtropics. It is a large family with about 73 genera and over 1300 species. Some characteristics that can help identify its members are listed as follows: 🌷 Leaves are simple, opposite or arranged in whorls and have stipules. They frequently have paired glands on the petiole or base of the blade 🌷 Flowers are bisexual, usually radially symmetrical, with pentamerous perianth of well differentiated 5 sepals and petals. The petals are generally yellow or pink, claw shaped with their margins ciliate, toothed, or fringed. The sepals have basal glands that secrete sugar rich nectar.  🌷Stamens are arranged in 2 whorls and carpels are 3 in number. 🌷These flowers are either produced singly, or in racemes, panicles or cymes. 🌷The fruit is a drupe, nut, or samara (with variable shape of wings) usually indehiscent ...

Hi, let's meet, Barbados Cherry Bush (Malpighia glabra), also known as Wild Crepe Myrtle and Acerola, is a native of Puerto Rico and the USA. The plant is a member from the type genus Malpighia of the family Malpighiaceae  It is a shrub or small evergreen tree, less than 6 m tall, with spreading, more or less drooping branches on a short trunk. The glabrous leaves are opposite, ovate to elliptic-lanceolate, with entire or undulating margins, dark green and glossy above, with short petioles. Inflorescences are sessile or have a short-peduncle, produced in axillary cymes of 3-5 flowers. The individual flowers are bisexual, 1-2 cm in diameter, bearing 5 pinkish, translucent, slender clawed petals with crinkled margins. The fruit, commonly known as Acerola cherry is a bright-red, juicy drupe, about 1-3 cm in diameter and usually produced in pairs or threes, obscurely 3-lobed; has a thin skin, flesh is soft. Seeds a...

Avocado is a popular fruit that is known for its health benefits. But did you know that the seed of the avocado is also edible and has its own set of health benefits? Avocado seeds are a good source of fiber, vitamins, and minerals. They contain: Fiber:  -Avocado seeds are a good source of fiber, which can help to regulate digestion and promote bowel regularity. Vitamins:  -Avocado seeds contain vitamins A, C, and E, which are all important for immune health, vision, and skin health. Minerals:  -Avocado seeds contain minerals such as potassium, magnesium, and phosphorus, which are important for heart health, bone health, and muscle function. In addition to these nutrients, avocado seeds also contain a number of beneficial plant compounds, including: Antioxidants:  -Avocado seeds contain antioxidants that can help to protect cells from damage caused by free radicals. Phytosterols:  -Avocado seeds contain phytosterols, which are plant compounds that ...

100 Scientific Benefits of Sudarshan Kriya (SKY)!!  Reason 21 :- Sudarshan Kriya & Brain.Long term Sudarshan Kriya practitioners,showed a 2-3 fold increase in the brain waves compared to short term practitioners implying greater benefits.   Learn Sudarshan Kriya: http://aoliv.in/sudarshankriya To learn more about exciting research on art of living techniques :  https://aoliv.in/research "Health is not a mere absence of disease. It is a dynamic expression of life – in terms of how joyful, loving and enthusiastic you are.” Health is Wealth and Prevention is better than cure. So everyday morning do Sudarshan Kriya, Pranayam, Physical Exercises, meditation.  Sudharshana Kriya is a very powerful technique of Breathing that eliminates  Stress, Fatigue and Negative emotions such as Anger, Frustration and Depression, leaving the mind calm, focused and the body energized, completely relaxed. Sudarshan Kriya is the unrevealed secret to health, happine...

9th October 9, 2021 Dear souls This is Vimal Kankani from Coimbatore and am a Faculty at the Art of Living (TN 0519). This is a message of gratitude to the Divine for being with me and saving me from a fatal accident (near death experience). It is unbelievable but very true that Divine Intervention happens if you have faith and trust in the Guru tattva and the Guru himself, blessings of ancestors, parents and of people around us. If one has a Guru in his life, depending on the Karma, if an arrow has to target you, the arrow will be shot but will hit the cap and you won’t even know it. On the 7th of October (happens to be the first day of Navratri and also my Dad’s 92nd Birthday), we had done the kalash stapana of Devi at home and I had to leave to Pollachi from Coimbatore. (Coimbatore is where I stay and Pollachi is about 40 kms from here). I was driving and was alone, as usual. After completing my work in Pollachi, I set to return back by 6.40 pm. I played “Sounds of Devi”...