Comments on: on the fire escape: tomatoes & herbs http://fortheloveofbrooklyn.com/archives/2010/07/on-the-fire-escape-tomatoes-herbs.html a photoblog about the County of Kings Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:40:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Sasha http://fortheloveofbrooklyn.com/archives/2010/07/on-the-fire-escape-tomatoes-herbs.html/comment-page-1#comment-889 Sasha Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:18:13 +0000 http://fortheloveofbrooklyn.com/?p=1497#comment-889 Herbal plants used in the Ayurvedic system of medicine are facing extinction. Definite cause of concern, as Ayurveda is increasingly being used around the world to treat various disorders such as obesity, hypertension, diabetes, ulcers and many others. Some herbs that have been identified are - Ulteria salicfolia, Hydnocarpus pentandra, Gymnocladus assamicus, and Begonia tessaricarpa. Conservation of traditional herbs and plants should become a high priority for all. Challenge becomes more severe as many of these herbs grow in the wild and are not cultivated. Planet Green (a discovery.com venture) reported on this earlier this month. http://ayurvedagroup.com/blog/2010/93-of-ayurvedas-wild-medicinal-plants- threatened-with-extinction/ Herbal plants used in the Ayurvedic system of medicine are facing extinction.
Definite cause of concern, as Ayurveda is increasingly being used around the world to treat various disorders such as obesity, hypertension, diabetes, ulcers and many others.

Some herbs that have been identified are – Ulteria salicfolia, Hydnocarpus pentandra, Gymnocladus assamicus, and Begonia tessaricarpa.

Conservation of traditional herbs and plants should become a high priority for all. Challenge
becomes more severe as many of these herbs grow in the wild and are not cultivated.

Planet Green (a discovery.com venture) reported on this earlier this month.

http://ayurvedagroup.com/blog/2010/93-of-ayurvedas-wild-medicinal-plants- threatened-with-extinction/

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