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Book Review

To Uphold the World: A Call for a New Global Ethic from Ancient IndiabyBruce Rich In 1991, Bruce Rich traveled to Orissa and gazed upon the rock edicts erected by the Indian emperor Ashoka over 2,200 years ago. Intrigued by the stone inscriptions ...

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News on current issues

Health Secretary-Tamilnadu- clarifies on Government Order The State government is categorical that Government Order No.248 on practitioners of Indian Systems of Medicine does not give a licence to non-allopathic doctors to practise allopathy outright. “We have only gone by the provisions of the Central Council of Indian Medicine Act, and we have not added a single extra line,” Principal Secretary, Health, V.K. Subburaj told...

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VACCINE-DELIVERY PATCH WITH DISSOLVING MICRO-NEEDLES BOOSTS PROTECTION

A new vaccine-delivery patch based on hundreds of microscopic needles that dissolve into the skin could allow persons without medical training to painlessly administer vaccines -- while providing improved immunization against diseases such as influenza.Patches containing micron-scale needles that carry vaccine with them as they dissolve into the skin could simplify immunization programs by eliminating the use of hypodermic needles -- and their "sharps"...

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Announcement

Roja Muthiah Research Library Indus Research Centre Lecture on MIGRATION OF MAN :IN THE CONTEXT OF THE INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION By Prof. RM. PITCHAPPAN (Director – Research, Chettinad Academy of Research and Education, Chennai andRegional Director, Genographic India, School of Biological Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai) ...

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Announcement

NABH In association with Department of AYUSHlaunchesAccreditation for AYUSH Hospitalsto enhance credibility and confidence in patients about the AYUSH hospitals.  A series of one day workshops are being organized to sensitize the AYUSH Hospital’s stakeholders on NABH Accreditation standards. Detailed schedule is available on the official website, www.qcin.org. The programme is as per the following schedule:  Day and Date September 25, 2010, Saturday Venue Auditorium,...

Inscriptions throw up evidence of Ancient Siddha hospital

Chennai, Aug. 30: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has found evidence of a hospital that existed 900 years ago. This discovery was made while studying stone inscriptions at the ancient Venkatesa Perumal temple, situated in Thirumukkudal village, in Kancheepuram district.According to a senior official of ASI, the inscriptions say that a 15-bed ayurvedic hospital (athura-salai) functioned alongside the temple 900 years ago.The...

Hindi name to Botanical name

Hindi to Botanical Name Hindi NameBotanical NameSub SpeciesVariety accMorinda pubescens-pubescens acharBuchanania lanzan-- aganakiMukia scabrella-- agetaPremna corymbosa-- agethaPremna integrifolia-- aggaiDillenia pentagyna-- agla-belAcacia pennata-- agumakiMelothria maderaspatana-- agumakiMukia maderaspatana-- ailaAcacia caesia-- aintaSecurinega leucopyrus-- akMorinda citrifolia-- akCalotropis procera-- akCalotropis gigantea-- akadaCalotropis procera-- akanadiCissampelos pareira-- akashabelaCuscuta reflexa-- akhrotAleurites moluccana-- akolaAleurites moluccana-- alMorinda citrifolia-- alMorinda pubescens-pubescens aliarDodonaea viscosa-- amMangifera indica-- amaltasCassia fistula-- amantamulSolena amplexicaulis-- amaraSpondias pinnata-- amarabelaCuscuta reflexa-- amarbeliCassytha filiformis--...