Bonded labor has been already widespread since ancient times and has flourished at various periods in most countries. Bonded labor is outlawed by the 1956 U.N. Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery, and most countries have passed their own ban. However, it is estimated that millions of people are still held in bo...

Rabies is one of the oldest diseases affecting human. It has been recognized in India since the Vedic period (1500-500 BC) and is described in the ancient Indian scripture Atharvaveda.[1] It is primarily a zoonotic disease of warm-blooded animals, particularly carnivorous such as dogs, cats, jackals, and wolves. It is transmitted to man usually by bites or licks of rabid animals.[2] Human rabie...

VASUDHAIVA KUTUMBAKAM, this world is one family, is an ancient and core part of Indian philosophy. Strange, that globalization is often portrayed as a recent western imposition on India and the world. Goods and people have moved across the globe for centuries, infact, far more easily than now. Neither passports nor visas were required, and traders, pilgrims and adventurers moved around without ...

Yoga is a commonly known generic term for the physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India with a view to attain a state of permanent peace. According to Sage Patanjali, yoga is the stilling of the changing states of the mind. Yoga has also been popularly defined as "union with the divine" in other contexts and traditions. In this work, an easiest t...

BLACK The importance of herbal hypolipidemics has increased to fill the lacunae created by allopathic medicines. Coriander is a spice, which is used in daily cooking especially in India. In Ayurvedic literature it is reported to possess hypolipidemic activity. Hence, to validate these ancient known property researchers at International Institute of Biotechnology and Toxicology, Padappai, Tamil ...

Several medicinal plants are having hypoglycemic effects.[1], The World Health Organization has recommended that the assessment of traditional plant treatments for diabetes mellitus needs further investigation.[2], Several herbal medicines were described for the care of diabetes mellitus in ancient literature of Ayurveda in India. Many of the plants used as diet were reported to have antidiabet...

Siddha system of medicine is one of the ancient systems of medicine in India. According to Siddhars, peptic ulcer is known as Valigunmam with its signs and symptoms as detailed in Siddha literature matching modern terminology of peptic ulcer. Bhasma refers to calcinated metals and minerals. During this study the Bhasma of Musa paradisiaca Linn, is prepared and evaluated for its antiulcer effect...

Yoga, an ancient science originated in India and over the march of time transcended its geographical boundaries. Hundreds of studies conducted under rigorous scientific protocols across the globe have established many preventive, promotive, and curative health benefits, especially for psychosomatic ailments. Yoga, through “Yogah chitta vritti nirodhah” (voluntary mastery over the modifications ...

Kesar has been an important ingredient of the recipes of our ancient physicians in the field of Indian systems of medicine and its cultivation is a monopoly of Jammu and Kashmir. This paper presents in detail the historical review, botanical description, vernacular names, distribution in India and world, cultivation, collection, preservation and storage, adulterants, purity tests, chemical comp...

Massage is considered as one of the oldest therapy used to treat various ailments. It was not only used as a preventive measure but also as a measure to cure disease. Ayurveda being a holistic system of medicine has emphasized the utility of Massage in various conditions. Ayurveda explained Massage as Abhyanga which infers anointing the body. Abhyanga not only prevents and delays normal ageing ...