TRADITIONAL PLANT MEDICINE

Mistletoe’s medicinal quality depends on the environment of its host plant, discover researchers from China and the UK. Asian Scientist Magazine (Jun. 29, 2022) —  Imagine a dull joint soreness when you wake up in the morning or a feeling that your knees ache right before it rains. For many, this is what  arthralgia  (joint pain) feels like. Globally, more than 6 billion people turn to traditional medicine for common ailments like arthralgia. Recognizing the importance of traditional medicine, the World Health Organization (WHO) established a  global center for traditional medicine  this year in India. Taking the traditional medicine research forward in Asia, a team of scientists studied a plant  Viscum coloratum  or mistletoe, which is popular in Traditional Chinese Medicine. The team led by researcher Dr. Yun-Li Zhao discovered that  Viscum coloratum ’s medicinal properties are affected by the environment and its host plant. The study ...

Medicines have been extracted from plants for thousands of years and new ones are still being discovered. Here are several plant extracts with robust medical benefits.  Humans have been extracting the healing properties of plants for thousands of years. Although herbal  remedies  are often discounted as unscientific, more than one-third of modern drugs are derived either directly or indirectly from natural products, such as plants, microorganisms and animals. Now, researchers from the Scripps Research Institute in the US state of California have found that a  chemical extracted  from the bark of the Galbulimima belgraveana tree has psychotropic effects that could help treat depression and anxiety. The tree is found only in remote rainforests of Papua New Guinea and northern Australia and has long been used by indigenous people as a healing remedy against  pain and fever . Anyone interested in the development of traditional and plant medicines should not mis...

India, WHO Discuss Working Together For Global Health, Traditional Medicine Secretary (West) Ministry of External Affairs, Sanjay Verma had a warm, fruitful meeting with Director-General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday. They discussed further strengthening India-WHO relations, and working together for global health and well-being, including in Traditional Medicine & Digital Health. “Secretary(West) SanjayVerma lFS had a warm, fruitful meeting with DG WHO Dr Tedros. They discussed further strengthening India-WHO relations, working together for global health and well-being, including in Traditional Medicine & Digital Health,” tweeted Permanent Mission of India, Geneva. On behalf of the Organizing Committee, I extend a warm greeting to all herbal medicine specialists to this year's headline event, the " 9th International Conference on Herbal and Traditional Plant Medicine " , which will be held on  November...