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The plant also occupies an interesting position between classical Ayurveda and India’s regional medicinal traditions. Names such as Bhunimba, literally suggesting a small or ground-growing neem-like herb, reflect its remarkable bitterness rather than any botanical relationship with the Neem tree.
The plant also occupies an interesting position between classical Ayurveda and India’s regional medicinal traditions. Names such as Bhunimba, literally suggesting a small or ground-growing neem-like herb, reflect its remarkable bitterness rather than any botanical relationship with the Neem tree.
The renewed partnership seeks to develop uniform, scientifically robust and reliable quality standards for medicinal plants used as single drugs across Ayurveda, Siddha, Sowa-Rigpa, Unani and Homoeopathy. The initiative is intended to address a long-standing challenge in which the same botanical material may be described, tested or standardised differently across various medicinal systems.
Cancer remains one of humanity’s greatest medical challenges. Although modern treatments can destroy millions of cancer cells, a small population of cells often survives, allowing tumours to return, spread to distant organs and develop resistance to therapy.
The accepted botanical name is Justicia adhatoda L., belonging to the family Acanthaceae. The older botanical name Adhatoda vasica Nees remains extremely common in Ayurvedic literature, pharmaceutical preparations and research publications. Kew’s Plants of the World Online currently accepts Justicia adhatoda as the botanical name and lists Adhatoda vasica among its synonyms.
The Technology Development Board under the Department of Science and Technology has entered into an agreement with the company to support the manufacturing and commercial rollout of GrivaVision, a portable digital colposcope designed to assist healthcare professionals in detecting pre-cancerous cervical lesions at an early stage.
The National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories, a constituent board of the Quality Council of India, unveiled the new scheme under its Integrated Assessment Programme during the “Gunvatta Samanvaya – A Multilateral MoU Exchange Ceremony” held at Hotel Ashoka in New Delhi.
The accepted botanical species is Vitex negundo L., presently placed in the family Lamiaceae. Kew describes it as a shrub or small tree native across a vast region extending from eastern Africa and Iran through the Indian subcontinent to East and Southeast Asia. India forms an important part of its natural distribution.
The consignment is intended to support Bolivia’s public healthcare requirements. The Ministry of External Affairs described the assistance as reflecting India’s approach to international cooperation based on solidarity and shared progress.
The importance accorded to Mandukaparni is not merely a modern interpretation of Ayurveda. Charaka specifically mentions the fresh juice of Mandukaparni among the Medhya Rasayanas, together with Yashtimadhu, Guduchi and Shankhapushpi. The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India officially identifies Mandukaparni as Centella asiatica, while the Ministry of AYUSH’s e-Charak medicinal-plant database identifies the whole plant as the medicinal raw material.
