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Cassia Tora - CAESALPINACEAE

Family Name : CAESALPINACEAE
Botanical Name : CASSIA TORA
Common Name : FOETID CASSIA, TORA, SICKLE SENNA, SICKLE POD, COFFEE POD, TOVARA, CHAKVAD
Part Used : SEEDS
Habitat : […]

Cassia Fistula - CAESALPINACEAE

Family Name : CAESALPINACEAE
Botanical Name : CASSIA FISTULA
Common Name : FISTULA, LABURNUM, PURGING FISTULA, GOLDEN SHOWER, AMALTAS
Part Used : FRUITS AND BARK
Habitat : Grows in valleys upto […]

Cassia Angustifolia - CAESALPINACEAE

Family Name : CAESALPINACEAE
Botanical Name : CASSIA ANGUSTIFOLIA
Common Name : SENNA, INDIAN SENNA, TINNEVELLY SENNA, CASSIA SENNA
Part Used : PODS, STEMS, LEAVES
Habitat : Cultivated in […]

Electric toothbrush

An electric toothbrush is a toothbrush that uses electric power to move the brush head, normally in an oscillating pattern, though electric toothbrushes are often called ‘rotary‘ toothbrushes.
Different kind of brushes
The Cochrane study separated the electrical toothbrush designs into:
* side-to-side
* circular
* ultra-sonic vibration, like the Sonicare manufactured by Philips - which claims to have a […]

Calamus - ARACEAE, CALAMUS

Family Name : ARACEAE
Botanical Name : ACORUS CALAMUS
Common Name : CALAMUS, SWEET-FLAG, SWEET ROOT, BACH
Part Used : DRIED RHIZOME
Habitat : North Temperate and subtropical regions upto 2200m […]

Boswellia Serrata - BURSERACEAE

Family Name : BURSERACEAE
Botanical Name : BOSWELLIA SERRATA
Common Name : INDIAN OLIBANUM TREE, OLIBANUM, LUBAN, GOND
Part Used : BARK, GUM RESIN
Uses : The bark is sweet, cooling and tonic. It is good in […]

Basil Herb - LAMIACEAE

Family Name : LAMIACEAE
Botanical Name : OCIMUM SANCTUM
Common Name : BASIL, SACRED BASIL, HOLY BASIL, TULSI
Part Used : LEAVES, SEEDS
Habitat : Found Throughout India.
Uses : It is Diaphoteric, Anti periodic, Stimulating, […]

Bacopa Monniera - SCROPHULARIACEAE

Family Name : SCROPHULARIACEAE
Botanical Name : BACOPA MONNIERA
Common Name : HERPESTIS MONNIERIA, THYME LEAVED GRATIOLA, BRAHMI
Part Used : WHOLE PLANT
Habitat : Grows in Marshy places and cultivated South India.
Uses : It is Diuretic, Cardiac, Nervine […]

Asparagus Racemosus - LILIACEAE

Family Name : LILIACEAE
Botanical Name : ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS
Common Name : ASPARAGUS, WILD ASPARAGUS, ASPARAGUS ROOT, SATAVARI
Part Used : TUBEROUS ROOTS
Uses : The roots are bitter, sweet, emollient, […]

Bioadhesives - Materials that act as Adhesives

Bioadhesives are natural polymeric materials that act as adhesives. The term is sometimes used more loosely to describe a glue formed synthetically from biological monomers such as sugars, or to mean a synthetic material designed to adhere to biological tissue.
Bioadhesives may consist of a variety of substances, but proteins and carbohydrates feature prominently. Proteins such […]