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TENSION Tension, tension and tension … everywhere tension, everybody has tension. This is the age of tension. Tension in every sphere of life. The intensity of tension has increased, and is increasing all the while, because of global warming, due to environmental disaster, caused by the mindless activities of mankind. Tension makes individuals vulnerable to all sorts of adverse effects and diseases. To counter the intensities of the tensions everyday, in every sphere of life, we have to develop the essential immunity in our body’s system. There is no doubt that the present days food habits of mankind is poor in fresh natural contents. First, our body has to be healthy, so that simultaneously the mind will be strong enough to bear the pressure of various tensions encountered by us each moment. The effect of tension in our body’s system is like rust on iron. We have to make our body’s system, with the help of regular natural intakes, erosion proof, due to tension, like the rustproof irons now-a-days. We should be in a constant look out for weeds/plants/herbs, in fact all plants have properties beneficial to us, and should try to preserve and conserve them and make them a part of our diets in our daily life. Page - 165 Sida cordata (Burm.f.) Borssum (S. veronicaefolia Lam.) of the family Malvaceae This weed growing throughout India is known as:
A climber of much long hairy branches, sometimes roots at soil contact point with short main stem; leaves long petioled, cordate to roundish with stellate hairs; flowers yellow, solitary or in pairs in axils; fruits schizocarp located within the persistent calyx; seeds brownish, glabrous. The root of this weed is a health tonic useful in fever, arthritis and urinary tract problems. The bark of the root is used in leucorrhoea, gonorrhoea and hyperduresis. The leaves are good for curing stomach problems specially diarrhoea. The flowers and fruits are good in relieving burning sensations, hyperdiuresis, pectoral lesions and promote strengthz Page - 166
Sida cordata Malvaceae Page - 167
Sida rhombifolia Malvaceae Page - 168 ssp.retusa (Linn) Brossum of the family Malvaceae This plant grows as a weed throughout India, mostly in the warmer parts. It is a combination of bitter-sweet and softening flavour, known as:
This is a small, erect, minutely hairy and intricately branched plant, a food plant for the caterpillars of the lemon pansy butterflies; leaves short petioled, ovate, truncate or more often retuse and serrate; flowers yellow, solitary and axillary; fruits enclosed within the persistent calyx, separating into one-seeded cocci; seeds black, smooth. Roots, stems and the leaves of this plant are used in the aggravated conditions of Tridosa (Vata, Pitta and Kapha combined), rheumatism, flatulence, colic, haemothermia, emaciation, seminal weakness, arthritis and diarrhoea etc. Mostly, all our sickness originates from the initial infections of Kappa, Vata and Pitta. And it is known as TRIDOSA, when one gets affected by these three together. The powdered form of the roots and leaves were taken in milk and sugar or singly and mixed in sesame oil and milk can be used for the cure of facial paralysis. Page - 169 |
