WHO BELONGS TO WHOM?

And who does not…

What are the principles of this belonging?

How are these senses, these feelings of belonging expressed and conveyed between each belonging.

Can belonging always expressive physically itself?

Why should there be any belonging?

Or is it vital that one should belong to each other for the very survival of all and how should we perceive this belonging?

We fellow human beings belong to each other, we can not do without each other not only with the fellow human beings, but with all that this universe holds in its lap.

And if it is analysed with the true feeling, it becomes clear that everybody and everything belongs together, living and inert, all that is around us on this planet, and out.

All other species, except humankind, that fights among itself inspite of all the knowledge and wisdom in its mental store, perfectly understands the deep meaning behind the word belonging.

We, the superiors of all creation,do not know the significance of belonging.

At present when we are bent on the impulse of selfdestruction to fight each other on issues of religious, linguistic and regional identity, it is very important to understand the true meaning of belonging.

Can any community on earth survive or do without the others ? No…it is simply not possible. Let us help each other to make ourselves perfectly worthy to belong to each other. We have many ways and means to express our feelings to each other physically.

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But the natural world around us does not speak our language, nor can they relate to us, in their own sweet ways to make us understand what they want us to know about them. It is up to us to open our mostly closed inner doors to them…

Look at a plant or plants growing all around us and try to observe, how they grow, their formations, what do they have to convay so that we could say yes they belong to us and we to them.

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Trichodesma indicum (Linn.) R.Br

of the family Boraginaceae

This weed grows all over India; along the road-sides, garden areas, waste lands and stony dry places up to the elevation of about 4,800 ft. It is known as:

An acrid & bitter testing weed of hairy & multi-branched nature. An annual in habit, grows upto 45/50 cm in height; leaves variable in shapes sessile, ovate, oblong or lanceolate oblong, abtuse or subacute, hairy, emerging from tubercles, simple, opposite; flowers pale blue fading to pale pink to white on drooping axillary pointed, back covered with hairs; fruits pyramid shaped 4-ribbed nutlets, smooth on the outer, full of wrinkles, pitted on the inner side.

This whole plant is useful in the vitiated conditions of Vata and Kapha. But its most important propertie is to cure indigestion, loose motion, painful urination, dehydration, skin diseases and sores. The main cause of all our sickness comes from the ineffective functioning of our digestive system. If we, take care to keep our digestive system robust then we will be able to prevent the diseases that haunt us. This herb also helps in the expulsion of foetus, rejection of unwanted conceptions and cures painful menstruation. Have faith in whatever herbal products you use to obtain result. Faith is the key to the body’s receptivity.

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Trichodesma indicum Boragnaceae

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Vernania cinerea Asteraceae

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Vernonia cinerea (Linn) Less. In Latin

Of the family Asteraceae

This is a weed grows everywhere around the indian household, known as:

It is a straight or decumbent annual weed varied in height and leave formation, depending on the soil quality and climatic conditions of the region from 15cm to 70cm with a cylindric, striped with fine lines, pubescent stem; leaves simple, alternate, variable in shape, ovate or lanceolate, shortly mucronate, shallowly crenateserrate, violet pink flowers in close clusters, in small heads, in whorls of bracts oblong achene’s, slender at the base, covered with white pressed hairs.The root of this weed is useful in diarrhea, cough, strangury and intermittent fever. The leaves are used for the cleaning of ring worms, and eczema can be cured by rubbing the crushed fresh leaves on the effected area twice daily, specially before going to bed. But the effected person should not eat nonveg and as little oil as possible till completely cured. Flowers are useful in curing conjunctivitis. The seeds crushed, fresh or dried can be dusted on the eczema to be cured.But the most beneficial of all the qualities of this bitter-acrid weed is that it has anticancer us activities and gives relief to those who have cancerous malformations.A spoonful of the whole plants juices, twice or thrice a week, keeps a person free from cancer. But it can’t be of any use to those having the habit of smoking and alcholol consuming.Healthy habits are the most important condition for normal functioning of the body.

One should be sure of one’s complications and which herb to use.In case of confusion, it is advisable to take the advise of the age-long expert organization “Arya Vaidya Sala”.

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