Friday, February 10, 2012

cinnamon for life

cinnamon, has a good taste and is often used as an herbal treatment. Normally used to treat cramps, flatulence, headache, and pain due to arthritis.
You should provide a good home cinnamon sticks or powder form. Do not forget also the honey. Usually the honey into the mixture to melt the cinnamon powder. If it was not used as a drug, you can use it as a cake maker.

Andropogon nardus,Healthy seasoning

Andropogon nardus is a plant member of the tribe of grasses commonly used as spices or herbs to scent food mosquito repellent.
Research has shown that leaves of lemon grass contains anti-microbial and anti-bacterial. The content is especially useful in treating infections of the stomach, intestines, urinary tract and wounds. Citronella is also known berkhasit as a diuretic, and antirheumatic reliever seizures.

Mimosa pudica Linn for Insomnia Treatment

(Mimosa pudica Linn.) often grows on the roadside, field, rapidly proliferating, growing to sleep on the ground, sometimes upright. Stem round, hairy and prickly. Often we overlook the daughter plants grow wild so ashamed of it and consider weeds.

Saturday, October 30, 2010

hisatory of bonsai

The word bonsai literally translates into "tree in a pot or tray." The art of bonsai originated in China thousands of years ago, linked initially to Taoism and then to Buddhism. The Chinese containerized and dwarfed living trees within miniature landscapes and gardens. Bonsai art migrated to Japan via Korea with the Zen Buddhists and grew to be more and more popular, first among monks and aristocrats, and then on a broader scale. Now, bonsai trees are cultivated all over the world.
While bonsai artists favor certain tree species, more than 100 different trees, flowering plants, and shrubs can be trained into bonsai. Depending on the species, bonsai can be grown indoors or outdoors.
Some good outdoor bonsai species to start with include Japanese maple, elm, ginkgo, juniper, and boxwood.
Bonsai grown indoors require more attention and babying. Tropical and sub-tropical species such as Hawaiian umbrella tree, baby jade and brush cherry are good indoor trees to start with.
All bonsai trees need good morning light, a consistent level of humidity, and proper watering. Indoors trees often do well when placed near a sunny window, and a humidifier can help keep the air inside moist.
Overwatering is a common problem among beginning bonsai enthusiasts; whether indoors or outdoors, the soil in your bonsai's pot should be moist, never completely dry to the touch nor soggy and wet. And like any other plant, a bonsai tree needs to be fed with the right fertilizer. Check with a bonsai nursery or garden store to learn which fertilizer is right for your tree.

photosynthesis

Photosynthesis is the process of converting light energy to chemical energy and storing it in the bonds of sugar. This process occurs in plants and some algae (Kingdom Protista). Plants need only light energy, CO2, and H2O to make sugar. The process of photosynthesis takes place in the chloroplasts, specifically using chlorophyll, the green pigment involved in photosynthesis. 
Photosynthesis takes place primarily in plant leaves. The parts of a typical leaf include the upper and lower epidermis, the mesophyll, the vascular bundle(s) (veins), and the stomates. The upper and lower epidermal cells do not have chloroplasts, thus photosynthesis does not occur there. They serve primarily as protection for the rest of the leaf. The stomates are holes which occur primarily in the lower epidermis and are for air exchange: they let CO2 in and O2 out. The vascular bundles or veins in a leaf are part of the plant's transportation system, moving water and nutrients around the plant as needed. The mesophyll cells have chloroplasts and this is where photosynthesis occurs. 
As you hopefully recall, the parts of a chloroplast include the outer and inner membranes, intermembrane space, stroma, and thylakoids stacked in grana. The chlorophyll is built into the membranes of the thylakoids.
Chlorophyll looks green because it absorbs red and blue light, making these colors unavailable to be seen by our eyes. It is the green light which is NOT absorbed that finally reaches our eyes, making chlorophyll appear green. However, it is the energy from the red and blue light that are absorbed that is, thereby, able to be used to do photosynthesis. The green light we can see is not/cannot be absorbed by the plant, and thus cannot be used to do photosynthesis. 

Friday, October 29, 2010

Herbal Treatment

Despite significant performances in the erectile dysfunction (ED) pharmacological treatment, there is still a fast growing demand and interest for herbal treatments. This situation may be attributed to the fact that internet offers very easy and confidential purchase of nonprescription products. On the other hand, people are seduced by the lower costs of herbal treatments compared to some prescription drugs.
The problem is the efficacy and safety of these treatments is not established in a right way. Instead of accurate scientific data and information provided by medically trained personnel, most of websites show third party testimonials from people like "Paul G. from Texas".
You should know that most of the time you receive only half of the true, the positive one. The rest of true including side effects, contraindications and severe complications remains unexposed.
Let's see some examples.

tea benefits

Tea has been hugely popular in China for more than 1700 years. It is often referred to as a "wonder tonic" because the medical and restorative properties associated with drinking this tea, are astounding.
Medical research proves that there is a wide range of health benefits associated with drinking Tea but the three that top the chart are: