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Ingole, Ramesh D., Avinash B. Thalkari, Pawan N. Karwa, Krushna K. Zambare, and Pallavi S. Shinde. "Bryophyllum pinnatum: A magical herb." Research Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry 12, no. 3 (2020): 162. http://dx.doi.org/10.5958/0975-4385.2020.00027.8.
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Kumar, Rohit, Rajan Kothari, and Jayesh Gadhiya. "The Indian Magical Herb: ‘Sanjeevni’ Selaginella Bryopteris." International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development Volume-2, Issue-4 (June 30, 2018): 484–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.31142/ijtsrd12924.
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R. Atchaya, Thaneshwari, and Keerthi Prakash. "Lavender: A Magical Herb with Medicinal Properties." International Journal of Plant & Soil Science 35, no. 19 (August 16, 2023): 91–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193526.
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Every year about 3/4th of the world’s population is suffering from insomnia and is the major reason for many health illness leading to mortality. Insomnia is also an economic burden to the people in both the direct and indirect ways. The general treatment of insomnia includes the powerful drugs and sleeping pills, which cause some side implications in human health and these treatments are also very costly. This review aims to highlight the effects of insomnia and treatment of insomnia by alternate ways i.e) non-medical ways, with additional effects to the human health and economically acceptable by all the classes of people.
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B. Surendra Nath, G. Swarnalatha, N. Laxmana Naik P. Heartwin Amaladhas, and F. Magdaline Eljeeva Emerald. "Therapeutic Potential of Green Tea Catechins - A Magical Herb." International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 10, no. 2 (February 10, 2021): 3560–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2021.1002.392.
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Barbezat, Michael. "An Herb for Speaking to The Dead: The Liturgical and Magical Life of Hyssop in The Latin Middle Ages." Church History 91, no. 3 (September 2022): 492–512. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0009640722002153.
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Magical practices have been described as a point of convergence for different pathways in medieval culture. This article examines one such convergence in the ritual use of hyssop in medieval Latin theology, liturgy, and a group of magical texts linked to the understudied Book of Raziel. In these magical texts, hyssop supposedly helped the living speak to the dead through its use as a tool for sprinkling liquid over a grave. The magical use of hyssop made sense because of its cultural and liturgical significance as a tool for aspersion and as a symbol of cleansing and exorcism. In the medieval Latin world, hyssop possessed a cultural power that individuals could use for a range of purposes. The different uses of hyssop illustrate the widespread entanglement of medieval liturgical and magical ritual, as well as high medieval processes of cross-cultural translation between the Arabic, Hebrew, Greek, and Latin worlds. Bygone and flamboyant methods of bringing voices from the past into the present also intersect in theme and function with the ongoing professional work of historians, who pursue their own affective necromancy in their desire for the past.
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Gouthami, N. S., S. K. Jain, N. K. Jain, N. Wadhawan, C. Agarwal, and N.L. Panwar. "Physico-Chemical Insights into Brahmi (Bacopa monnieri): The Magical Herb." Ecology, Environment and Conservation 30, no. 01 (2024): 55–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.53550/eec.2024.v30i01.009.
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Yadav, Chhavi, Suresh Chaubey, Rajeev Kurele, and Deepak Kumar Semwal. "Sanjeevani booti - A majestic and elusive all curing divine herb in epic Ramayana." JOURNAL OF CONVENTIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND HOLISTIC HEALTH 1, no. 01 (January 25, 2017): 01–04. http://dx.doi.org/10.53517/jckhh.2581-3331.112017173.
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It is the well-known fact that most of the plants species exist in nature possess medicinal properties. Sanjeevani booti is one among such plants species, which is known for its majestic effects from ancient time. Sanjeevani (a group of herbs) is the most elusive in Indian mythology whose existence and identity are still controversial. According to Hindu mythology, Sanjeevani booti has potential of reviving a person and returning him to consciousness. In Valmiki Ramayana, it is mentioned in Yudhakandprakaran that when Lakshman got injured and fell unconscious, the Royal physician Susena asked Hanuman to step Dronagiri hills and bring four plants i.e. Mritasanjeevani, for reviving a life, Vishalyakarani, for removing arrows, Sandhanakarani, for restoring damaged skin and Suvarnyakarani for restoring skin colour. Just after smelling the revitalizing medicinal herb, Lakshmana gained consciousness. This is a majestic herb which has capability of resurrecting life. Recent research claims Saussurea gossypiphora and Pleurospermum candollei as Mritasanjeevani. Several plants those have been considered as affirmable candidates for the sanjeevani plants are including Selaginella bryopteris, Dendrobium plicatile, Cressa cretica and Rhodiola rosea. Since ages, people have been talking about the magical effects of these plants. Truly, Sanjeevani are the herbs of great importance to the society as a whole, and these should be studied thoroughly.
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Alom, Shahnaz, Dolly Kalita, Jesminara Ahmed, Kaifur Rahman, Manyajyoti Boruah, Murchana Sarmah, Nikusmita Das, and Farak Ali. "Phytochemistry, Ethnobotany and Pharmacological Uses of Tinospora cordifolia with Special Reference to SARS-COV-2." Asian Journal of Chemistry 34, no. 11 (2022): 2786–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2022.23970.
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Medicinal plants or medicinal herbs possess therapeutic properties or exert beneficial pharmacological effects on human. From time immemorial, people have been using various medicinal plants without even knowing their phytochemistry and pharmacological properties as a medicine for treating numerous ailments. As technology developed and upgraded, people used to screen out various phytoconstituents as well as evaluate their basic pharmacological properties. Tinospora cordifolia is a medicinal herb which is commonly known as Giloy belong to family menispermaceae. It can also be found in places like Africa, China, South-East Asia, Indo-Malaya region and Australia. Traditionally, people use this herb as prominent food materials due to their higher nutraceutical value and various healing properties. For phytochemical investigation, extraction of whole plant is preferable whereas most of the phytochemical are found to be present in leaves. Various potent phytochemicals are found in this herb such as tinosponone, tinocordiside, tinosporaside, cordifoliside, β-sitosterol, mekisterone A, etc. which are belong to class of alkaloids, sesquiterpenoids, glycosides, steroids, volatile oil, etc. Owing to the presence of these potent compounds, it exhibits wide range of large number of pharmacological activities such as antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal, antioxidant, antidiabetic, anticancer activities, etc. In past two years, SARS-CoV-2 infections has taken life of millions of people across the globe and there were no any vaccine or proper antiviral medicine available to defend this deadly pandemic, hence people were mostly relying on herbal plant therapy. Giloy is one such magical herb which exhibit healing properties in SARS-CoV-2 infected patients. Moreover, in-silico studies have been carried out to determine the binding affinity as well as inhibiting potential of various phytoconstituents of giloy. In this review work, we compiled all the updated information about T. cordifolia as well as emphasizing more on SARS-CoV-2 inhibiting potential.
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Yang, Jieling. "Living as a Tree: The Concept of Symbiosis in the Zhanli Kam Minority Village." Asian Journal of Social Science Studies 7, no. 9 (September 20, 2022): 15. http://dx.doi.org/10.20849/ajsss.v7i9.1295.
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Zhanli Kam village in the Qiandongnan Region of Guizhou Province is known as ‘the first village in China for family planning.’ Geographic isolation and limited resources have led the Zhanli people to coordinate population and resources through autonomous family planning. There is a magical local herb called ‘flower changing herb’ that can control the sex of the foetus. Thus, every family in Zhanli has only one son and one daughter. People and the environment are not simply in a constraining relationship but are organically linked. The key lies in the moderating role of culture. This thesis aims to interpret the symbiotic concept behind the usage of the herb. Based on ethnographic research conducted in Zhanli, this thesis will explain how the symbiotic concept guides the Zhanli people’s behaviours by analysing the relationship between humans and nature, individuals and the community. Besides, this thesis will also figure out how Zhanli encounters the outside world on the impact of the penetration of urban culture and the government’s poverty reduction programme. Guided by the symbiotic concept, the Zhanli people constantly negotiate with their environment to create a cultural landscape that subverts the dichotomy between human society and the natural environment.
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Ethalsha, P., P. Prema Kumari, and K. Mercy Salima. "Preliminary Phytochemical Tests and Antioxidant Potential of Catharanthus Roseus Extracts." Asian Journal of Engineering and Applied Technology 4, no. 2 (November 5, 2015): 41–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.51983/ajeat-2015.4.2.760.
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Periwinkle (nayantara) is the common name for a pair of perennial flowering shrubs belonging to the Apocynaceae family. The herb has been used for centuries to treat a variety of ailments and was a favourite ingredient of magical charms it was in the middle ages. The latin name for this herb is Catharanthusroseus, but it was classified as Vincarosea, and is still called by that name in some of the herbal literature. The present study explores the various phytochemicals present in the plant so as to substantiate its antioxidant property and also shows the several phytoconstituents that contribute to its various medicinal properties. Preliminary phytochemical screening of the crude extracts revealed the presence of alkaloids,flavanoids, tannins, saponins and phenolics. During DPPH assay of methanol extract of aerial part of Catharanthusroseusshows highest antioxidant activity of 92.04% in 200(μg/ml). The results confirm that aerial part of Catharanthusroseuscan be used as source of drugs to fight infections caused by susceptible bacteria.
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Gautam, Arti, Lal Chand Pal, Ch V. Rao, and Vikas Kumar. "The Role of Indian Magical Herb Selaginella bryopteris L. (Selaginaceae) in Pharmacotherapeutic Perspective: An Overview." Pharmacognosy Journal 15, no. 1 (March 6, 2023): 14–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.5530/pj.2023.15.3.
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Madhulatha, G., N. Vijayalaxmi, and T. Harshavardhan. "Tulasi a magical herb and a boon for management of oral submucous fibrosis: a clinical study." International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences 5, no. 11 (October 27, 2017): 4719. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20174644.
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Background: Plants are a good source of drugs in traditional and modern medicine. One among these plants is “tulasi” The queen of herbs” which is used in ayurveda for its diverse properties like antioxidant, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antidiabetic, and others. It belongs to labiate family and is the most sacred and valued in traditional culture of India. AIMS of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of Tulasi in the treatment of OSMF.Methods: The study included 20 individuals, females and males of age group 20-50yrs who visited the outpatient department who were diagnosed clinically as having OSMF, categorized according to pindborg’s classification. Patients were asked to apply 500mg of Tulasi medicine paste (Tulasi powder mixed with glycerine) twice daily for 1month and were recalled for follow up every week for 1month. All the clinical parameters - mouth opening, burning sensation, pain with the lesion and others were evaluated and recorded in specially designed proforma.Results: Friedman test and wilcoxon signed rank test was used for statistical evaluation. Significant improvement with P value <0.05 was noticed in burning sensation, mouth opening and pain associated with the lesion.Conclusions: The study concludes that Tulasi can be used as a main treatment modality in the management of patients with OSMF.
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Odrzywolska, Anna. "The Cultural Importance of Water from the Perspective of 16th Century Polish Medical Guides." UR Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 23, no. 2 (2022): 5–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.15584/johass.2022.2.1.
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Water had a special cultural significance in human life. Water was a cheap and widely available resource for everyone. Water has fulfilled a wide variety of functions over the centuries. People even believed in the magical properties of water. The water also had a symbolic effect - it cleansed the body from sins. However, it was during this period in Western Europe that drinking water was considered harmful to health. In spite of this, in the 16th century the poorest peasants and monks who lived the harsh monastery life were drinking water in Poland, also the monarchs from the Jagiellonian dynasty, who were afraid of poison, drank water. However, the richer social strata drank beer or, more rarely, wine. It was believed that stagnant water (in reservoirs) was spreading epidemics. The authors of medical guides claimed that drinking such water could cause infertility, dysentery and other diseases. Only boiling the water was a way to improve its properties. To eliminate the smell they were adding garlic, salt, and vinegar, the Tartars brought from Asia the custom of adding so-called Tatar herb, later called calamus, and other herbs (eg. mint, sage) were also added to the water.
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Kuropatnicki, Andrzej K. "Medicinal properties of beer." Acta medico-historica Adriatica 22, no. 1 (2024): 83–110. http://dx.doi.org/10.31952/amha.22.1.4.
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Ale and beer brewing and drinking have apparently been part of the human experience since the dawn of civilization. Beer is one of the most consumed alcoholic beverages around the world. It is rich in nutrients such as carbohydrates, amino acids, minerals, vitamins, and other compounds. Historically, ale and beer have served as sources of potent nutrient food and have also been used for their medicinal properties. It was believed that the process of fermentation changes simple ingredients such as grain and water into sacred produce, and the introduction of medicinal plants enhances its properties. The earliest records show that in Sumer, beer was used for medicinal purposes as early as 2000 BCE. In the early Middle Ages, ales became popular among the Celts, Germans, and Scandinavians, who were great ale drinkers. Ales were brewed without hops; instead, a specific herb or a combination of herbs called gruit was used for flavouring. Ale and beer were thought to have both magical and medicinal powers, and were often prescribed for medicinal purposes. The introduction of hops revolutionized the brewing and beer trade. Hops improved the quality of beer and gave beer greater durability and protection against bacteria. The aim of the paper is to present the history of ale and beer used for their medicinal properties.
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Aakhus, Patricia. "Astral Magic and Adelard of Bath’s Liber Prestigiorum; or Why Werewolves Change at the Full Moon." Culture and Cosmos 16, no. 1 and 2 (October 2012): 151–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.46472/cc.01216.0227.
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Astral magic, the capturing of celestial spirits or rays in engraved stones at astronomically propitious times, enters the West with Adelard of Bath’s 12th century translation of Thabit ibn Qurra’s treatise on talismanic magic, Liber Prestigiorum. Derived from Greek, Babylonian, Sabian, Egyptian and Neo-Platonic magical theory and practice, astral magic requires profound knowledge of astronomy. Talismans draw down planetary spirits along stellar rays, the vehicles of transmission, following sympathetic correspondences between astronomical and terrestrial phenomena. In the 12th century works Guillaume de Palerne and Le Chevalier au Lion, magic rings and werewolves are tied to astral magic. These works were written for the English court that supported Adelard, and Gervase of Tilbury’s Otia Imperialia where ‘in England we have often seen men change into wolves according to the phases of the moon’ and ‘there is no precious stone which may not be consecrated for the exercise of its extrinsic power with the herb of the same name or with the blood of the bird or animal, combined with spells’. Adelard’s version of Thabit’s text, along with the Latin Picatrix, also derived from Thabit, had the greatest impact on learned magic in the medieval and early modern periods
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Hong, ZHANG. "The Double Sources of the Legend of the White Snake and Its Overseas Influences." Asia-Pacific Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 2, no. 2 (June 30, 2022): 088–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.53789/j.1653-0465.2022.0202.011.
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The study on sources of the Legend of the White Snake varies from scholar to scholar. It can be culturally related to the Chinese culture of evil spirits. Its elements were dispersedly shown in the Tang Legends and earlier Wei-Jin Mystery novels but never integrated into a complete story or text. Most scholars believe that the text of the White Snake was established in the script of Ming dynasty and developed in the opera of the Qing dynasty. There is a great difference between the text in Song and Ming dynasty and that in Qing dynasty and the source of the added plots such as “stealing a magical herb” and “The Leifeng Pagoda” are still needed to be under discussion. In this paper, the written texts in Three Words will be compared with the oral texts in Baixue Yiyin or other Chinese operas. These two sources are intertwined and resonated with each other in their development of the theme, the characteristic of white snake and the intention, and further reflect the contradiction between the imagination of the public and literary creation through multi- media retellings, and all of these further influence the spread of the Legend of the White Snake overseas.
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Hurduzeu, Nicolae. "Magical herbs used in funeral rituals." Quaestiones Romanicae IX, no. 3 (May 10, 2022): 28–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.35923/qr.09.03.02.
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Hewson, Claire. "Here be dragons!" Early Years Educator 23, no. 6 (January 2, 2022): S8—S9. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/eyed.2022.23.6.s8.
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National Storytelling Week is 30th January – 6th February. Here we stimulate children's natural affinity for storytelling with a range of dragon-themed ideas. These powerful creatures have fired our collective imaginations since time immemorial. A dragon story promises an epic, thrilling and magical adventure into the land of myths and dreams.
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Singh, Sunita. "Magical ayurvedic spices and herbs that can boost our immunity." MOJ Food Processing & Technology 8, no. 3 (July 30, 2020): 99–102. http://dx.doi.org/10.15406/mojfpt.2020.08.00247.
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Today world is facing an unprecedented pandemic COVID 19 caused by SARS COV 2. In present scenario it’s become more important to build our defense system more strong against it as no evidence-based treatment for COVID-19 is developed yet. Since time immemorial, traditional spices and herbs have played a vital role as immuno-boosters in Indian cuisine. Herbs and spices were well known from ancient times for their medicinal properties. More than 80 spices are grown in different parts of the world, particularly in Asia. India is home to several spices that are used extensively in traditional medicine. Spices like turmeric, saffron, cloves, cinnamon, carom seeds, ginger and garlic are known to have a plethora of beneficial properties. Herbs like mint, tulsi (Holy Basil), leaves of neem, ashwagandha, giloy are said to have several health benefits. Herbs and spices are wonderful because, unlike drugs, we don’t need to “take” them. Instead, we can add them to our favorite dishes for a kick of flavor and increased immunity.
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Singh, Arvind, Vishamber Joshi, and S. Joshi. "Some Medico-Magico-Religious plants used by Tribal Folk of Jaunsar-Bawar, District Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand." Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products 18, no. 3 (September 1, 2011): 239–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2011-2q92m9.
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A study of the plants related to Magico-medico and religious beliefs in Jaunsar-Bawar reveals the indigenous magical, medicinal and religious uses of 16 plant species belonging to 16 genera and 14 families by the tribal people of Jaunsar-Bawar. Of these 4 species are trees, 5 species are shrubs and 7 species are herbs. Documentation of traditional knowledge on the magical, medicinal and religious uses of these plants is essential for conservation efforts for the plant resources.
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Jyoti, Jeevan, Maninderjeet Kaur, Vijay Mishra, and Amit Mittal. "SWEET FUTURE OF STEVIA: A MAGICAL SWEETENER." Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research 11, no. 2 (February 1, 2018): 36. http://dx.doi.org/10.22159/ajpcr.2018.v11i2.20295.
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The plant Stevia rebaudiana is mainly found in tropical and subtropical regions from western North America to South America. This genus is having near about 240 species of shrubs and herbs in the sunflower family (Asteraceae). It exhibits various properties such as antibacterial, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antiviral, antiyeast, cardiotonic, diuretic, hypoglycemic, hypotensive tonic, and vasodilator effect. It is an important source of a number of antioxidants, for example, benzoic acid, caffeic acid, chlorogenic acid, ferulic acid, rozmaric acid, protocatechuic acid, salicylic acid, and their derivatives and flavonoids including campherol derivatives, catechin, and its derivatives, epicatechin, luteolin, and its derivatives, rutin, and its derivatives. Day by day, there is remarkable increase in demand of high potency sweeteners. The increasing number of diabetic patients and health conscious individuals would push forward the need for alternatives to sugar. The extract from leaves of Stevia is 200 times sweeter than sugar (glucose, fructose, sucrose, maltose, and lactose). Stevia is a potential alternative source for replacing artificial sweeteners such as saccharin, aspartame, and asulfam.
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Kucała, Bożena. "The Magical and the Mundane in Graham Swift’s Here We Are." New Horizons in English Studies 6 (October 10, 2021): 63–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.17951/nh.2021.6.63-78.
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This article places Graham Swift’s latest novel Here We Are (2020) in the context of his previous writing and argues that much of his fiction is underpinned by the characters’ desire to transcend the limitations of their ordinary lives and to seek solace or a temporary escape within the realm of illusion. The analysis aims to demonstrate that the opposition between the two realms is the central preoccupation in Here We Are. The wish to surmount the mundane is fulfilled quite literally through the protagonist’s dedication to the practice of magic. The meaning of magic as a craft is briefly discussed, especially its quasi-religious connotations. It is also suggested that magic may be a tentative, personal answer to the problem of the “disenchantment” of the world, as diagnosed by Max Weber a hundred years ago. In Swift’s novel, far from being only a set of professional skills, magic creates an illusory realm, alternative to and more appealing than daily life.
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Patra, Dr Gokulananda. "Understanding the Magical Property of the Desharis, Bejunis (Witch Doctors) of the Kandhs of South Orissa." International Journal of Management and Humanities 5, no. 11 (July 30, 2021): 24–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.35940/ijmh.k1354.0751121.
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Deshari, Bejuni, Shamanins are known as indigenous physicians or Vaidyas among the Kandhas of south Orissa. The Deshari is well acquainted with the medical effect of the roots and herbs required for curing of the diseases using charms and spells. Bejunis are experts for the treatment of mental patients. Through magical spells and charms (known as white Magic), she takes up the cases of mental illness. The services of Shamanins are requires for harming an enemy by mantras and tantras.They are expert in Black Magic. Kandhs are experts or specialists in treatment of drowned, night goblin, labour pain and pain in mother’s breast and pulta-bagha. This particular magical property enabled them to transform themselves into tigers and in this shape to attack human beings and their cattle1 . John Campbell* , a top ranking ICS officer witnessed such cases of Pulta-bagha in his own eyes. Their magical properties are amazing and tremendous. But they had no written books on this magical property. It goes from mind to mind, mouth to mouth and generation to generation. The charms, spells, magic-lores, magic cords, folk method of treatment and folk medicines are the traditional heritage of these people. If we will not collect, document or preserve in digital form, this valuable wealth of the centuries will disappear from the society very soon. An humble attempt has been made in this paper to present a vivid account of the role of Desharis, Bejuni, Shamanins and their magical property for the treatment of the diseases.
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Roy, Kuhu. "Tinospora cordifolia stem supplementation in diabetic dyslipidemia: an open labelled randomized controlled trial." Functional Foods in Health and Disease 5, no. 8 (September 1, 2015): 265. http://dx.doi.org/10.31989/ffhd.v5i8.208.
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Background: Medicinal plants are powerful health promoting nutritional agents. Among the vast library of medicinal plants Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) has been meagrely explored. It belongs to the family Menispermaceae and is a rich source of alkaloid and terpenes. It has hepatoprotective, antioxidant, immunostimulatory, hyperlipidemic, anticancer and antidiabetic properties. The stem contains berberine, palmatine, tembetarine, magnoflorine, tinosporin, tinocordifolin. The stem starch is highly nutritive and digestive. In modern medicine it is called the magical rejuvenating herb owing to its properties to cure many diseases. The stem contains higher alkaloid content than the leaves because of which it is approved for medicinal usage. With a host of phytochemical properties present in the stem, it may hold potential to manage dyslipidemia and dysglycemia, which otherwise has been proven only in pre-clinical studies.Objective: To study the impact of tinospora cordifolia stem supplementation on the glycemic and lipemic profile of subjects with diabetic dyslipidemia.Methods: Type 2 diabetics with dyslipidemia on oral hypoglycemic agents were enrolled. Baseline data on medical history, family history of lifestyle diseases, duration of diabetes diagnosis, drug profile, anthropometric data, dietary data and physical activity data was obtained along with a fasting blood sample for estimating high sensitivity C reactive protein (hs-CRP), hepatic, renal, lipid profile and glycated hemoglobin. The participants were randomized into either of the two groups; intervention group (n=29) received 250mg of encapsulated mature stem of tinospora cordifolia pre meal twice a day along with prescribed dyslipidemic agent and control group (n=30) only on dyslipidemic agents for a period of 60 days. After 60 days all the parameters were re-assessed to analyse the impact of the intervention.Results: Majority of the subjects in both the arms were in the 50-60 years age bracket with a similar duration of diabetes, disease and drug profile. Tinospora cordifolia supplementation led to a significant decline in waist circumference (94.7 to 94.2cm, P 0.004), hip circumference (99.9 to 9.5cm, P 0.004), waist stature ratio (0.594 to 0.591, P 0.004) and systolic blood pressure (132.6 to 127.1mmHg, P 0.0017) vs. significant decline in hip circumference (100.02 to 99.7cm, P 0.01) and systolic blood pressure (134.5 to 130.1mmHg, P 0.0013) in controls. The intervention brought about a significant decline in hs-CRP (4.6 to 2.8mg/l, P 0.0007) and the prevalence of hs-CRP>3mg/l declined from 65.5% to 37.9% (P 0.037). Renal and hepatic parameters remained in the normal range. Decline in HbA1c, although non-significant, was more evident in the intervention arm (7.7 to 7.5%, P 0.09) than the controls (7.9 to 7.81%, P 0.52). Intervention led to significant reductions in total cholesterol, low density lipoprotein, triglycerides and very low density lipoprotein and among controls too, but of lesser intensity. The number of dyslipidemic features declined by 28.6% (P 0.0036) in the intervention arm and by 19.4% in controls (P 0.020). The prevalence of metabolic syndrome decreased by 13.73% from 68.9% to 55.17% in the intervention arm and reduced by 6.7% from 56.7% to 50% among controls.Conclusion: Tinospora cordifolia stem supplementation brought about more evident changes in the lipoprotein fractions, inflammatory markers and metabolic syndrome than the controls.Keywords: Diabetic dyslipidemia, tinospora cordifolia, lipid profile, metabolic syndrome
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Akça, Hilal. "Kemal Tahir’in Milli Mücadele Konulu Romanlarında “Seçilmiş Kahraman” ve “Büyülü Nesne”." Türkiyat Mecmuası 29 (December 31, 2019): 1–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.26650/iuturkiyat.640776.
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Gordon, Stephen. "“Ayenst trauelynge fendys by nyghte”: Simple Medicines, Practical Innovation, and the Premodern Conceptualization of the Nightmare." Preternature: Critical and Historical Studies on the Preternatural 11, no. 2 (September 1, 2022): 225–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.5325/preternature.11.2.0225.
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ABSTRACT Sleep paralysis, as it is known today, was one of the most remarked-upon maladies in premodern medicine. The feeling of being choked during sleep was usually seen by physicians as being caused by an abundance of melancholic humors. Others interpreted the experience as a supernatural attack. However, the distinctions between medical and “superstitious” remedies against nightmares were rarely so clear cut, especially given the belief that demons were able to manipulate the bodily humors. In this article I will chart the various substances—plant and stone—that were traditionally believed to assuage the symptoms of the nightmare. I will examine how “hot” herbs, such as peony, and minerals with occult heating properties, such as gagate, could rebalance the dangerously cold and heavy vapors that provoked a nightmare attack. It will be seen that even seemingly “magical” apotropaic practices were entirely rational within the milieu of humoral theory.
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Alonso Alonso, María. "CENTRAL AMERICAN MIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES IN THE YOUNG ADULT NOVEL WE ARE NOT FROM HERE, BY JENNY TORRES SANCHEZ." AILIJ. Anuario de Investigación en Literatura Infantil y Juvenil, no. 21 (November 28, 2023): 11–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.35869/ailij.v0i21.4085.
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This article analyses We Are Not from Here (2020), a young adult novel by Jenny Torres Sanchez. The book follows the journey of three adolescents from Guatemala to the United States on top of La Bestia, the train that goes across Mexico. This article analyses the different narrative techniques thatTorres Sanchez utilises to cover the themes and topics that structure the novel. The novel focuses onthe network of altruistic solidarity that has bloomed all over Mexico to assist migrants while illustratingthe brutality of an exhausting journey towards the north, a fact connected to the theoretical frameworkused to approach the text. Accordingly, diaspora theory (Bromley, Ashcroft et al., Brah, Fuentes Kraffczyk) will play a fundamental role in the following analysis exploring the way in which trauma, vulnerability and affect (Pollock, Tal, Butler, Ganteau, Thrailkill) complement each other in the text; and how the Latin American Gothic (Casanova-Vizcaíno and Ordiz) juxtaposes magical realism (Di Iorio Sandín and Perez, Murwood) in certain episodes.
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Aini Ulwi Sifa. "Analisis Stilistika Pada Puisi “Maqomat Cinta” Karya Heri Isnaini." Morfologi: Jurnal Ilmu Pendidikan, Bahasa, Sastra dan Budaya 1, no. 6 (November 13, 2023): 18–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.61132/morfologi.v1i6.64.
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The study is intended to identify the use of figures of speech (majas), describing the words of heri isnaini's "love maqomat" poem. The source of data on this study is one of the poems of the heri isnaini poem called "light meditation," published in July 2017. This type of research involves qualitative methods. The theory used is that of sticism with the approach of sticism. The poem "maqomat of love" is analysed and discussed in a theological way to learn the implied meaning of the language heri isnaini through the application of style (majas), thus revealing the meaning of the poem "maqomat of love" clearly by the writer. This study of heri isnaini's maqomat love poem mentions that the language (majas) used is a form of retraction. The "reiteration" is a "pararism"; it is the "prescriptive" that describes something by repeating a word or a few words over and over again. A type of pararism applied to the poem "maqomat love" is anafora magician.
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Majkowska, Karolina. "“Neither Here Nor There.” The Experience of Borderless Nation in Contemporary Dominican-American Literature." Colloquia Humanistica, no. 6 (November 22, 2017): 113–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.11649/ch.2017.009.
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“Neither Here Nor There.” The Experience of Borderless Nation in Contemporary Dominican-American LiteratureDiscussing migrant identities, critics very often focus on the state in-between, the state between the borders, or being neither here nor there, and a migrant group that seems to epitomize this in-between condition is the Dominican-Americans. Consequently, the article seeks to examine the experience of in-betweenness, of being suspended between the boundaries and borders of two countries in selected texts of contemporary Dominican-American writers: Junot Díaz’s novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and a short story “Monstro,” and Angie Cruz’s Soledad. It aims to analyze how the texts discuss the experience of in-betweenness through hybridity (for instance intertextuality and magical realism) with the use of tools offered by the neo-baroque esthetics. „Ani tu, ani tam”. Doświadczenie narodu bez granic we współczesnej literaturze dominikańsko-amerykańskiejAnaliza tożsamości imigrantów często skupia się na byciu pomiędzy, egzystowaniu między granicami, a także braku przynależności do żadnej z kultur. Grupa, która wydaje się uosabiać ten stan, to migranci z Republiki Dominikany w Stanach Zjednoczonych. Niniejszy artykuł podejmuje temat doświadczenia bycia pomiędzy, zawieszenia pomiędzy granicami i między dwoma krajami w wybranych tekstach współczesnych pisarzy dominikańsko-amerykańskich: powieści Krótki i niezwykły żywot Oscara Wao i opowiadania „Monstro” Junota Díaza oraz powieści Soledad Angie Cruz. Celem artykułu jest analiza doświadczenia bycia pomiędzy wyrażanego poprzez hybrydę, czemu służą narzędzia oferowane przez estetykę neobarokową, a także poprzez intertekstualność i realizm magiczny.
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Cherneva, Djeni, and Dobri Ivanov. "Traditional Knowledge of Medicinal Plants in Relation to Local Customs and Practices of the North Black Sea Coast Population." Acta Scientifica Naturalis 10, no. 2 (July 1, 2023): 55–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/asn-2023-0014.
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Abstract This comprehensive ethnobotanical study was conducted along the North Black Sea coast area to find of the extent to which indigenous knowledge of medicinal plants and their relation to Bulgarian traditions and customs is preserved. We aim to identify the tendencies of passing this knowledge to future generations. The survey was conducted in 2015 in various urban and rural North Black Sea coast areas, using a face-to-face interviews technique. We used the Chi-square test to analyse the results. Pearson correlation coefficient was used for the assessment of the impact of demographics on respondents' answers. More than half of the respondents (61.08%) are not familiar with rituals and traditional practices related to medicinal plants. Moderate influence on respondents' answers is rendered by age only. For the local population of the North Black Sea coast, Enyovden turns out to be the most popular holiday related to medicinal plants. Enyovden is the herbalists' feast and is cited by 20% of respondents. The same percentage of interviewees mention Geranium spp. and Ocimum basilicum L. as the most favoured herbs related to local traditions and customs. Traditional knowledge of the relation between Bulgarian rituals and customs to medicinal plants and their magical powers is fading.
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Sandouk, Setti. "Therapeutic Methods Used by the Ancient Population of North Africa." Jordan Journal for History and Archaeology 17, no. 2 (June 29, 2023): 1–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.35516/jjha.v17i2.1336.
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This article discusses the healing practices that the ancient inhabitants of North Africa used. Those practices developed from many attempts and experiments going back to the prehistoric period that were derived from the natural environment in which people lived, where they had accumulated knowledge. Plants and herbs constituted the main source of medicine, which included wild plants such as silphium and cultivated plants such as vegetables and fruits, along with magical practices and rituals such as carrying amulets and talismans, reciting incantations, cauterizing, and using blessed soil and blood. The ancient population of North Africa attributed the cause of some diseases to the wrath of the gods and spirits. Patients were obliged to gain their sympathy and receive their blessing in order to regain their health, through some offerings and supplications. They form the basis of therapeutic prescriptions, promoted by the god of healing Eshmoun, who was brought by the Phoenicians to the ancient Maghreb, and parallels the Roman god Aesculapius, along with the goddess Hygia and the local Libyan god Macurgum. Mineral baths also played an important role in healing. Although the oldest evidence for the use of its hot mineral baths dates to the Roman period, that does not negate its use by the local population earlier. Stones and minerals, such as salt, vermilion stone, and hematite, along with sea sponges were also used to relieve health problems.
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Gerber, Richard J. "Memories of a Magical Bookshop—A Review of "Wise Men Fished Here": The Centennial Exhibition in Honor of the Gotham Book Mart, New York, 1920-2020." James Joyce Quarterly 57, no. 1-2 (2019): 11–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/jjq.2019.0098.
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Reddy D, Radhakrishna, Ravi R. Chavan, and Shankara gowda. "A PHARMACEUTICO ANALYTICAL STUDY OF TILANALA KSHARASUTRA." International Ayurvedic Medical Journal 8, no. 10 (October 18, 2020): 4656–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.46607/iamj1408102020.
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Kshara kalpana (Alkali preparations) is an alkaline herbo-mineral formulation widely used in Ayurvedic Pharmaceutico-therapeutics. Since Ksharasutra has been used widely in Ayurvedic clinical practice spe-cially in Ano rectal pathological conditions. Though Apamarga is most widely used seasonal plant for the preparation of Ksharasutra which is the standard one, the drugs used for the preparation of such standard Kalpana need not to be limited to certain drugs hence in the present study Tilanala has been selected. Aim and objective: The main aim of the study was preparation of Tilanala Ksharasutra as per the classics and physico chemical analysis of Tilanala Ksharasutra. Materials and Methods: Tilanala Ksharasutra was prepared by 11 coatings of Snuhi Ksheera, 7 coatings of Tilanala Kshara, 3 coatings of Haridra Churna and which were kept under UV light for the purpose of sterilization later it was stored in airtight glass tubes and labelled. The physico chemical analysis of Plain Barbour’s surgical thread, Tilanala Ksharasurtra and Tilanla Kshara were done. Results: pH of Tilanala Ksharasutra is 9.65(+/-)0.10 and percentage of sodi-um, potassium, curcumin, turmeric, euphol and total alkalis present in Tilanala Ksharasutra are 2.04%, 21.79%, 0.039%, 3.06%, 2.25%, 22.64% respectively. Discussion and Conclusion: Tilanla Ksharasutra is not only indicated in Fistula-in-ano but also indicated in Pilonoidal sinus, haemorrhoid etc., To gain the ac-ceptance of the treatment at the global level present study was focused on standard operative procedure i.e., pharmaceutical and analytical study and exploring other drugs for the preparation of such magical Kalpana i.e., Ksharasutra.
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Heryana, Agus. "Isim: Pengobatan dalam Naskah Sunda Koleksi Naskah Obat Museum Sri Baduga (07.123)." Jumantara: Jurnal Manuskrip Nusantara 14, no. 1 (May 31, 2023): 1–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.37014/jumantara.v14i1.3345.
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Isim in the Sundanese tradition or rajah (Javanese, Malay/Indonesian) is related to the science of kanuragan arising from the use of magical objects, namely objects written with Arabic inscriptions or certain symbols for certain purposes as well. Isim is believed by its users to have supernatural powers that are beneficial to their interests. In traditional medicine, apart from medicinal plants or herbs, isim is also used as part of the treatment. Sundanese medicinal manuscripts in the collection of the Sri Baduga Museum, West Java Province, inform that there is treatment through the use of isim. In addition to describing various diseases and methods of treatment, the Sundanese medical texts are also accompanied by pictures of isim. It is this image of isim that becomes the object of the problem for understanding the form and function of isim text in its medical system. The aims of the research are (1) to know the form and function of the isim, and (2) to understand the content of the isim. The analytical descriptive method or content analysis is the choice for dissecting drug manuscripts considering the method used begins with collecting data, compiling or classifying it, analyzing and interpreting it. The research results show that there is almost no connection between occult writing and the disease itself. There is no need for reasoning or rationalization to look for a relationship between the disease being suffered and the medical terms, except for the strength to believe in what one is doing. Isim will not function without trust in the isim.
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Maas, Philipp André. "Rasāyana in Classical Yoga and Āyurveda." History of Science in South Asia 5, no. 2 (December 31, 2017): 66–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.18732/hssa.v5i2.32.
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The present chapter deals with rasāyana in the discipline of Yoga. More specifically, it focuses on the meaning of the word rasāyana in the Pātañjalayogaśāstra (PYŚ, late fourth or early fifth century CE), the oldest surviving Sanskrit exposition of Yoga as a soteriological system of thought from a Brāhmaṇa perspective. By interpreting the two difficult and slightly obscure text passages of the PYŚ that mention rasāyana in the light of its older commentaries and on the basis of additional references to rasāyana and related conceptions in early classical āyurvedic and upaniṣadic literature, the chapter concludes that for Patañjali rasāyana was a magically longevity potion prepared from unidentified herbs. The PYŚ neither refers to rasāyana as a branch of Āyurveda nor to alchemy. Some commentators of the PYŚ, however, interpret Patañjali's mentioning of rasāyana differently. While Vācaspatimiśra in the later half of the tenth century follows the PYŚ closely, the eleventh-century commentator Bhoja relates rasāyana to alchemy. Finally, the eighth-century (?) commentator Śaṅkara relates Patañjali's rasāyana to Āyurveda. Even though this interpretation is probably at odds with the PYŚ, it is not at all a far fetched, since the obtainment of various superpowers played an important role in āyurvedic rasāyana from the time of earliest sources onwards.
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Prysyazhnyuk, V. "The treatment of animals in the Slavs in old times." Scientific Messenger of LNU of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnologies 21, no. 95 (November 2, 2019): 93–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.32718/nvlvet9517.
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The mythology and social history of the Slavs, as well as the messages left by the ancient Greek and Roman authors, is the basis on which you can approximate the picture of animal treatment in ancient Slavs. These messages also include the beginning of animal treatment in Ukraine, because as a Slavic people we are part of the historical and cultural life of all Slavs. Due to the fact that the development of human or animal medicine in all nations has the same course, and that in the period of development of civilization of this people and medicine there has been similar progress, therefore, the development of animal treatment in the Slavs had a similar form. In general, more diseases were caused by external factors, and especially in surgical cases, such as wounds, arrow penetration. Data on the occurrence of diseases due to parasites or poisons – this is the main cause of diseases of internal origin by external factors, the so-called theory of foreign bodies. The causes of all diseases in the beginning were of natural origin, so they were tried to cure with the help of the simplest natural treatment. With the further spiritual development of the Slavs and the emergence of the first religious beliefs, joining the natural causes of the disease is still a religious element, but without rejecting the main factor. The most ancient religious belief of the Slavs was the belief in the ancestral spirits, the so-called “animism”. For the reasons described above, attempts have been made to prevent pet illnesses by providing the spirits or the above-ground creatures with evidence of memory by making sacrifices. When an animal fell ill and was suspected of being out of spirit, humans tried to reassure him with sacrifices or spells. On the other hand, good and evil spirits have been endeavored to receive help from good spirits against evil ones. Religious treatment, however, did not rule out the simplest healing procedures. In addition to religious activity, priests in the Slavs were treating both humans and animals. They were called “priests”. Among them were doctors and magi. Natural remedies were not sufficient for a primary understanding of the treatment of a patient or wound, therefore, the “doctor”, using primitive and simple methods of treatment, to increase their actions over patients or wounds, conspired loudly to the disease. The Magi did just not loudly, but in a whisper. However, little information in the field of medicine in the Slavs tells us a great deal. This is evidence that in ancient times the treatment was developed in ancient Slavs. At that time, the Slavs were already well aware of the danger of sap, or swelling of the salivary glands, and tried to prevent this through surgery. Due to the fact that the Slavs did not show great differences in culture at that time, the way of treating animals in all Slavs was common. Like every primitive nation, so did the Slavs, with the exception of the priests, the animals were treated by men engaged in the elderly, who, through their long lives, innate abilities and experience, have learned certain treatments, and have studied the medicinal value of herbs and other remedies, used during treatment. Subsequently, the treatment of certain species of animals goes to the people who have the greatest contact with the animals, and therefore it is shepherds, sheep farmers, keepers of dogs, poultries. Medicines were home-made herbs, then various animal products, of which today we can count part of the so-called pharmacy, then minerals and finally various magical procedures such as conspiracy.
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Pop, Marius Ciprian. "Mărul, funcții și valențe simbolice." Anuarul Muzeului Etnograif al Transilvaniei 31 (December 20, 2017): 76–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.47802/amet.2017.31.04.
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In the universal beliefs, there are over twenty species of sacred trees considered as the center of the universe, ‘axis mundi’, and the apple is among the trees of these species. In our traditional culture, the apple has a bivalent symbolism magically and Christian religiously, representing the aspect of interdiction and only of reward. As a reflection of the influence of the Greek mythology, one also could find it as a symbol of love, ecstasy, fertility and abundance. According to the belief that each man has a correspondent in the vegetal world, the apple becomes “tree of destiny” accompanying the terrestrial existence in the following stages: birth, marriage, death. From birth the baby accompanies his life with its planting tree in the farmstead yard, and it will support the good way of his life, the one of passing to the world beyond. The multitude and the diversity of the customs and of the passage rituals clearly support the showed statements. It is also necessary to mention the symbolic, juridical valence that apple has in understanding the ancient mythology found in the dispute on the theme of beauty of the Gods Hera, Aphrodite and Athens, known as ‘the marriage of discord’, which defines this aspect. The complementarity of the apple with the fir tree, which is always seconded, is specific to our folk tradition in the context in which both trees have important roles in the mythology of life and death. The space of carols is often marked by the existence of a cosmic tree, the apple of the fir tree, which sums up much of the spiritual activities of our people. Like the fir tree, which is evergreen, the apple, which is preserved as a fruit over the winter, it becomes a symbol of the eternal longing seen in the wishes of passing between years, and as a symbol of fertility, one can find the apple ‘in the breast’ or in the incantation ‘White Apple Flowers’. Therefore, as a reflection of the solar cult, the apple is a landmark in the millennial existence of our nation.
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Singh, Harpreet, Mandeep Kaur, Jaidev Singh Dhillon, Munish Batra, and Jyotsna Khurana. "Neem: a magical herb in endodontics." Stomatological Disease and Science 1, no. 2 (June 29, 2017). http://dx.doi.org/10.20517/2573-0002.2016.10.
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Arora, Akanksha. "TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA: A MAGICAL WAND WITH IMMENSE MEDICINAL APPLICATIONS." PLANT ARCHIVES 21, no. 2 (October 15, 2021). http://dx.doi.org/10.51470/plantarchives.2021.v21.no2.024.
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Tinospora cordifolia, a herb with a potential of boosting the immune system of a person is fully packed with nutrition be it carbohydrates, vitamin C, protein, fat, bioactive phytochemicals etc which one can have for relieving the person from illness and providing significant health benefits. When it comes to healthy herbs and plants Tinospora cordifolia never fails as a choice to cure the diseases and the symptoms associated with it. It helps in the treatment and management of diabetes, cancer, HIV-AIDS, toxicity from aflatoxins, osteoporosis, inflammation, leprosy, arthritis etc by the helps of various phytochemicals present in it. Alkaloids like Tinocordiside, Palmatine, Magnoflorine helps in cancer, syringin works as a great anti-allergen, magnoflorine as an anti-inflammatory etc.
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Thakur Shifali, Kaurav Hemlata, and Chaudhary Gitika. "COCCINIA INDICA (KUNDRU): A MAGICAL HERB WITH ANTIDIABETIC POTENTIAL." International Journal of Ayurveda and Pharma Research, July 1, 2021, 19–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.47070/ijapr.v9i5.1890.
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Many traditional medicines are obtained mainly from medicinal plants, minerals and organic matter. During the past many years, there has been increasing interest among the uses of various medicinal plants from the traditional system of medicine for the treatment of different ailments. Coccinia indica is one such important medicinal plant which belongs to the family Cucurbitaceae. It is extensively used as a vegetable and grown widely throughout the Indian Subcontinent. It is commonly called 'Kundra' in India. Traditionally different parts of this plant namely the roots, leaves and fruits are utilized in folklore medicine for several purposes, especially for hypoglycemia and skin diseases. There are many patented formulations derived from Coccinia indica plant. This plant is a primary source from where we get different phytochemicals which are utilized as the main constituent in numerous formulations endorsed for several ailments. Coccinia indica plant possesses many therapeutic activities like antidiabetic, hypolipidemic, hepatoprotective, larvicidal, anti-inflammatory, analgesic and antipyretic activities. The present review provides adequate information, photochemistry and various medicinal uses of Coccinia indica plant.
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Shukla, Ajay Kumar, Vimal Kumar Yadav, Rahul Kumar Maurya, Rahul Mishra, Shefali Srivastava, and Manoj Kumar Mishra. "Andrographolide-A Magical Bioactive Compound: An Overview." Current Traditional Medicine 10 (February 27, 2024). http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/0122150838268136231218070928.
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Abstract: Andrographis paniculata (ANP) is a medicinal plant containing several bioactive compounds, such as diterpenoids, flavonoids, and polyphenols. Andrographolide is one of the key natural compounds which are found in the Andrographis paniculata plant. It has been used as an Immunomodulators, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, anti-cancer, hepatoprotective, cardioprotective, and managing COVID-19, chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infections etc, due to the key bioactive compound Andrographolide; therefore, this molecule called a magic bioactive molecule. Many people have cured and increased their immunity by regularly taking this herb in the form of tea. All of these potential properties of this bioactive molecule make it very unique. Therefore, there needs to be more research work for the development of novel properties and future prospects.
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Kumar, Sachin, Ashok Kumar, Suhasini Nayal, Aman Shukla, and Shashank Kailkhura. "A Comprehensive Review on Possible Synergistic Therapeutic Effects and Comparison Between Phytochemical and Nutritional Profile of Medicago sativa and Panax ginseng." Pharmacognosy Magazine, September 26, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09731296231197306.
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Medicago sativa is the “Father of all herbs” or “King of Herbs,” and Panax ginseng is the “‘Man root” or “Herb for all healings.” Individually, both have copious numbers of phytochemicals and nutrients like flavonoids, saponins, ginsenosides, vitamins, minerals, protein, and so on, and this has already been proven by many scientific studies. This comprehensive review aims to provide an overview of the potential health benefits of M. sativa and P. ginseng as herbs for complete wellness. The review also compares the nutritional profiles of these two herbs and discusses the potential synergistic effects of combining them with some existing scientific evidence. The review highlights the need for further research to validate the efficacy of these herbs as a magical combination for complete wellness and recommends precautions for potential side effects and dosage considerations. Several studies suggest that individually, each herb has various similar clinical significances, like immunomodulating properties, anti-inflammatory properties, antioxidant properties, improved cognitive function, and so on. But in combination, they may show synergistic effects like improved energy and endurance, immune boosters, and cognitive functions. After studying various articles, it is fair to say that both herbs may be considered complete health tonics for complete wellness. Due to limitations and gaps in the current scientific literature, the findings of this review may contribute to further clinical trials and validation of these herbs for improved wellness.
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Vashistha, Nishant, and Ashish Tejasvi. "SELAGINELLA BRYOPTERIS (L.): A WONDER HERB." PLANT ARCHIVES 21, No 1 (April 30, 2021). http://dx.doi.org/10.51470/plantarchives.2021.v21.no1.097.
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Plants have been the foundation of several traditional medicinal systems all over the world to provide mankind with new remedies for thousands of years and still continue. In the ancient times human understanding about medicine was always near to some plant. It was the time when medicinal system was entirely based on plants. Among different medicinally useful plants one such plant is called Selaginella bryopteris L. in the botanical world and also known as Sanjeevani due to its magical medicinal properties. It is an herb which is traditionally used in many health-related problems like bacterial, viral, fungal infections, allergy, curing wounds, irregular menstruations and uterine disorders. According to some reports it is also used for fitness and better life span by the tribal communities of India. Different researchers across the country investigated and came up with its unique different properties and new possibilities every time. Apart from these Hindu mythological evidences are there which tells about its extraordinary potential of infuses life to dead. So, it is certainly a matter of more and more research to find out its ever-new hidden capabilities
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Kreutz, Susanne. "From Magical Herb to Antiemetic. Cannabinoids for the Treatment of Nausea and Vomiting." ChemInform 38, no. 45 (November 6, 2007). http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chin.200745177.
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"A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW ON PHARMACOLOGICAL AND PHYTOCHEMICAL POTENTIAL OF CASSIA FISTULA LINN: A MAGICAL HERB." International Journal of Biology, Pharmacy and Allied Sciences 8, no. 6 (June 1, 2019). http://dx.doi.org/10.31032/ijbpas/2019/8.6.4734.
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Rajkumari, Rajkumari, Meenakshi Sharma, Sagarika Majhi, Madhu Verma, Iti Chauhan, and Abhilasha Mittal. "A Review on the significance of the Medicinal plant Gandoderma lucidum." Research Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, March 17, 2023, 46–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.52711/0975-4385.2023.00008.
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Medicinal herbs have been passed down through the generations as a gift to humanity. Asia has a wide range of medicinal plants. The Gandoderma lucidum (langzhi) is a well-known plant among Asian populations and often utilised medicinal herbs. The main objective of this review is to document the therapeutic value of G. lucidum. Data was gathered by evaluating more than 70 articles from various web portals. The information gathered was analysed and provided in both descriptive and tabular formats. The outcome reveals that G. lucidum (Langzhi), a member of the Polyporaceae/Ganodermataceae family, is a well-known and widely utilised plant in Asia, used by practically all ethnic groups. Traditional and allopathic medicine both employ this herb. The "Spore Separation Cultivation Method," developed in 1975 in China, is utilised to successfully produce Ganodermas; it is popular due to the country's favourable climate and soil conditions. G.lucidum has been utilised as a panacea for chronic diseases such as hepatopathy, nephritis, hypertension, arthritis, sleeplessness, bronchitis, asthma, diabetes, and cancer in eastern traditional medicine. Owing to its magical medicinal properties it was regarded as an elixir that could revive the dead. This review summarized important areas of investigation being performed on Gandoderma speciesaround the world, with particular emphasis on chemicals of biomedical relevance.
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Kumar, Vijay. "Phytochemical, Pharmacological Activities and Ayurvedic Significances of Magical Plant Mimosa pudica Linn." Mini-Reviews in Organic Chemistry 17 (June 29, 2020). http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1570178617999200629155204.
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: Mimosa pudica Linn is an integrated part of Traditional Medicines Systems of India, China, Africa, Korea and America. It has been used from centuries in traditional medicines to cure different diseases like fever, diabetes, constipation, jaundice, ulcers, biliousness, and dyspepsia. It is an important ingredient of wide class of herbal formulations. To assess the scientific evidence for therapeutic potential of Mimosa pudica Linn and to identify the gaps for future research. The available information on the ethno-medicinal uses, phytochemistry, pharmacology and toxicology of Mimosa pudica Linn was collected via a library and electronic searches in Sci-Finder, Pub-Med, Science Direct, Google Scholar for the period, 1990 to 2020. In traditional medicinal systems, variety of ethno-medicinal applications of Mimosa pudica Linn has been noticed. Phytochemical investigation has resulted in identification of 40 well known chemical constituents, among which alkaloids, phenols and flavionoids are the predominant groups. The crude extracts and isolates have exhibited a wide spectrum of in vitro and in vivo pharmacological activities including anti-cancer, anti-inflammation, osteoporosis, neurological disorders, hypertension etc.. To quantify the Mimosa pudica Linn and its formulations, analytical techniques like HPLC and HPTLC has shown dominancy with good range of recovery and detection limit. Mimosa pudica Linn is the well-known herb since an ancient time. The pharmacological results supported some of the applications of Mimosa pudica Linn in traditional medicine systems. Perhaps, the predominance of alkaloids, phenols and flavionoids are responsible for the pharmacological activities the crude extracts and isolates of Mimosa pudica Linn. Further, there is need to isolate and evaluate the active chemical constituents of Mimosa pudica Linn having significant medicinal values. In future, it is important to study the exact mechanism associated with the phytochemicals of Mimosa pudica Linn especially on anti-cancer activities. Notably, toxicity studies on Mimosa pudica Linn are limited which are to be explored in future for the safe application of Mimosa pudica Linn and its formulations.
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"CComparative physicochemical and histo-anatomical study of vague traditional and magical herb Lavandula stoechas L. with Lavandula officinalis Chaix." Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge 20, no. 3 (August 18, 2021). http://dx.doi.org/10.56042/ijtk.v20i3.28908.
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ALFRED MAROYI. "SANSEVIERIA HYACINTHOIDES (L.) DRUCE: A REVIEW OF ITS BOTANY, MEDICINAL USES, PHYTOCHEMISTRY, AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES." Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research, July 29, 2019, 21–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.22159/ajpcr.2019.v12i9.34721.
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Sansevieria hyacinthoides is a succulent perennial herb widely used as herbal medicine. This study is aimed at providing a critical review of the botany, biological activities, phytochemistry, and medicinal uses of S. hyacinthoides. Documented information on the botany, biological activities, medicinal uses, and phytochemistry of S. hyacinthoides was collected from several online sources which included BMC, Scopus, SciFinder, Google Scholar, Science Direct, Elsevier, PubMed and Web of Science. Additional information on the botany, biological activities, phytochemistry, and medicinal uses of S. hyacinthoides was gathered from pre-electronic sources such as book chapters, books, journal articles, and scientific publications obtained from the university library. This study showed that the leaf sap, leaves, rhizomes, roots, and whole plant parts of S. hyacinthoides are used as ethnoveterinary medicine, magical purposes, to dilate birth canal and as herbal medicine for fever, respiratory problems, intestinal parasites, worms, rheumatism, swellings, skin infections, sexually transmitted infections, hemorrhoids, toothache, diarrhea, stomach problems, insect and snake bites, earache, and infections. Phytochemical analyses revealed that the leaves, rhizomes, and roots are characterized by alkaloids, flavonoids, and steroids. Pharmacological research revealed that S. hyacinthoides crude extracts have anthelmintic, antibacterial, antifungal, and antioxidant activities. Future ethnopharmacological research should focus on carrying out detailed phytochemical, pharmacological, and toxicological studies.
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Liu, Chunyan, Mengzhen Xu, Luocheng Yan, Yulian Wang, Zhen Zhou, Shaocong Wang, Yajie Sun, Junfeng Zhang, and Lei Dong. "Honeysuckle-derived microRNA2911 inhibits tumor growth by targeting TGF-β1." Chinese Medicine 16, no. 1 (June 29, 2021). http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13020-021-00453-y.
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Abstract Background Honeysuckle is a time‐honored herb with anticancer activity in traditional Chinese medicine. Recently, accumulating reports are suggesting that the microRNAs in this medicinal plant not only play a physiological role in their original system, but also can be transmitted to another species as potential therapeutic components. In the numerous bioactive investigations, the anti-tumor effects of these microRNAs in the magical herb are rarely studied, especially the special miR2911, a honeysuckle-encoded atypical microRNA, with high stability during the boiling process and unique biological activity to target TGF-β1 mRNA. Methods Luciferase assay was conducted to test the ability of miR2911 to target TGF-β1 mRNA. ELISA was performed to determine the expression level of TGF-β1 of mouse colorectal adenocarcinoma CT26 cells when treated with miR2911 and tumor tissue in Sidt1+/+ and Sidt1−/− mice. qRT-PCR was performed to examine the level of expression of miR2911. Tumor-bearing wild and nude mice were employed to evaluate the anti-tumor effect of honeysuckle and miR2911 in vivo. Tumor tissue necrosis was observed by H&E staining. Besides, the infiltration of T lymphocytes across solid tumors was tested by immunostaining staining. Results Our results showed that honeysuckle slowed the development of colon cancer down. Further research showed that miR2911 could bind strongly to TGF-β1 mRNA and down-regulate the expression of TGF-β1 and had a high stability under boiling and acid condition. Moreover, SIDT1 mediated dietary miR2911 inter-species absorption. And we found that miR2911 had a similar anticancer effect as honeysuckle. Mechanistically, miR2911 reversed the tumor-promoting effect of TGF-β1 by an increase of T lymphocytes infiltration, resulting in slowing the colon cancer process in immunocompetent mice. Consistent with this inference, the anti-tumor effect of miR2911 was revealed to be abolished in T cell immune deficiency mice. Conclusion Taken together, honeysuckle-derived miR2911 showed an anti-tumor effect in colon cancer through targeting TGF-β1 mRNA. The down-regulation of TGF-β1 promoted T lymphocytes infiltration, and accordingly impeded the colon tumor development.