The Delhi Development Authority is likely to collaborate with the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha, & Homeopathy (AYUSH) so that medicinal herbs from the city’s biodiversity parks can be used as home remedies for common diseases.
In Delhi the Aravalli Biodiversity Park and the Yamuna Biodiversity Park together are a repository for more than 250 medicinal plants.
“Medicinal plants such as tulsi, sarpagandha, dudhi, kalmegh, brahmi and guggul that are found in both the parks can provide home remedies for several common diseases such as cough and cold, dysentery, arthritis, ulcers among others,” said prof CR Babu project in-charge of the Biodiversity Parks Program.
Medicinal plants are not only a major resource base for the traditional medicine and herbal industry but also provide livelihood and health security to a large segment of Indian population.
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