Kerala and Tamil Nadu: Differing Pathways to Development

Folk-lore Medicines for Jaundice from Coimbatore and Palghat Districts of Tamil Nadu and Kerala, India

Ethno-botanical explorations with regard to the folk-lore medicine in Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu and Palghat district of Kerala for jaundice was carried out. Out of twenty remedies thus gathered two are found to be new reports and a few others have got interesting combination. The specimens are identified at Botanical Survey of India, Coimbatore and deposited in the Herbarium of Ethnobio...

Pathways To Community Recovery Following The 2004 Tsunami In Tamil Nadu, India

In recent years the recovery efforts following major disasters, such as the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, Hurricane Katrina and the 2010 Haiti earthquake, have highlighted the need for a better understanding of what factors lead to the recovery of communities. Previous studies have clearly demonstrated that there is wide variation in how well different communities recover after a disaster, with so...

Outbreak of dengue in Tamil Nadu, India

Dengue is known in India since 1940s, but the disease is very limited in its spread. Dengue is becoming rampant in many states of southern India. As of now, no specific treatments (therapies) or vaccines are available against the disease. The people of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, where the dengue incidences are increasing, perceive this spurt as due to poor rainfall and power supply. We attempte...

Spotted fevers & typhus fever in Tamil Nadu.

Additions to the Flora of Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu

Nilgiri District, Tamil Nadu is one of the most botanised areas of southern India. In spite of it a number of wild plants had been missed by previous collectors. In addition a number of exotics and ornamentals having importance in alternative systems of medicine like Homoeopathy and Unani have not been collected and preserved as herbarium records. The present paper lists 36 species of wild plan...