Centratherum anthelminticum O. Kuntze, syn. Vernonia anthelmintica Willd. (Asteraceae), is known as kalajiri or purple fleebane. It is an erect, branched, leafy annual herb, 50 to 90 cm in height, distributed throughout India up to 1650 m altitude in the Himalayas, Afghanistan and Malaysia. The seeds are acrid, astringent, anthelmintic, diuretic, stomachic, tonic and used to treat fever, skin d...

Ethno-medicine means the medical practices for the treatment of ethnic or aborigine people for their health care needs. Indigenous traditional Knowledge is an integral part of the culture and history of a local community. It is evolved through years of regular experimentation on the day to day life and available resources surrounded by the community. The present paper documented 43 ethno-medici...

chiefly on the trunk and is diffuse, but deepest on areas normally pigmented. A characteristic feature is that the brown area is dappled over with lighter spots, as though it had been rained upon, the so-called " raindrop pigmentation." Arsenical pigmentation is usually accompanied by keratoses on the palms and soles and possibly by other signs of arsenical poisoning. There are two types of dep...

Prosopis cineraria (L.) Druce, commonly called ‘‘khejri’’ (synonyms: jambi, jambu, shumi, jandi) is a leguminous, multipurpose tree species distributed in the arid and semi-arid regions of India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran and Arabia. Since all parts of the tree are useful, it is called ‘Kalptaru’. Prosopis cineraria (L.) Druce is an important herbal plant as mentioned in ancient literature. I...

The lip brake is a fold in the oral mucosa, originating upper and insertion alveolar mucosa. At birth, labial frenum may be inserted palatal papilla. As individual grows, he can migrate to more region, featuring normal curl. However, when it remains papilla, case of hypertrophic When pathological, this structure promote formation interincisal diastema, periodontal pocket, gingival retraction, a...

O Brasil é um dos países com maiores índices de edentulismo no mundo sendo a melhor forma tratamento para esses pacientes mutilados as próteses totais e parciais por apresentarem baixo custo importante efeito psicológico melhora da autoestima autoconfiança. Objetivo: relatar uma série casos dois comprometimento oral estético funcional em decorrência total parcial que foram reabilitados oralment...