The Indian gooseberry is one of the precious gifts of nature to man. Indian gooseberry popularly known as Amla is mainly found in India. The fruit is rich in Vitamin C and is considered as the best source of Vitamin C. All the parts of the amla plant are used for preparing Ayurvedic medicine including the fruit, seed, leaves, root, bark and flowers.
According to Ayurveda, amla fruit is sour and astringent in taste, with sweet, bitter and pungent secondary tastes. It may be used as a rasayana to promote longevity, and traditionally to enhance digestion, treat constipation, reduce fever, purify the blood, reduce cough, alleviate asthma, strengthen the heart, benefit the eyes, stimulate hair growth, enliven the body, and enhance intellect.
Ayurveda recommends taking a tonic made from this fruit through out the winter season. Fresh Amla has high concentration of Vitamin C in it. As it is rich in Vitamin C, this fruit helps to boost the functioning of immune system. This fruit helps in digestion and is used for making gastrointestinal Ayurvedic tonics. This fruit also assist body in excreting urinary waste.
The elements contained in this fruit are antiviral, raise the total protein level, and activate the adrenaline response. Amla also help in improving body weight. It is considered as a highly nutritious fruit. Apart from Vitamin C, this fruit also contains essential minerals.
In Ayurvedic polyherbal formulations, Indian gooseberry is a common constituent, and most notably is the primary ingredient in an ancient herbal rasayana called Chyawanprash. This formula, which contains 43 herbal ingredients as well as clarified butter, sesame oil, sugar cane juice, and honey, was first mentioned in the Charaka Samhita as a premier rasayana compound.

The Oedipus complex, in psychoanalytic theory, is a group of largely unconscious ideas and feelings which center on the desire to possess the parent of the opposite sex and eliminate the parent of the same sex. The complex is named after a Greek mythical character Oedipus, who kills his father and marries his mother.

Classical theory considers the successful resolution of the Oedipus complex to be developmentally desirable, the key to the development of gender roles and identity. In classical theory, individuals who are fixated at the oedipal level are “mother-fixated” or “father-fixated”, and reveal this by choosing sexual partners who are discernible surrogates for their parent.

According to Sigmund Freud, the Oedipus complex is a universal phenomenon, built in phylogenetic, and is responsible for much unconscious guilt. Freud first suggested the existence of what he would later call the Oedipus complex in The Interpretation of Dreams (1900). In this work, he describes a subconscious feelings in children of intense competition and even hatred toward the parent of the same sex, and feelings of romantic love toward the parent of the opposite sex. If these conflicting feelings were not successfully resolved, they would contribute to neurosis in later life.

Sigmund Freud used the name Oedipus complex to explain the origin of certain neurosis in childhood. It is defined as a male child’s unconscious desire for the exclusive love of his mother. This desire includes jealousy towards the father and the unconscious wish for that parent’s death. Neurosis is a class of functional mental disorders involving distress but neither delusions nor hallucinations, whereby behavior is not outside socially acceptable norms. It is also known as psychoneurosis or neurotic disorder, and thus those suffering from it are said to be neurotic.

A dam is a barrier that impounds water or streams. Dams generally serve the primary purpose of retaining water, while other structures such as floodgates or levees are used to manage or prevent water flow into specific land regions. Dams were first constructed in Mesopotamia and the Middle East, where dams were used to control the water level. The earliest known dam is sited in Jawa, which is situated in Jordan. Dams can be formed by natural causes and by the intervention of wildlife such as beavers. Dams are even formed by human agency.

Man-made dams are typically classified according to their size, structure and the purpose of dam. Based on size, dams are classified as large and major dams. International standards define large dams as higher than 15-20 meters and major dams over 150-250 meters in height. Based on structure and material used, dams are classified as timber dams, arch-gravity dams, embankment dams or masonry dams, with several subtypes.

Dams and hydroelectric projects are constructed to fulfill needs of human beings. These hydroelectric projects are generally considered as environmental friendly because it represents a clean and renewal source of energy. These projects are made with huge promises throwing light on the reward alone. But many a times the impacts of these dams turn out to be ridiculous.

The ecological system is the first that gets disrupted by the construction of these dams. Apart from all these factors these have many environmental issues related to them. These hydroelectric power plants result in submersion of extensive areas upstream of the dams, destroying biologically rich and productive lowland and riverine valley forests, marshland and grasslands. Many a times issues are roused due to the lack of study done before implementing the project.

Dam failures are generally catastrophic if the structure is breached or significantly damaged. The dam failures have been some of the largest manmade disasters in history. A good design and construction are not adequate guarantee of safety, sometimes some geological eruptions can pull down them down. Dams are used primarily for storage of water and retaining the same. There are flood gates used to release water as in when required and more over to control the water pressure present in the dam. The water that flows out of the dam is also used for producing electricity using hydroelectric power. What happens when a dam is ill built or not maintained properly, cracks will appear and the same can be very fatal as the dam can burst thus leading to destruction to life and property worth millions. We need to ensure that our dams are well kept and regular maintenance is done to avoid such catastrophes.

Vedas, oldest scriptures of Hinduism, are written in Sanskrit. They are among the oldest sacred texts. Vedas include the most holy hymns and mantras. These mantras compiled together and form the four known as Rig Veda, Sama Veda, Yajur Veda and Atharva Veda. It is very difficult to find out the exact period when these Vedas were written as these are considered to be orally passed on before they were written down.

Among the four Vedas, Rig veda is considered as the oldest one. The mantra of this veda considered to be the most important one. In Rig Veda, more than a thousand of mantras are arranged and written in ten circles, among which the tenth one is said to be most recent one. The hymns written in Rig Veda are dedicated to various deities. Some of the hymns also explain some phenomenon, concepts, some historical events mainly the struggle between the early Vedic people.

Sama Veda contains the hymns and many of these hymns are taken from Rig Veda. Sama Veda has melodies or music for the hymns written in Rig Veda. These music and melodies were meant for the priests who performed certain ceremonies. Sama Veda is also known as the Veda of Holy Songs.

Yajur Veda mainly aims at awakening the inner consciousness. This one was the main Veda used by the priests of the ancient India and it resembles the Egyptian book of the dead. This Veda also gives respect to various instruments used in sacrifice.
Atharva Veda is the fourth Veda. Atharva Veda contains many hymns from Rig Veda but also contain many magic spells. Atharva Veda is therefore not always accepted as Veda. The language used in Atharva Veda is simpler. The two main concepts mentioned in Atharva Veda are medicine and witchcraft. Atharva Veda is completely different from the other three Vedas.

The four Vedas thus play a major role in the Indian Hindu mythology as these are considered as the holy texts. These texts are used for performing the religious rituals of the Hindu religion. The Vedas are also said to be the best books of knowledge that exists in today’s world. The above-mentioned points just give a vague idea about the content given in the Vedas. Vedas are definitely an ocean of knowledge.

Paralysis is the complete loss of muscle function for one or more muscles. Paralysis is one of those diseases which need quick treatment and care. Paralysis take place is mainly due to the damage to the nervous system. Minor paralysis can be cured easily, but the major ones need more time to be cured.

Human body can paralyze totally as well as partially. Partial paralysis will affect only a part of the body but total paralysis will make the whole body paralyzed. . Paraplegia is the term used when paralysis affect the lower part of the body whereas Quadriplegia is the term used for paralysis of arms and legs. Paralysis mainly occurs due to strokes or injuries.

Paralysis can be cured through various treatment methodologies. Ayurvedic treatment has proved to be one of the effective cures for paralysis. Researches say that Ayurvedic treatments for paralysis include diet control. The person is supposed to eat freshly cooked food. Anything that is bitter, pungent and astringent in taste should be avoided over the period of time. A strict diet should be followed. No barley, millet and rye should be consumed. Certain dry fruits such as apple, figs, pears, and pomegranate are not advisable. White meat like poultry and fish is preferred than red meat like beef, pork and mutton.

Ashwagandha commonly known as Winter Cherry is used to cure paralysis. Bala known as Country Mallow is also considered as an effective herb for the treatment of paralysis. Apart from this, special therapies and other types of treatments are used to cure paralysis in Ayurveda. Apart from this, some therapies involve application of medicated oils in the affected regions.
Sometimes Nasya, which is use of nasal drops extracted from special herbs, has also shown positive results in curing paralysis. Ayurveda can give out effective result for paralysis.

Snakes, elongate legless carnivorous reptiles, found everywhere. Snakes are usually considered as venomous but it’s a false belief. All snakes are not venomous. Venomous snakes are found in all continents except Antarctica. Cobras and vipers are highly venomous and can be fatal. Snake bite is a defensive way to escape from other animals or human beings or to hunt their prey. A snake bite as the name says is an injury caused from the bite of a snake.

The effect of a snake bite can be disastrous and depends on a number of factors like species of snake, area of the body bitten; the amounts of venom injected and so on. Even a non venomous snake bite can cause injury due to the wound caused by their fangs. The bite from a non venomous snake should be treated immediately as it may also cause severe injury to the victim. Most snake bite causes minor pain or redness of the injected area. Usually, injury is caused in the areas that are exposed like legs and arms.

Doctors’ advice the patient to be calm and patient or else the blood pressure will increase. Un-necessary panic will only raise the pulse rate and blood pressure and moves the venom into the body faster. The victim should be kept as immobile as possible. In Ancient times death rates due to snakebites were large but nowadays the medical science has progressed so much that a snake bite is considered as a simple thing. It is good if one can identify the snake, if so the treatment will be easy as this does varies from species to species. Usually Rattlesnake, Copperhead, Cottonmouth Water Moccasin, and Coral Snake are considered as the most poisonous ones.

Immediate medical attention is much better than self medication. Simple Ayurvedic treatments for snake bites are yet to be known to the world. The treatment here also depends upon the species of the snake. Several medicinal herbs are available in nature which are made use of, and has proved to be more effective than modern medicines.

Psoriasis is a chronic, autoimmune disease that appears on the skin. It occurs when the immune system sends out faulty signals that speed up the growth cycle of skin cells. Psoriasis is not contagious. The scaly patches caused by psoriasis, called psoriatic plaques, are areas of inflammation and excessive skin production. There are mainly five types of psoriasis; they are plaque, guttate, inverse, putsular, and erythrodermic. Psoriasis can occur at any age but is commonly seen in the start stage of adultery. It can occur at any part of the body including the scalp. Ayurveda has effective treatment for Psoriasis. Ayurveda, coined by combining two Sanskrit words, ‘ayur’ and ‘veda’ is the traditional treatment methodology used in India. Ayurveda aims at curing human illness and thereby supporting human life. Ayurvedic concepts treat each individual as unique and thus the treatment for each one varies accordingly.

The causative factor for psoriasis is still a mystery. Some consider that psoriasis is caused due to the excessive production of skin cells and some others believe that psoriasis is caused because of immunity disorder. Hereditary factors also affect this issue, which is accepted world widely. Even stress is considered as a factor that causes psoriasis. From the researches done, It is found that ‘Panchakarma’ (five actions) can be considered as effective treatment for psoriasis. Panchakarma includes Nasya (nasal therapy), Vamana (vomiting), Virechana (purging), and two kinds of Vasti (enema). Panchakarma is meant to purify the body by eliminating the toxins.

Diet restrictions have to be maintained when the treatment is done. The patient has to follow complete vegetarian diet. Yogurt, chilies, black gram and excess salt should be avoided from the daily routine. Stress and infection can make psoriasis worse.

579387 x 75347 = ?
Can anyone out calculate this in less than 10 seconds without the help of a calculator?
I challenge you. You can’t do it……
Oh Please!!!
Please don’t faint seeing these numbers. Even I used to faint when used to I see big numbers to calculate. I know it’s the same for many out there. When I was a student, numbers used to chase and scare me in my dreams. My mathematics teacher was a regular visitor in my dream, who used to come with a big scale in her hand asking me to solve the problems. Trigonometry and algebra used to be my worst nightmare. I had math phobia but now no big numbers can scare me. I learned a small trick recently and now I don’t run when I see numbers.
No, no, don’t get confused. I don’t have anything to do with mathematics and neither am trying to teach you mathematics. But I thought I will share a bit of what I learned recently.
Lately, I get to know about Vedic Mathematics. Vedic Mathematics is the name of the monumental work done by Late Jagad Guru Swami Sri Bharati Krishna Tirthaji Maharaj. It basically refers to a set of sixteen mathematical formulae discovered by him. Each of the sixteen formulae talks about a separate branch of Mathematics. These sixteen formulae can be readily applied to wide range of practical problems and applications including Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, Calculus, Conics and others. So you don’t have to sit and storm your brain and when u see tow six digit numbers to multiply.
The Vedic mathematical formulae can be easily applied to solve any kid of mathematical problems. Various complex mathematical problems which require large number of steps to solve can be easily solved in few steps. Many times the problems can be solved mentally without writing any transitional steps. The Vedic mathematic system is coherent, direct and easy to understand. It makes a person to do calculations 10 to 15 times faster. Vedic mathematics will not only useful to the students those who struggle in mathematics but its also useful in general life also.
Just throw away your calculators and try out this simple trick.

Way back in 1984 on 31st October a news story shocked the entire nation. It filled grief and agony in everyone who supported her. Yes, the assassination of Indira Gandhi. The major reason for the shock was the person behind the assassination. She was killed by her own bodyguards, Satwant Singh and Beant Singh to avenge the Military attack on ‘The Golden Temple’ during the Operation Blue Star. It sounds really hideous, b’coz she was murdered by the person who should protect her. It was not just an assassination but the murder of the trust.

I was just a kid when she passed away. For me, it was just a matter of another holiday. But when I grew up I started thinking deeply on it. Can someone forget all their duties and responsibilities for the religion they praise for? Even now I couldn’t get the answer for this. Devotion to a religion or having faith in God is fine but one should never be blinded or driven by it. Her bodyguard killed her for the fact that she ordered the military to the premises of The Golden Temple during operation Blue Star, but they where blinded to see the reason that what made her to take such a decision.

Cold Blooded murders are part of religious fanaticism. Most of the times people are mislead. Newspapers and channels are filled with such news stories. Every day we can see at least one such news. Majority of the population is educated but still why we see such instances happening. The old saying that one should never discuss politics or religion may have made sense 50 years ago. The venomous hatred of religious zealots has become so acrid that it will certainly lead to violence and even death. Why can’t people just stop for a while and think and ask yourself the question. What will we get out of this bloody slaughter? Nothing… That is the ultimate answer and the ultimate truth.

A few days back, I read a news article which kept me confused for some days. It was about Ansel Bourne, who was a Clergyman who was missing from his native place for two months and was later on found in strange situation in Norristown. One day Ansel drew $500 from his bank and boarded a Pawtucket car and disappeared for two months, later his nephew received a telegram saying that a man claiming to be Ansel was in Norristown and was acting strangely. But in fact Ansel was not behaving strangely but he had found himself in a strange town in a small fruit store. His story was really strange for me; it made me think can things happen like this. The story took a twist when it was found that Ansel Bourne was a patient of Multiple Personality. Ansel Broune, who had gone to Norristown and rented a small store, stocked it with candy and fruit and had been doing business there as Mr. Brown, living in the back of his shop. His behavior was normal to everyone. Brown didn’t even know Ansel Broune and it was the same for Ansel. In this case the first personality did not know the second, nor did the second know the first.

This tale about Ansel Bourne made me do a little research on Multiple Personality Disorder. It made me think is there someone else hidden inside us. Multiple Personality Disorder describes a condition in which a person displays multiple identities each with its own prototype of perceiving and interacting with the atmosphere. The individuals diagnosed with Multiple Personality Disorder shows a variety of symptoms with wide variation. They can show multiple mannerisms, attitudes and beliefs that are not similar to each other, they tend to be short tempered and show sudden anger without a justified reason. They never show intimacy to anyone and try to remain cut off from everything. They have auditory hallucinations of the personalities inside their mind and they have severe memory loss. The patients may also experience an extremely broad array of symptoms that resemble epilepsy, schizophrenia, anxiety disorders, mood disorders, post traumatic stress disorder, personality disorders and eating disorders.

Studies have revealed that in some patients this disorder developed due to insufficient childhood nurturing, and an innate ability to dissociate memories or experiences from consciousness. A high percentage of patients have been reported child abuse. But child abuse is not the single factor that results in this disorder because there are many patients of Multiple personality who have not reported child abuse. The treatment for Multiple Personality Disorder attempts to reconnect the identities of dissimilar alters into single a identity. The treatment focuses on the symptoms and tends to relieve the grieving aspects of the condition and also ensures the safety of the individual. Treatment methods may include psychotherapy and medications for comorbid disorders.

Some therapist use behavioral treatments such as responding to a single identity and using more traditional therapy once consistent response is established. It has been stated that treatment recommendations that follow from models that do not believe in the traumatic origins of Multiple Personality Disorder might be harmful due to the fact that they ignore the posttraumatic symptomatology of people with Multiple Personality Disorder.