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Volume 1 No. 2 October 2009 - December 2009 

President’s Message 

Contents 

2 

• From the Editor’s desk 

Editorial Board 

3 

• Questions & Answers 

in Lok Sabha 

Wishing You 

Happy 

Dhanwantari Jayanti 

Happy Diwali 

& 

A Prosperous 

New Year 

2010 

6 

9 

13 

• Standards for Ayurvedic 

formulations and Raw 

Material as per API 

• Centenary Celebrations of 

All India Ayurvedic Congress 

• Maintaining of records of 

raw material used by 

licensed manufacturing 

units of ASU drugs 

Best Wishes!! 

Vaidya Devender Triguna 

Honored with Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan 

15 

• Upcoming Events 

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From the Editor’s desk 

Dear Readers, 

Thanks! For your overwhelming response to our first issue. 

We are featuring yet another interesting & informative 

reading material for you in this issue. As you are aware that 

generally, the first hour of a sitting of our Lok Sabha is devoted 

to the Questions and this hour is called the Question Hour. It 

has a special significance in the proceedings of the Parliament. 

Asking of questions is an inherent and unfettered parliamentary 

right of members. It is during the Question Hour that the 

members can ask questions on every aspect of administration 

and Governmental activity. Government policies in national 

as well as international spheres come into sharp focus as the 

members try to elicit pertinent information during the Question 

Hour. 

Through the Question Hour the Government is able to quickly 

feel the pulse of the nation and adapt its policies and actions 

accordingly. It is through questions in the Parliament that the 

Government remains in touch with the people in as much as 

members are enabled thereby to ventilate the grievances of the 

public in matters concerning the administration. 

In this feature we have selected a few questions & answers that 

were addressed in Fifteenth Lok Sabha with the Ministry of 

Health & family welfare which can be specifically interest all 

our fellow members. 

In continuation to our series of information in our last issue 

of newsletter, we are once again sharing the Pharmacopoeial 

Standards of yet another very famous ayurvedic formulation 

called Ashokarishta. This piece of information has been derived 

from API part II. We have also included a few herbs with its 

standards, as a part of raw material in the manufacturing of 

Ashokarishta for the benefit of manufacturers of the same. 

Besides this, an important Government order, for maintaining 

the records of raw material used by manufacturing units is 

given for your perusal, information & compliance please. Hope 

you will find it useful too. A few glimpses from Centenary 

Celebrations of All India Ayurvedic Congress is also enclosed 

for your viewing. 

Please do send in your feedback & comments on the published 

material. What is it that you’d like to read & know more about? 

Please do write to us. 

Kind Regards! 

Dr. Manju Rakesh 

On behalf of full Editorial Board 

Disclaimer: Articles in the newsletter are written by independent individuals. News 

clips of Upcoming Events, Govt. Notifications, schemes have been taken from 

different sources. Their opinions do not necessarily reflect those of Info Ayurveda. 

They are put here for interest and reference only. None of the contributors, 

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whatsoever shall be responsible for the appearance of any inaccurate information 

or for your use of the information contained in the newsletter. 

Editorial Board: 

Chief Editor: 

Mr. Pradeep Multani, Honorary General Secretary AMAM 

Chairman Multani Pharmaceutical Limited 

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New Delhi – 110 002 

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The Himalaya Drug Co. 

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Hon. Gen. Secretary 

Pradeep Multani 

Multani Pharmaceuticals Ltd. 

e-mail: chairman@multaniayurved.org 

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New Delhi 

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Questions & Answers in Lok Sabha 

Generally, the first hour of a sitting of our Lok Sabha is devoted to the Questions and this hour is called the Question Hour. It has a special significance in the proceedings 

of the Parliament. Questions enable Ministries to gauge the popular reaction to their policy and administration. Questions bring to the notice of the Ministers many 

loopholes which otherwise would have gone unnoticed. Sometimes questions may lead to the appointment of a Commission, a Court of Enquiry or even Legislation 

when matters raised by members are grave enough to agitate the public mind and are of wide public importance. 

The Question Hour is an interesting part of the Parliamentary proceedings. Although a question mainly seeks information and tries to elicit facts on a particular subject, 

there are many a time lively and quicksilver repartees between the Members asking the questions and the Ministers answering them. These repartees are sometimes 

coupled with flashes of wit and humour. That is why the public galleries and the press galleries are packed to the capacity during the Question Hour. 

Given below are a few selected questions & answers addressed in 15th Lok Sabha with the Ministry of Health & family welfare. 

OVER EXPLOITATION OF MEDICINAL PLANTS 

Question: Will the Minister of Health And Family Welfare be pleased to 

state: - 

a. Whether the medicinal plants used in the traditional drugs for 

combating diseases like cancer and malaria are being over-exploited 

as reported in the Times of India dated, 11th January, 2009; 

b. if so, the details thereof; and 

c. the steps being taken by the Government in this regard? 

Answer: The minister of state for health & family welfare (Smt. Panabaka 

Lakshmi) 

(a ) to (c): - Medicinal plants constitute the main raw material for the 

majority of the traditional drugs of Ayurveda, Sidha and Unani systems 

of medicine. As per a nationwide study done by the National Medicinal 

Plants Board (NMPB), 77% of the production of medicinal plants in the 

country is sourced from the forests and wastelands. Due to open access 

nature of the forest resources, over-exploitation of certain medicinal plants 

cannot be ruled out. 

The Ministry of Environment & Forests is responsible for implementation 

of the Indian Forest Act, 1927 and the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 which 

have provisions for protection of forests and wildlife, including medicinal 

plants. The National Biodiversity Act, 2002 regulates the access to forest 

resources, including medicinal plants. The Ministry of Environment & 

Forests is also supporting a number of projects on conservation by setting 

up Medicinal Plants Conservation Areas (MPCAs) that are primarily 

located in forest areas. Plantation of medicinal plants in degraded forest 

lands is also supported through schemes of the National Afforestation & 

Eco-development Board (NAEB), Ministry of Environment & Forests. 

Government has also set up Medicinal Plants Board to coordinate matters 

relating to medicinal plants with Ministries/ Departments and other 

stakeholders for ensuring availability of medicinal plants of quality to the 

industry on a sustained basis. 

The Board also supports schemes for conservation and resource 

augmentation of rare, endangered and threatened species of medicinal 

plants under its Central Sector Scheme of conservation, development and 

sustainable management of medicinal plants which has an outlay of Rs. 

320 crores during the 11th Plan 


HEAVY METALS CONTENTS IN AYURVEDIC 

PRODUCTS 


state: - 

(a) Whether the level of lead, mercury and arsenic in some of the ayurvedic 

products exported by the Indian manufacturers has been found beyond 

the permissible limit; 

(b) if so, the details thereof and the response of the Government thereto; 

and 

(c) the steps taken by the Government in this regard? 

Answer: The Minister Of State For Health & Family Welfare (Smt. 

Panabaka Lakshmi) 

(a), to (c) The permissible level of lead, mercury and arsenic in Ayurvedic 

products as per WHO standards, which has been acceptable by the 

Department is 10 ppm, 1 ppm and 3 ppm respectively. 

As per the article published in Journal of American Medical Association 

(JAMA) dated 27th August 2008, one fifth of the Indian manufactured 

Ayurvedic products bought on the Internet contain detectable levels of lead, 

mercury and arsenic. After the report is published, Government has taken 

immediate steps to test the reports appearing in JAMA article by reputed 

and accredited laboratories. Central Council for Research in Ayurveda and 

Siddha (CCRAS) has also undertaken a study to test the toxicity/safety 

profile of metal-based bhasmas. The study is jointly being carried out with 

the Industrial Toxicology Research Center (ITRC), Council for Scientific 

and Industrial Research (CSIR), Lucknow. Pharmacopoeial Laboratory of 

Indian Medicine (PLIM), Ghaziabad has also been directed to procure 

samples of all the products mentioned in JAMA article and send them 

to Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad for heavy 

metal analysis by electron spectroscopic chemical analysis as well as 

X-ray flourescence spectroscopy. 

The manufacturers of Ayurvedic medicines have been directed to get safety/ 

toxicity studies carried out for their products by National Accreditation 

Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories / Good Laboratories 

Practices (NABL/GLP accredited laboratories and send their report in 

respect of acute, sub acute and chronic safety/toxicity drugs studies. 

After examination it is found that no exported herbal ayurvedic medicine 

from India contain heavy metals beyond the permissible limit. As far as 

purely herbal Ayurvedic formulations are concerned presence of heavy 

metals is not detected. As regard herbo-mineral and herbo- metallic 

preparations metals are an essential ingredient of these formulations and 

therefore are bound to be present in these, however they are permitted 

to be used only after due purification and only in small quantities to act 

as catalysts for activation of other herbal ingredients in order to increase 

the efficacy of the medicines. The metallic preparations in the form of 

compounds of metals triturated in the form of Bhasmas are rendered safe 

after purification with herbs and burning in fire for a prescribed number 

of times. 

# A Press release was issued on 2nd September, 2008 with detailed 

comments by the Department of AYUSH, after article published in JAMA 

(U.S.) 27th August, 2008 alleging heavy metals in Ayurvedic medicines. 

# The following other necessary orders have also been issued by the 

Central government to ensure safety and efficacy of AYUSH products in 

the country and abroad. 

• Government has introduced mandatory testing for heavy metals in all 

purely herbal Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani medicines to be exported 

with effect from 01.01.06 onwards. This has been done to meet the 

regulatory requirements of importing countries. 

• State Drug Licensing Authorities have been directed to ensure full 

compliance by all ASU drug manufacturers of the provisions of Rule 

161 (1) and (2) relating to displaying on the label of the container or in 

a leaflet to be inserted in the package of an ASU drug, the true list of 

all the ingredients used in the manufacture of the preparation together 

with the quantity of each of the ingredients incorporated therein. 

• A research project has been sanctioned to various laboratories of 

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) under the Golden 

Triangle Partnership Project to study the physiochemical characteristics 

of 8 most widely use Bhasmas and to carry out their toxicity studies. 

• Good Manufacturing Practices have been made mandatory for all 

Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani drug manufacturing units in the country. 

• Department of AYUSH has discussed with Minister of Commerce to 

set up an AYUSH Export Promotion Council under the Department of 

AYUSH to take care of critical issues like testing and certification of 

Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani medicines for export. 

• Govt. have constituted Pharmacopoeia Committees of Ayurveda, Siddha 

and Unani systems of medicines for preparation of Pharmacopoeias to 

ensure the quality of Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani drugs. 

• Captain Shreeniwasmurti Drug Research Institute for Ayurveda, 

Chennai, India Toxicology Research Centre (presently IITR, Indian 

Institute of Toxicology Research), Lucknow and Sri Ram Institute 

for Industrial Research, New Delhi have analyzed about 600 plants 

and it was found that lead arsenic and mercury levels were within the 

permissible limit. 

• State Licensing Authorities have been directed to constitute an Expert 

Committee under the provision of Rule 154 (2) of the Drugs and 

Cosmetics Rule, 1945 for streamline the system for licensing of patent 

and proprietary Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani products. 

MEDICINAL PLANTS ON THE VERGE 

OF EXTINCTION 


state: - 

(a) Whether the Medicinal Plants are on the verge of extinction; 

(b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons there for; and 

(c) the steps taken by the Government in this regard? 

Answer: Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare 

(Smt. Panabaka Lakshmi) 

(a) & (b): No, Sir. However, the medicinal plants, like other groups of 

plants and animals, are threatened largely due to degradation of forests 

owing to various anthropogenic factors. 

(c): The Ministry of Environment & Forests formulates policies for 

protection of forests. The Indian Forest Act, 1927 and the Wild Life 

(Protection) Act, 1972 have provisions for protection of forests and 

wildlife, including medicinal plants. The National Biodiversity Act, 

2002 regulates the access to forest resources, including medicinal plants. 

The Ministry of Environment & Forests is also supporting a number of 

projects on conservation by setting up Medicinal Plants Conservation 

Areas (MPCAs) that are primarily located in forest areas. Plantation of 

medicinal plants in degraded forest lands is supported through schemes of 

the National Afforestation & Eco-development Board (NAEB), Ministry 

of Environment & Forests. 

Government has also set up Medicinal Plants Board to coordinate matters 

relating to medicinal plants with Ministries/ Departments and other 

stakeholders for ensuring availability of medicinal plants of quality to the 

industry on a sustained basis. 

The Board has undertaken various programmes for conservation and 

development of medicinal plants. Central assistance is provided under the 

following schemes: 

i) “Central Sector Scheme for Conservation, Development and 

Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants” 

The activities for which assistance is provided are as under: 

• Survey, Inventorisation and in-situ conservation of rare, endangered 

and threatened species of medicinal plants and setting up Medicinal 


Plants Conservation Areas (MPCAs) 

• Ex-situ Conservation / Resource augmentation of Rare, Endangered 

and Threatened (RET) and prioritized species in high demand 

• Support to Joint Forest Management Committees (JFMCs)/ Panchayats 

/ Van Panchayats for value addition, warehousing and marketing 

• Research, Development, Quality and Certification 

• Promotional activities like setting up school herbal gardens, home 

herbal gardens 

• Capacity building and training programmes for primary collectors, 

farmers and other stakeholders 

ii) “Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National Mission on Medicinal 

Plants” 

The activities for which assistance is provided are as under: 

• Nursery development 

• Cultivation of prioritized plants required by the industry 

• Post harvest management 

• Marketing 

• Setting up quality testing laboratories 

• Setting up/ up gradation of herbal mandies 

• Crop insurance 

• Organic certification 

Disclaimer: -The material has been prepared on the basis of the Questions and 

Answers provided by the Loksabha website. For the authoritative text and for 

supplementary questions and answers to Questions, please consult the official 

report of Parliamentary Debates of Lok Sabha, printed separately. 

Laugh! 

It’s the best Medicine 

Managers and holidays 

- Why don’t all the managers go into holiday at once? 

- So people can’t see that the company works without 

them... 

Directors meeting 

- The president of a large corporation opened his directors 

meeting by announcing: 

- All those who are opposed to the plan I am about to 

propose will reply by saying: “I resign”. 

How many executives 

- How many executives does it take to change a light 

bulb? 

- None, they like to keep employees in the dark. 

Higher salary 

- A worker says to his boss: If you don’t add to my salary 

Rs.1000 I will tell the others that you added Rs.2000! 

Lamp on the beach 

- A sales director and two of his best hired men were 

strolling on the beach and find a lamp. A genie gets out 

and gives them the chance for a wish of each: 

One of the hired man: 

Me first, me first! I want to be in Bahamas in a very fast 

and luxurious ship... and he disappears! 

The other one: 

I want to be in the Caribbean Islands with the most 

beautiful woman’s in the world… and he disappears! 

The Directors turn: 

I want them in a hour back to work! 

The moral: 

Always let your boss talk first! 

Amazing Brain Facts 

• The human brain has about 100,000,000,000 (100 billion) neurons. 

• Your brain is 80% water. 

• From all the oxygen that a human breathes, twenty percent goes to the brain. 

• Once a human reaches the age of 35, he/she will start losing approximately 7,000 brain 

cells a day. The cells will never be replaced. 

• It is not possible to tickle yourself. The cerebellum, a part of the brain, warns the rest 

of the brain that you are about to tickle yourself. Since your brain knows this, it ignores 

the resulting sensation. 

• The most common mental illness is Anxiety Disorders. 

• Your brain is more active and thinks more at night than during the day. 

• Women are twice as likely to be diagnosed with depression than men. 

• People who ride on roller coasters have a higher chance of having a blood clot in the 

brain. 


Standards for Ayurvedic Formulation and 

Raw Materials 

In continuation to our series of information in our last issue of newsletter, we are once again sharing the Pharmacopoeial Standards of yet another formulation called 

Ashokarishta from AFI part II. We are also including a few herbs with its standards as per API, being used as a raw material in the manufacturing of Ashokarishta for 

the benefit of Ayurvedic Industry. 

It is advised that one should test both the raw material & finished product as per the standard test procedure mentioned in the respective pharmacopoeia. 

Please do record the data and in case you find any discrepancy in the multiple lots/batches than please share the same either with the Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia 

Committee or with AMAM. 

Given below are the standards for Ashokarishta & its few herbs. We are certain that this piece of information will be useful & welcomed by research scientists & 

ayurvedic manufacturing units. 

ASOKARISHTA 

(AFI Part-I page 46) 

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English : Asok Tree 

Gujrati : Ashoka 

Hindi : Ashoka 

Kannada : Ashokadamara, Ashokamara, Kankalimara 

Kashmiri : Ashok 

Malayalam : Asokam 

Marathi : Ashok 

Oriya : Ashoka 

Punjabi : Asok 

Tamil : Asogam, Asogu, Asokam 

Telugu : Ashokapatta 

DESCRIPTION 

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1. Ashoka (St.Bk.) 4.800 kg 

2. Water for decoction 49.152 l reduced to 12.288 l 

3. Guda 9.600 kg 

Prakshepa Dravyas 

4. Dhataki (Fl.) 768 g 

5. Ajaji (Shveta jiraka) (Fr.) 48 g 

6. Mustaka (Musta) (Rz.) 48 g 

7. Shunthi (Rz.) 48 g 

8. Darvi (Daruharidra) (St.) 48 g 

9. Utpala (Fl.) 48 g 

10. Haritaki (P.) 48 g 

11. Bibhitaka (P.) 48 g 

12. Amalaki (P.) 48 g 

13. Amrasthi (Amra) (Enm.) 48 g 

14. Jiraka (Shveta jiraka) (Fr.) 48 g 

15. Vasa (Rt.) 48 g 

16. Candana (Shveta candana) (Ht.Wd.) 48 g 

Dose: 12 to 24 ml 

Important Therapeutic Uses: Asrigdara Ruja (Dysmenorrhoea), 

Yoniruja (Vaginal Pain), Shveta Pradara (Leucorrhoea), Jvara (Fever), 

Raktapitta (Bleeding disorder), Arsha (Haemorrhoids), Mandaagni 

(Impaired digestive fire), Arocaka (Tastelessness), Meha (Excessive flow 

of urine), Shotha (Inflammation) 

SYNONYMS 

Sanskrit : Kankeli 

Assamese : Ashoka 

Bengali : Ashoka 

Main ingredients of Ashokarishta 

ASHOKA (Stem bark) 

Ashoka consists of dried stem bark of Saraca 

asoca (Rose.) De. Willd, Syn. Saraca indica 

Linn. (Fam. Leguminosae), collected in spring 

from mature, wild or cultivated trees, found in 

Central and Eastern Himalayas, Western Ghats 

and Deccan. 

a) Macroscopic 

Bark channelled, externally dark green to greenish grey, smooth with 

circular lenticels and transversely ridged, sometimes cracked, internally 

reddish-brown with fine longitudinal strands and fibers, fracture splintery 

exposing striated surface, a thin whitish continuous layer is seen beneath 

the cork layer, taste, astringent. 

b) Microscopic 

Transverse section of stem bark shows periderm consisting of a wide layer 

of cork, radially flattened, narrow cork cambium, secondary cortex wide 

with one or two continuous layers of stone cells with many patches of 

sclereids, parenchymatous tissue contains yellow masses and prismatic 

crystals: secondary phloem consists of phloem parenchyma, sieve tubes 

with companion cells and phloem fibres occuring in groups, crystal fibres 

present. 

IDENTITY, PURITY AND STRENGTH 

Foreign matter: Not more than 2 per cent, 

Total Ash: Not more than 11 per cent, 

Acid-insoluble ash: Not more than 1 per cent, 

Alcohol (90 per cent) soluble extractive: Not less than 15 per cent, 

Water-soluble extractive: Not less than 11 per cent 

CONSTITUENTS 

Tannins and a crystalline glycosides. 

PROPERTIES AND ACTION 

Rasa: Kashaya, Tikta 

Guna : Laghu, Ruksha 

Veerya : Sheeta 

Vipaka : Katu 

Karma: Grahi, Varnya, Hridya, Shothahara, Vishaghna 

IMPORTANT FORMULATIONS - 

Ashokarishta, Ashokaghrita 

THERAPEUTIC USES - 

Asrigdara, Apaci, Daha, Raktadosha, Shotha 

DOSE 20-30 g of the drug for decoction. 


BIBHITAKA (Fruit) 

SYNONYMS 

Sanskrit : Vibhitaka, Aksha, Akshaka 

Assamese : Bhomora, Bhomra, Bhaira 

Bengali : Bayada, Baheda 

English : Beleric Myrobalan 

Gujrati : Bahedan 

Hindi : Bahera 

Kannada : Tare kai, Shanti Kayi 

Kashmiri : Babelo, Balali 

Malayalam : Tannikka 

Marathi : Baheda 

Oriya : Baheda 

Punjabi : Bahera 

Tamil : Thanrikkai 

Telugu : Thanikkaya 

Urdu : Bahera 

Bibhitaka consists of pericarp of 

dried ripe fruits of Terminalia belerica 

Roxb. (Fam. Combretaceae), a large 

deciduous tree, 10-12 m or more high, 

commonly found in plain and forests 

upto 900 m elevation, fruits ripen 

towards November. 

DESCRIPTION 


Fruit nearly spherical to ovoid, 2.5-4.0 cm in diameter, fresh ripe fruits 

slightly silvery or with whitish shiny pubescent surface, mature fruits gray 

or grayish brown with slightly wrinkled appearance, rind of fruit shows 

variation in thickness from 3-5 mm, taste, astringent. 


Transverse section of fruit shows an outer epicarp consisting of a layer of 

epidermis, most of epidermal cells elongate to form hair like protuberance 

with swollen base, composed of a zone of parenchymatous cells, slightly 

tangentially elongated and irregularly arranged, intermingled with stone 

cells of varying shape and size, elongated stone cells found towards 

periphery and spherical in the inner zone of mesocarp in groups of 3-10, 

mesocarp traversed in various directions by numerous vascular strands, 

bundles collateral, endarch, simple starch grains and some stone cells found 

in most of mesocarp cells, few peripheral layers devoid of starch grains, 

rosettes of calcium oxalate and stone cells present in parenchymatous 

cells, endosperm composed of stone cells running longitudinally as well 

as transversely. 





Alcohol-soluble extractive: Not less than 8 per cent, 

Water-soluble extractive: Not less than 35 per cent, 

CONSTITUENTS 

Gallic acid, tannic acid and glycosides 


Rasa: Kashaya 

Guna : Ruksha, Laghu 

Veerya : Ushna 

Vipaka : Madhura 

Karma: Kaphapittajit, Bhedaka, Kriminaashana, Cakshushya, Keshya, 

Kaasahara 

IMPORTANT FORMULATIONS 

Triphala Churna, Triphaladi Taila, Lavangaadi Vati. 

THERAPEUTIC USES 

Svarabheda, Netraroga, Kasa, Chardi, Krimiroga, Vibandha 

DOSE 

3-6 g of the drug in powder from 

DHATAKI (Flower) 

SYNONYMS 

Sanskrit : Bahupuspi, Taamrapushpi, Vahnijvala 

Assamese : Dhaiphool 

Bengali : Dhaiphul 

English : Fire flame bush 

Gujrati : Dhavadi, Dhavani 

Hindi : Dhai, Dhava 

Kannada : Dhataki, Tamrapushpi 

Malayalam : Tattiripuvu, Tatire 

Marathi : Dhayati, Dhavati 

Oriya : Dhaiphula, Dhatuki 

Punjabi : Davi, Phul Dhava 

Tamil : Kattati, Kattathi, Kattattipoo 

Telugu : Aarl Puruvu 

Dhataki consists of flowers of 

Woodfordia fruticosa (Linn.) Kurz. 

(Fam. Lythraceae) : much branched, 

semi deciduous, undershrub or shrub, 

1-3 m high, rarely upto 3 m, found 

throughout India, ascending to 1500 m 

in Himalayas and also in the Gangetic 

plains, also cultivated in gardens. 

DESCRIPTION 


Flower, about 1.2 cm long, occurs as single or in bunches of 2-15, calyx 

1.0-1.6 cm long, ridged and glabrous, bright red when fresh but fades on 

drying, with campanulate base and oblique apex having 6 triangular and 

acute teeth, each tooth being, 2-2.5 mm long, 6, very minute accessory 

sepals attached outside at the juncture of calyx tooth and deeper in colour, 

petals 6, attached inside the mouth of calyx-tube, shightly longer than 

calyx tooth, alternating with calyx-tooth pale rose or whitish, thin, papery, 

lanceolate, acuminate, stamens 12, united at the base, about 1.5-2 cm 

long, filament filiform, curved at the apex, keeping anthers inside calyxtube 

, anthers dorsifixed brown, almost rounded or broadly ovate, carpels 

2, united, ovary superior, style filiform, longe, than ovary and stamens, 

taste, astringent. 


Transverse section of sepal shows, single layered cuticularised epidermis, 

provided with both glandular and covering trichomes; glandular 

trichomes, multicellular, long, consisting of a stalk and a globose, thinwalled, 

multicellular head, covering trichomes, unicellular thick-walled 

broad at base and pointed at the apex, ground tissue consisting of thinwalled, 

parenchymatous cells surface view of petal shows thin-walled, 

parenchymatous cells, provided with very few sparsely distributed covering 

trichomes, transverse section of filament shows, epidermis consisting of 

single layered tangentially elongated cells, covered with a very thickcuticle, 

ground tissue consisting of thin walled parenchymatous cells with 

intercellular spaces, surrounding a central. vascular cylinder of spirally 

thickened vessels, transverse section of anther shows, single layered 

epidermis, covered with cuticle followed by several layers of thickened 

cells, surrounding both the pollen-sacs having numerous pollen grains, 

pollen grains roughly tetrahedral with three pores, measuring 12-16 μ 

approximately, central region consisting of thin-walled cells emboding 

vascular bundles. 





Alcohol-soluble extractive: Not less than 7 per cent, 

Water-soluble extractive: Not less than 28 per cent, 

CONSTITUENTS Tannins and glucosides 


Rasa : Kashaya, Katu 

Guna : Laghu 


Veerya : Shita 

Vipaaka : Katu 

Karma: Grahi, Vishaghna, Garbhasthaapana, Kriminut, Sandhaaniya 

IMPORTANT FORMULATIONS 

Brihat Gangadhara Churna 

THERAPEUTIC USES 

Atisara, Trishna, Visarpa, Raktapitta 

DOSE 

3-6 g. of drug in powder form 

SHVETA JEERAKA (Fruit) 

SYNONYMS 

Sanskrit : Ajaji, Jiraka, Ajajika 

Assamese : Jira 

Bengali : Jira, Sadajira 

English : Cumin seed. Cumin 

Gujrati : Jirautmi, Jiru, Jiraugi, Jeeru, Jirun 

Hindi : Jeera, Safed Jeera 

Kannada : Jirage, Bilejirege 

Kashmiri : Safed Zoor 

Malayalam : Jeerakam 

Marathi : Pandhare jire 

Oriya : Dhalajeera, Dalajira, Jira 

Punjabi : Safed Jira, Chitta Jira 

Tamil : Sheeragam, Chirakam, Jeerakam 

Telugu : Jilakarra, Tella Jilakarra 

Shveta jeeraka consists of ripe fruits 

of Cuminum cyminum, Linn. (Fam. 

Umbelliferae), a glabrous, annual 

herb, 30-90 cm hight, flowers very 

small, white, about 38 mm long 

stalk in compound umbels, mostly 

cultivated in plains, plants pulled 

out, dried thrashed for collecting 

mature fruits. 

Urdu : Zirah, Zirasafed 

DESCRIPTION 

a) Macroscopic Fruit, a cremocarp, often separated into mericarps, 

brown with light coloured ridges ellipsoidal, elongated, about 4-6 

mm long, 2 mm wide, tapering at ends and slightly compressed 

laterally, mericarps with 5 longitudinal hairy primary ridges from 

base to apex, alternating with 4 secondary ridges which are flatter 

and bear conspicuous emergences, seeds orthospermous, odour 

umbelliferous characteristic, taste, richly spicy. 

b) Microscopic Transverse section of fruit shows epidermis consisting of 

short polygonal, tabular cells densely covered with short, bristle hairs 

on ridges, mesocarp with few layers of parenchyma and five vascular 

bundles under five primary ridges, six vittae under secondary ridges, 

four on dorsal and two on commissural surface, endocarp consists of 

polygonal cells containing fixed oil and aleurone grains carpophore 

consists of slender fibres. 


Foreign matter Not more than 2 per cent, Total Ash Not more than 8 

per cent, Acid-insoluble ash Not more than 1 per cent, Alcohol-soluble 

extractive Not less than 7 per cent, Water-soluble extractive Not less 

than 15 per cent, 

CONSTITUENTS Essential oil 


Rasa : Katu 

Guna : Laghu, Ruksha, Tikshna 

Veerya : Ushna 

Vipaka : Katu 

Karma:Ruchya, Deepana, Paachana, Graahi, Krimighna, Kaphavaatahara 

IMPORTANT FORMULATIONS - Jeerakadyarisha, Jeerakadi 

Modaka, Hingvadi Churna, Hinguvadi Churna 

THERAPEUTIC USES - Agnimandya, Atisara, Krimiroga 

DOSE : 1-3 g of the drug in powder form. 

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All India Ayurvedic Congress Observed Its Centenary 

Celebrations 

The All India Ayurvedic Congress (AIAC) celebrated its centenary from October 6 to October 8, 2009 

Hon’ble President Pratibha Devisingh Patil inaugurated the celebrations in Sri Fort Auditorium, New Delhi on this day. 

Also gracing the celebrations were Hon’ble Chief Minister of Delhi Smt. Shiela Dixit, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Bihar Mr. Nitish Kumar, 

Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, spiritual guru Shri Shri Ravi Shankar and philosopher Deepak 

Chopra. 

Articles on various aspects of Ayurveda and allied subjects were exhibited at the celebration. 

These included articles on herbal plants with medicinal properties, including their derivatives, manufactured medicines with machinery, 

equipments and accessory, research work progress besides educational books and manuscripts. 

Articles on Ayurveda in foreign countries, utility of computer in Ayurveda, Ayurveda and its utility applied to tourism, Panch-Karma 

appliances and equipment were also exhibited. 

Established in 1907, the Ayurveda Congress has been working for the protection, propagation and promotion of the eternal science of 

Ayurveda since the very beginning of 20th century through branches spread all over India. 

Hon’ble President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil lighting the lamp 

to inaugurate the ‘Centenary Celebrations and World Conclave of All India 

Ayurvedic Congress’, in New Delhi on October 07, 2009. 

Hon’ble Cheif Minister of Delhi, Smt. Sheila Dikshit, the Hon’ble Minister of 

State of Health and Family Welfare, Shri S. Gandhiselvan and the President, All 

India Ayurvedic Congress, Vaidya Dr. Devendra Triguna are also seen. 

Hon’ble President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil addressing at the 

‘Centenary Celebrations and World Conclave of All India Ayurvedic Congress’, 

in New Delhi on October 07, 2009 

Hon’ble President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil releasing ‘Shatabdi 

Granth’ at the ‘Centenary Celebrations and World Conclave of All India Ayurvedic 

Congress’, in New Delhi on October 07, 2009. 

Hon’ble Chief Minister of Delhi, Smt. Sheila Dikshit and the President, All India 

Ayurvedic Congress, Vaidya Dr. Devendra Triguna are also seen. 

Hon’ble Chief minister Sheila Dikshit felicitates Ayurvedacharya Brihaspati 

Dev Triguna during the inauguration of the Centenary Celebration and World 

Conclave on Ayurveda, organised by the All-India Ayurvedic Congress, in New 

Delhi on October 7, 2009. 


Mr. Ranjit Puranik (Shri Dhootpapeshwar) presents the memento to the Hon’ble 

President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil at the ‘Centenary Celebrations 

and World Conclave of All India Ayurvedic Congress’, in New Delhi on October 

07, 2009. 

Hon’ble Chief Minister of Delhi, Smt. Sheila Dikshit and the President, All India 

Ayurvedic Congress, Vaidya Devendra Triguna are also seen. 

Hon’ble Chief Minister of Bihar, Mr. Nitish Kumar addresses the concluding day 

function of the two-day All-India Ayurvedic Congress centenary celebrations in 

New Delhi on October 8, 2009. 

Speaking on the occasion Hon’ble Chief Minister of Bihar, Mr. Nitish Kumar urged 

the Ayurvedic doctors to maintain the original form of the treatment. 

Hon’ble President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil felicitates Vaidya 

Devendra Triguna, the President, Al l India Ayurvedic Congress. 

The President, All India Ayurvedic Congress, Vd. Devender Triguna, Mr. Prabhat 

C. Chaturvedi, Secretary, Ministry of Labour & Employment and Mr. Sunil Duggal, 

CEO DIL on inauguration ceremony of scientific exhibition held on October 6, 

2009 

Mr. Sunil Duggal, CEO Dabur India Limited addressing the participants at the 

opening ceramani of Scientific Exhibition held on October 6, 2009 

Vaidya Devendra Triguna, Shri Prabhat, C. Chaturvedi, secratery Ministery of 

labour and Employment, Govt. of India & Mr. Sunil Duggal, releasing the CD of 

documentary film on Ayurveda. 


Vaidya Dr. Devendra Triguna felicitates Mr. Sunil Duggal, CEO Dabur India 

Limited. 

Vaidya Devendra Triguna presenting Kalash & Shriphal to Hon’ble M.P. Orissa, 

Shri Tatahagata Satpathy. 

Vaidya Devendra Triguna welcomes Hon’ble Health Minister of Himachal Pradesh, 

Dr. Rajiv Bindal. 

Vaidya Devendra Triguna presenting memento to Hon’ble Minister of Health & 

Family Welfare, Delhi, Smt. Kiran Walia. 

Vaidya Devendra Triguna welcomes Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal “Nishank”, Hon’ble 

Chief Minister of Uttarakhand 

Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal “Nishank”, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttarakhand in 

close conversation with Vaidya Devendra Triguna 


His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Ji felicitates Dr. Deepak Chopra the great 

Physician, Speaker, Writer & P hilosopher. 

Dr. Deepak Chopra, His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Ji, Vaidya Devendra 

Triguna & Vaidya S. K. Mishra during the proceedings of celebration 

Smt. S. Jalaja, Secretary, Dept. of AYUSH offering flowers to Lord Dhanwantari 

during a pooja ceremony. 

Vd. Devender Triguna presenting Kalash & Sriphal to Mr. B. Anand, Joint 

Secretary, Dept. of AYUSH 

August audience & Industry members. 

Mr. Prabhat C. Chaturvedi, Secretary, Ministry of Labour & Employment shaking 

hands with Mr. Sunil Duggal CEO DIL also seen is Mr. I. J. Riesz, Managing 

Director, Garuda Trade Ltd. 


Maintaining of records of raw material used by 

licensed manufacturing units of ASU drugs 

Dear members, 

As a manufacturing unit, we’ll now be required to keep a record of the raw material being used by each one of us in every fiscal year. We need to share this information 

on consumption of raw material with AYUSH DEPT. for their further use. You can submit this information online on a link www.nmpb/nic/in/asurawmaterial.asp. You may 

also submit the return of raw material consumed through fax on 011 22240086 or e-mail as an attachment file to asurawmaterial@datamationindia.com. 

This information submission will be mandatory for going in for a new license application or renewal of old license. 

Given below is a joint letter issued from department of AYUSH & Medicinal plant board. Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. 

The Gazette of India : Extraordinary 

Ministry of Health and Family welfare (Department of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Sidha and Homoeopathy) 

Notification 

New Delhi, the 9th July, 2008 

G.S.R. 512(E). – Whereas the draft of certain rules further to ammend the 

Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945 was published as required by section 

33-N of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 (23 of 1940), in the Gazette 

of India, Extraordinary, dated the 19th October, 2006, vide Number GSR 

651 (E) inviting objections and suggestions from persons likely to be 

affected thereby and notice was given that the said draft will be taken into 

consideration after the expiry of a period of forty-five days from the date 

on which copies of the official Gazette containing the said notification 

were made available to the public; 

And whereas, the said Gazette was made available to the public on the 

18th October, 2006; 

And whereas objections and suggestions received from the public on the 

said draft rules Drugs & Cosmetics Act, 1940 (23 of 1940) have been 

considered by the Central Government; 

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 33-N of the 

Drugs & Cosmetics Act, 1940 (23 of 1940) the Central Government, 

after consultation with the Ayurveda, Sidha and Unani Drugs Technical 

Advisory Board, hereby makes the following rules further to amend 

the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945, namely:- 

1) These rules may be called the Drugs and Cosmetics (First Amendment) 

Rules, 2008. 

2) They shall come into force from the date of their publication in the 

Official Gazette. 

In the Drug and Cosmetics Rules, 1945 (herein referred to as the said 

rules), after rule 157, the following rule shall be inserted, namely:- 

“157A. Maintaining of records of raw material used by licensed 

manufacturing unit of Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani drugs in the preceding 

financial year. Each licensed manufacturing unit of Ayurveda or Siddha 

or Unani drugs shall keep a record of raw material used by each licensed 

manufacturing unit of Ayurveda, Siddha or Unani drugs the case may be in 

the Performa given in Schedule TA in respect of all raw materials utilized 

by that unit in the manufacture of Ayurveda or Siddha or Unani drugs in 

the preceding financial year, and shall submit the same by the 30th day of 

June of the succeeding financial year of State Drug Licensing Authority of 

Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani drugs and to the National Medicinal Plants 

Board or any agency nominated by the National Medicinal Plant Board 

for this purpose” 

In the said rules, afer Schedule T, following Schedule shall be inserted, 

namely:- 

“Schedule TA 

(See rule 157 A) 

Form for record of utilization of raw material by Ayurveda or Siddha or 

Unani licensed manufacturing unit during the financial year. 

Identification Particulars: 

Manufacturing License No…......……............... 

Issued by ……………..................….................. 

Name: ………………........................................ 

Address: ……………......................................... 

State: ………….................................................. 

Pin Code: ………….......................…................ 

Telephone: …………......................................... 

Fax: ………….................................................... 

Email: ……………............................................ 

1. Quantity of Medicinal Plants/Extracts/Essential oils/ Metals / Animal By-Products / Minerals Used During 1st April, to 31st March, of the proceeding year (For 

Productions at the identified facility) 

(A) 

Hearbs Used 

Common Name 

as in AFI/API* 

Plant’s 

Botanical 

Name 

Quantity Used/ 

per annum (in 

Kgs.) 

Sources of suppply 

Part used 

Traders/ 

Manufactures 

Forest 

Collectors 

Cultivators Imported Total Whole 

Plants 

Root Leaf Others 

*Ayurvedic Formulary of India / Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India 

(B) Extracts Used 

Name of Extracts 

Common Name as in AFI/ 

API* 

Quantity Used / per annum (in 

Kgs.) 

Sources of Supply 

Botanical Name In-House Export Suppliers Imported Total 

*Ayurvedic Formulary of India / Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India 


(C) 

Metals / Minerals Used 

Name of Mineral Quantity Used / per annum (in Kgs.) Sources of Supply 

Common Name Chemical Name Manufactures / Traders 

(Domestic) 

Imported 

Total 

(D) 

Animal by-products used 

Common Name 

Name of Extracts Quantity Used / per annum (in Kgs.) Sources of Supply 

Botanical / Chemical 

Name (if any) 

Manufactures Traders 

(Domestic) 

Imported 

Total 

2. Shortage of raw material(s) / inputs during the preceeding year. 

Yes 

No 

If yes, please indicate name(s) of such raw material(s) by level of importance starting from most important to least important, reason for shortage [availability, quality 

or any other (please specify)] 

Name of Raw Material Approx. Qty of Shortage (in Kgs.) Reason 

Name of the drug and part used as mentioned in official 

formulation / Pharmacopoeial / schedule I book 

Botanical / Chemical Name (if any) 

[No.K.11020/2/2006-DCC (Ayush] 

SHIV BASANT, Jt. Secy. 

Foot Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Vide notification number F. 28-10/45-H (I), dated the 21st December, 1945 and subsequently 

ammended vide notification number G.S.R. No. 678(E) dated 31-10-2006 

F.No. A-11019/29/2008-NMPB (Pt.) 

Government of India 

Ministry of Health & Family Welfare 

Department of AYUSH 

National Medicinal Plants Board 

Chandralok Building 

36-Janpath, New Delhi – 110 001 

Email: info-nmpb@nic.in 

Tel. No.: 011-23319360, Fax. No. : 011-23319356 

New Delhi, the 10th August, 2009 

To 

All State Drug Licensing Authorities (As per List) 

Sir, 

Please refer to D.O. of even number dated 26.05.2009 regarding maintaining and furnishing of information on raw material consumed by the ASU drug manufacturing 

units. In terms of the notification dated 09.07.2008, each of its licensed units in every financial year and submit the same by the 30th June of the succeeding year to the 

State Drug Licensing Authority of ASU drugs and th the National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB) or any agency nominated by the NMPB for this purpose. 

Till date, however, we have received only a few returns from the ASU manufacturers though the dead line of June 30th 2009 is long past due. You are, therefore, once 

again requested to advise the manufacturing units within your jurisdiction to submit the request information immediately by mail or courier without any further delay 

considering that it is a legal requirement now. 

Towards this end, NMPB has appointed M/s Datamation consultants Private Limited, Delhi as a nodal agency for: 

1) Receiving, collecting and compiling the information regarding raw material used by the ASU drug manufacturers and analyze the same for the management 

interventions. 

2) Development of MIS for online receipt of data, its compilation and analysis. 

3) Liase with the State Licensing Authorities and ASU drug manufacturer to collect information. 

4) Submission of the Reports on monthly basis or on demand by NMPB/Department of AYUSH. 

A link www.nmpb/nic/in/asurawmaterial.asp has also been created to help online submission of the prescribed schedule. You are requested to direct the ASU manufacturing 

units in your State to submit the return to the raw material consumed by them, rather online or fax on 011-2224086 or email as an attachment to asurawmaterial@ 

datamationindia.com or the same can be sent as a hard copy to Amazing NMPB Desk, c/o Datamation Brain Consultants Facts Private limited, Plot#3&4 Hasanpur, I.P. Extension, Delhi-110092 

(contact person: Ms. Sonal Bhatnagar/Mr. Bhupendra singh). 

It is also requested that the state Drug Licensing Authorities make it mandatory to ensure that warns the the above rest information of the brain is furnished that you at are the about time of to considering tickle yourself. application Since for 

• renewal The human of License brain of the has manufacturing about 100,000,000,000 units, new product (100 billion) approvals neurons. or at the time of annual 

your 

inspections. 

brain knows this, it ignores the resulting sensation. 

• Your brain is 80% water. 

Yours faithfully, 

• The most common mental illness is Anxiety Disorders. 

• From all the oxygen that a human breathes, twenty percent goes to the 

• Your brain is more active and thinks more at night than during the 

(Parhlad brain. Rai) 

Deputy Secretary to the Government of India) 

day. 

• Copy Once to: a human reaches the age of 35, he/she will start losing 

• Women are twice as likely to be diagnosed with depression than men. 

1) approximately All the ASU Drug 7,000 Manufacturing brain cells Associations a day. with The a request cells will to ensure never compliance be of the notifications from their members. 

2) replaced. M/s. Datamation Consultants Private limited 

• People who ride on roller coasters have a higher chance of having a 

blood clot in the brain. 

• It is not possible to tickle yourself. The cerebellum, a part of the brain, 

(Parhlad Rai) 

Deputy Secretary to the Government of India 


Upcoming Events 

XIII International Conference and Exhibition: Medicinal and 

Aromatic Plants - Challenges and Opportunities 

Annexed to the Conference proceeding, there is an international exhibition 

for aromatic and medicinal plants and spices. The exhibition includes 

production equipment such as machines for mobilization and packaging 

of spices and herbs. 

Venue: Cairo International Conference Center Nasser City, Cairo, Egypt 

Date: 03 Oct, 2009 to 05 Oct, 2009 

Pharmac India 2009 

IDMA – GSB & Orbitz exhibitors Pvt. Ltd.is organizing an Exhibition 

on Pharma & Healthcare named “Pharmac India 2009” from 7th to 9th 

November ’09 at Ahemdabad. 

For details you may contact: 

Mr. Pankaj Chaudhary - Director – MICE 

Orbitz Exhibitions Pvt Ltd 

4/10, East Patel Nagar, New Delhi - 110 008. 

Mob : +91 93504 84331 

Email : pankaj@orbit-elite.com 

Or 

IDMA – GSB (Indian Drugs Manufacturers Association – Gujarat State 

Board) 

4, Park Avenue, 1st Floor, Parimal Garden Char Rasta, 

Near Gujarat Gas Company, Ahmedabad – 380 006 

Or log on to 

www.pharmacindia.com 

Wellness SPA Show 

(13-NOV-09 - 15-NOV-09) Event Profile: Wellness SPA Show is one of 

the biggest exhibition for beauty and wellness industry. The event will 

be held between 13-15 November 2009 at Peoples Plaza. This three day 

exhibition is being organized by Samanuaya Communications. Wellness 

SPA Show will attract nearly 3500 visitors form different part of globe. 

Venue: Peoples Plaza, Hyderabad, India 

Natural Ingredients Exhibition 

(17-NOV-09 - 19-NOV-09) Event Profile: The increasing consumer focus 

on natural ingredients means the time is ripe for an exciting new concept: 

the Natural ingredients (Ni) trade show. Ni is good news for manufacturers 

of all sorts of natural ingredients, from medical remedies and cosmetics 

to food. It also provides an extremely attractive showcase for buyers, who 

will finally be able to find everything they’re looking for under one roof. 

Venue: Messe Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany 

BioFach India together with India Organic 

(18-NOV-09 - 20-NOV-09) Event Profile: World Organic Trade Fair is 

proud to launch BioFach India together with India Organic in Mumbai. 

The fair will take place annually, starting in 2009 at the Mumbai Exhibition 

Center from 18 to 20 Nov 2009. Organic aquaculture: Organic cashew, 

walnuts, coconuts and other nuts: Organic coffee, tea and cocoa: Organic 

cotton and cotton products will be targeting Ministry of Agriculture, 

Consumer Affairs and Food & Public Distribution, Ministry of Commerce 

& Industry.Venue: Bombay Exhibition Centre - NSE Exhibition Complex, 

Mumbai, India 

2nd International Symposium on Medicinal and 

Nutraceutical Plants 

Nutrition and Phytomedicine Laboratory, Department of Physiology, All 

India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi (India) is organizing the 

2nd International Symposium on Medicinal and Nutraceutical Plants from 

25-27 November, 2009, in collaboration with International Society for 

Horticulture Sciences (ISHS), Belgium. 

Venue: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 

Date: 25 Nov, 2009 to 27 Nov, 2009 

Middle East Natural & Organic Products Expo 2009 

(07-DEC-09 - 09-DEC-09) Event Profile: Hosted by Global Links 

Exhibition & Conference Organizers at Dubai World Trade Centre(DWTC), 

PO Box 7978, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the Middle East Natural & 

Organic Products Expo is emerged out as a viable event for displaying the 

entire spectrum of natural and organic items. It is 3 days event which is 

highly prioritized among importers, exporters, wholesalers, distributors, 

buyers etc. from all over the world.Venue: Dubai International Convention 

& Exhibition Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 

International Health & Fitness Expo (IHFE) 

(12-DEC-09 - 13-DEC-09) Event Profile: International Health & Fitness 

Expo (IHFE) promote healthy living in today’s world. To be a one stop 

center for all health related industrial and company to come forward and 

helping the government vision to create healthy living and family. The 

will be held in December 2009 at Penang.Venue: Penang International 

Sports Arena, Penang, Malaysia 

Fit Omaha Expo - Health & Fitness Expo 

(09-JAN-10 - 10-JAN-10)Event Profile: FitOmaha Expo - Health & Fitness 

Expo will be held between 17-18 in Mancuso Hall of the Civic Auditorium. 

The goal of the Expo is to bring together the leaders representing Omaha’s 

health and fitness organizations and businesses to achieve one common 

goal and healthy community.Venue: Civic Auditorium Omaha, Omaha, 

United States Of America 

Panacea 2010 

(03-FEB-10 - 05-FEB-10) Event Profile: PANACEA 2010 is South Asia?s 

Only International Trade Fair on Natural & Organic Products. It is an ideal 

platform which brings together the world’s leading manufacturers, buyers, 

R&D, marketing & production experts, presenting a huge innovative range 

of natural ingredients, products and services, all under one roof. The trade 

show will offer its exhibitors an excellent opportunity to increase their 

brand awareness and promotion in India and the Sub-continent. 

Venue: World Trade Centre Mumbai, Mumbai, India 

Ancient Wisdom 

They are forever free who renounce all selfish desires and break away from the egocage 

of “I,” “me,” and “mine” to be united with the Lord. This is the supreme state. 

Attain to this, and pass from death to immortality. 

- Bhagavad Gita 2:71-72 


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