| Dr. Jai Maharaj 2004-11-08, 2:08 am |
| Indian scientists make wonder lipstick, medicinal beer:
Indo-Asian News Service
Monday, November 8, 2004
[Health India]: Lukhnow, Nov 7 - A wonder lipstick with a
sensuous edge that could also lessen user fatigue could
be in the market soon.
Keeping it company could be a beer that would protect the
liver, yet giving the kind of kick that the ordinary
lager gives its drinkers.
The National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) here
developed these and many other products applying India's
traditional herbal cure wisdom to modern pharmacology as
part of a special drive of its ethno-pharmacology
division, says P. Pushpangadan, its director.
There are other products like a herbal soft drink and
compact herbal nutritional foods, Pushpangadan told IANS.
The totally herbal lipstick has its basis in aromas that
penetrate the skin and allow subdermal absorption of
chemical elements, says Pushpangadan.
"Lips are most sensitive to subdermal absorption and
could, therefore, be used as the best medium to stimulate
the human brain," he said.
Pushpangadan, who believes the 21st century will be the
age of ayurveda, said his scientists are currently
researching several other herbs and plants that find a
mention in ancient works like the Vedas and the Bhrigu
Samhita.
The scriptures were translated for the researchers, he
said.
The team was also hopeful of finding herbal cures for
several chronic ailments.
"Currently we are working on certain herbs which, if
grown during off season, acquire certain medicinal
properties," Pushpandgadan said.
"For instance, spinach grown in summer could come in
handy to cure certain serious diseases," he pointed out.
Having traced the history of beer to 2,000 years ago,
Pushpangadan said, "It was not difficult to work out a
potion that would taste like normal beer and yet be
different from the conventional barley-based beer".
"This beer is an anti-oxidant liver protective and has
tremendous cooling properties," he said, while offering a
glassful of the fresh brew in the lab next door.
The scientists have developed a granular food, which they
claim has special properties to enhance children's IQ
level.
Alarmed by a study that drew his attention to the
consistently falling IQ level among 80 percent of Uttar
Pradesh children, Pushpangadan got down to developing a
herbal powdered food that could enhance their IQ level.
"Normally, the foetal brain begins to grow from the third
month of pregnancy and reaches an optimum level by the
age of two-and-a-half years," he points out.
Malnutrition of expectant and feeding mothers was the key
factor behind this trend of declining IQ level,
Pushpangadan felt. "Now this new food, that was based on
Amaranthus and other conventional herbs could save both
mothers and the kids from malnutrition," he said.
Interestingly, the food tastes quite like any of the baby
foods produced and marketed by multinationals.
- Indo-Asian News Service
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