Friday, February 29, 2008

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Asparagus falcatus

Family: Liliaceae
Common name: Hathawariya

Botanical description

Habit; A tall subscandent under shrub with terete, smooth armed branches, branchlets very slender, flexuous, spines 4-6 mm long;



Leaves; Reduced to minute scales, cladodes solitary 10-15 cm. long,2 -4 mm broad, narrowly ensiform, falcate, flat, costate, narrowed in to an acicular tip;

Flowers
; regular, bisexual, white, fragrant, laxly few flowered in sub corymbiform racemes 1.2- 1.8 cm in length, bracts minute, pedicels capillary, jointed below the middle; perianth about 2 mm diameter, rotate, segments oblong, obtuse, stamens 6, anthers minute, subglobose;
Berry about 6 mm in diameter and 1 -3 seeded. (Jayaweera 1981)
Flowers in September and October.

Uses

The tuberous roots taken internally act as a cholagogue and are valuable in chronic congestion of liver, jaundice and gall stones. They are diuretic and are of much value in chronic nephritis, pyelitis, cystitis, gonorrhea and strangury. They are largely employed as an antilithic for urinary gravel and calculi. They have anti rheumatic properties and give excellent results in chronic rheumatism. They are restorative in wasting diseases and act as a muscular and nervine tonic. They area useful aphrodisiac for sexual debility and sterility.
(Jayaweera 1981)
Agronomic Description
Asparagus can be propagated by stem cuttings and roots. The seeds also can be used for propagation.

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

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Regulation of respiration

Regulation of respiration is an interesting topic. Normally our respiration is an automatic process. But there is another mechanism to override this and allow voluntary breathing. In automatic breathing nerve impulses are produced in the medulla and transmitted to the external intercostals muscles and diaphragm by the way of phrenic and intercostals nerves. These impulses are generated in the pre-Botzinger complex of medulla. Pre-Botzinger complex receives afferent pathways from chemoreceptors and proprioceptors. It also receives afferents from higher centers. These afferents can modify the rhythm of discharge by the pre-Botzinger complex.

To maintain correct gas pressures chemoreceptors play an important role. There are two types of chemoreceptors.

  1. Central chemoreceptors
  2. Peripheral chemoreceptors

Central chemoreceptors are located in the medulla and the peripheral chemoreceptors are located in the aortic and carotid bodies. When a hypoxic condition develops the peripheral chemoreceptors get stimulated. It sends impulses to the respiratory center of the medulla and increases the respiratory minute volume. Peripheral chemoreceptors have little or no sensitivity to CO2. When arterial CO2 partial pressure increased it increases the CO2 concentration of CSF. This decreases the pH of CSF and the decreases pH stimulates the central chemoreceptors. This also increases the ventilation and blows off more CO2.

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Koboleela

Botanical description

Habit; A medium sized deciduous tree with a dark brown bark and nearly smooth, brown and pubescent young shoots;

Leaves; Simple, alternate, cordate, orbicular glabrous, 5-10 cm long, bi lobed 1/3 of its length;

Flowers; Irregular, bisexual, large, fragrant, white or purplish in small pubescent corymbs; calyx limb spathe- like, not splitting into segments, tube slender l.3-2.5 cm long tip 5 toothed; petals 5 slightly unequal, oblong, upper one darker and often tinged with cream and reed, margins wavy; stamens 5 free fertile, anthers versatile, staminodes absent; ovary superior, stalked, pubescent along the edge , unilocular with marginal placentation, style long, cylindric, stigma terminal, capitate;

Fruit; A glabrous, legume, 15 cm long. 1.8 cm broad, dehiscent, bearing 6-15 seeds. Flowers between February and April (Jayaweera 1981)

Distribution

Occurs through out India from western Himalaya to Sikkim, Burma and China. It is cultivated in Sri Lanka

Composition;

The trees yields a brown gum of little value, the seeds contain a fixed oil. (Jayaweera 1981)

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Adaptations of the respiratory system to high altitude

In high altitude the barometric pressure decreases. So the partial pressure of oxygen in atmosphere also decreases. When a person lives in high altitude for a long period of time,

  1. Pulmonary ventilation increase.
  2. Red blood cell count increases.
  3. Diffusion capacity of the lungs increases.
  4. Vascularity of the tissues increases and the ability of the cells to uptake oxygen also increases.

Mechanism-

Immediate exposure to low partial pressure of oxygen causes hypoxia and this stimulates peripheral chemoreceptors. This increases alveolar ventilation. But with the increased alveolar ventilation more CO2 is blown off and partial pressure of CO2 in arterial blood decreases. This in turn reduces the partial pressure of CO2 in tissue fluid and increase pH. This increase in pH near the central chemoreceptor depresses the respiratory center. In next few days this inhibition fades away. So now the respiratory center responds maximally to the stimulation of the peripheral chemoreceptors by hypoxia. This can increases ventilation five times normal.
Also when a person exposed to high altitude his erythropoietin production increases in response to hypoxia. This increases erythrocyte production.
In addition to this, prolonged exposure to low O2 increases the diffusion capacity of the lungs. This occurs due to,
  1. Increased blood volume.
  2. Increased pulmonary blood pressure.
  3. Increase of the lung volume.

Monday, February 25, 2008

Colon cleanser

Nowadays people have become more and more bowel conscious. In United Kingdom and USA constipation has become a major health issue. Alone with constipation increased antibiotic use has increased bowel inflammation and irritation dramatically. With all these issues scientists have found constipation can leads to colonic malignancies. So to prevent bowel cancers good bowel habits are necessary.

To prevent constipation and problems associated with constipation you can use a colon cleanser. This can gently cleanse and flush your colon without allowing toxic substances to develop. (Bacterial action on certain foods, especially food additives, can produce carcinogens.) This also prevents bacterial overgrowth of the normal flora. I am sure colon cleansing reduce lot of problems associated with constipation including poor appetite, bloating and foul breath. By doing a Colon Cleanse you can prevent 60% of the normal problems associated with your bowels.

Sansevieria zeylonica

Family Liliaceae
Botanical Name Sansevieria zeylonica (Linn)
Common Name Niyanda, Muruwa

Botanical Description




Habit; A stoloniferous, perennial herb with very stout root stock and very short stems; Leaves; Radial distichous, terete, about 8 or 9 in a tuft, 0.8 - 1 m long 2.5 cm broad towards the middle, sub erect, dagger shaped, rigid, pale green with transverse bands of darker green, concave above and striate, dorsally rounded. 0.6 thick from back to front, margins thin reddish terminated by a terete acute rigid, spiniform green tip 2.5 -5cm long;

Flowers; Flowering scape about 30 cm tall, cylindric, green or pale purple with a few linear acuminate bracts 2.5 -5 cm long, Flowers regular bisexual, greenish white tinged with violet, in fascicles of 3 -5 sub erect very shortly pedicelled, sweet scented on erect cylindric racemes 30 -40 cm long 3.7 -5 cm in diameter, bracts very minute, ovate, acute, pale green; perianth 6, fused tube elongatel.2 cm long pale greenish white, lobes as long as the tube, linear to oblong, obtuse, revolute, tips purplish stamens inserted on the bases of the lobes, erect filaments as long as the perianth lobes , anthers oblong versatile, ovary superiour, attached by broad base, trigonous, 3 locular with a single ovule in each loculus, style filiform, exserted; stigma minute;

Fruit; Globose, dark orange, 0.8 in diameter, containing a single broadly ovoid white seed Flowers in January to June.(Jayaweera 1981)

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Murraya koenilgii

Family Rutaceae
Botanical name Murraya koenilgii (L)
Spreng Chalcas koenilgii (L)
Common name Karapincha

Botanical description


Habit; A small tree with dark grey bark and pubescent branches leaves compound, alternate, exstipulate , impanpinnate, somewhat crowded, spreading, 15-25 cm long rachis pubescent , leaflets 15-25 shortly stalked, 2.5-5 cm long oval or oblong lanceolate, very obleque at base, slightly caudate obtuse or emarginated at apex, irregularly crenate, glabrous above, pubescent beneath, the lower ones smaller, and more rotundate;
The flower is regular, bisexual , white, fragrant, about 1.2 cm long on short pedicels and in much branched, flat topped, corymbose terminal cymes, bracts minute; sepeals 5, small, nearly distinct, triangular, subacute, pubescent; petals5, linear erect, glabrous, valuate gland dotted; stamens free, alternate ones shorter, inserted on a fleshy disc, fitments narrowed. at the top; ovary superior, glabrous, without a gynophore, 2 Jocular with usually one ovule in each loculus, style long stigma large, capitate;
Fruit a globular berry 0.6-1 cm long apiculate, black, 2 seeded, rough with glands. The plant flowers in December and August.

Distribution

Occurs in India and Sri Lanka. It is very common in the low country dry zone. Com position
Fresh leaves contain amahanimbine, murrayanol and mahanine as active alkaloids. The fruit of this plant contains the essential oil koenigin. 9 (Ramanayake et al 2000)

Uses

The leaves bark and roots are tonic and stomachic. The leaves with other ingredients are roasted made into a powder and given for constipation, abdominal colic and diarrhea. The boiled leaves are given for hiccough and hoarseness. The juice of the fresh leaves is also given for diarrhea and dysentery. The bruised leaves are applied externally on eruptions. The leaf of this plant is the familiar curry leaf which is used for flavoring soups, vegetables and meat dishes.

Agronomic description

Grows well in dry climates. Seeds can be used for propagation. Mature well riped fruits are soaked in water for four days. The soaked seeds should be washed thoroughly several times. These seeds should be planted in a sand bed to obtain seedlings. Suckers produced from mature plants also can be used for propagation. Direct sun light and irrigation favors the growth of plants. Addition of. compost and fish meal as manure also enhances the growth of the plants.( Ramanayake et al 2002)

Potential in landscaping

Karapincha is a commonly used herb in many Asian countries. It is a very useful tree to be included in a home garden.