Mysore :

To spread awareness on medicinal plants, Department of AYUSH together with Government Ayurveda College has launched ‘Moolika Dasara’ throughout the district.

Planting Sapling: About 30,000 saplings of over 50 medicinal plants like Bringaraja, Madhushalini, Nelli, Vandagala and Brahmi will be planted in all the taluks of the district.

‘Mane Maddu’: Women participating in Mahila Dasara will be groomed on making ‘Mane Maddu’ (home medicine) using medicinal plant to treat common ailments.

Makkala Dasara: Medicinal plants will be on exhibit at Kukkerahalli lake premises where students will be educated on medicinal plants by Ayurveda Medicine students. A quiz to identify medicinal plants will also be conducted for the students.

Raitha Dasara: Farmers visiting Raitha Dasara will be given medicinal plant saplings free of cost to spread awareness on them.

Mini garden: Institutions and public in city will be encouraged to develop mini garden of medicinal plants.

Awareness Rally: An awareness rally as part of ‘Moolika Dasara’ will be taken out throughout the city by students of Ayurveda College with distribution of leaflets on medicinal plants.

Guests arriving for Dasara programmes will be greeted with a sapling of medicinal plant instead of a bouquet, according to sources in AYUSH Department.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News  / September 04th,  2014