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A traditional secret saving method of woven designs in talapatra pothi by Rangani at Dhalapathar
Full text linkA traditional secret saving method of woven designs in talaptra pothi (palm leaf manuscripts) by a Buddhist weaving community Rangani at Dhalapathar has been discussed. It describes the way of representing woven designs numerically in an unconventional way to make incomprehensible for others. The novelty of this method is to prevent other weaving communities of the state from purloining of their original designs which is rare and hardly seen anywhere in India
Understanding validation of traditional approaches to health: An analysis of research trends and the need for minimum standards- A systematic review
Full text linkScientific validation of the interventions used for the treatment of various ailments in Ayush systems of medicine (ASM) is currently an emerging field. The stakeholders hesitate to promote the traditional knowledge to resolve the current health issues without exploring the scientific rationale and rigorous experimentation. It seems that scientific validation of traditional approaches has become a roadblock for the translation of the aged old experiences and wisdom into clinical practice. This systematic review has been done to study the evolving research trends, existing policy, current regulatory mechanism and publication criteria for the research meant for scientific validation of ASM. This review is based on the analysis of the published clinical trials, ethical and regulatory guidelines published between 2001 and 2022. The major databases were searched such as Medline, AYUSH Research Portal, Google Scholar, Scopus, Science Direct and Web of Science. The analysis showed that the trends for scientific validation studies had continuously been on the rise in the past two decades. The guidelines for validation studies, safety studies, good clinical practices and ethical guidelines for biomedical research had been framed for research in ASM. We observed that there were no defined minimum standards for an intervention to be declared scientifically validated so that the research could be directional. Our study concludes that the concept of scientific validation of traditional approaches has not been comprehensively defined so far. As a result, scientific validation studies are not conducted in such a direction leading to achieve the set targets in the near future
Effect of pigmentation on physical, phytochemical and antioxidant properties of traditional rice landraces from Odisha region (India)
Full text linkA study was conducted in the Odisha region of India to assess genetic parameters, heritability, and trait associations in twenty traditional pigmented and non-pigmented rice landraces. The evaluation focused on twenty-five physical, phytochemical, and antioxidant properties. The results showed potential for enhancing desired traits in pigmented rice due to a wide range of genotypic variation, high heritability, and substantial genetic advances. These improvements were particularly observed in characteristics such as porosity, total soluble sugar, phytochemicals, and antioxidant properties in pigmented rice. Additionally, properties like the length-breadth ratio of grains, thickness, diameter, thousand grain weight, and bulk density of grains can be used for trait improvement in non-pigmented rice. Physical attributes like thickness, grain weight, and porosity, as well as phytochemical traits like total soluble sugar and protein content, were notably higher in pigmented rice. Correlations between traits indicated that Pigmented rice was associated with phytochemical and antioxidant properties, while Non-pigmented rice was linked to amylose content, density, and the length-breadth ratio of grains. Two promising pigmented genotypes, Bodikaberi and Mahipaljeera, were identified and could be valuable for future rice breeding programs. Moreover, these genotypes have potential applications in the food industry for creating value-added products to enhance nutritional quality and could also be relevant to the cosmetic industry due to their superior antioxidant properties.
Food manifested communication of traditional knowledge among tribal women in Tamil Nadu
Full text linkEvery culture has its own traditional food practice. In the recent past, the traditional food practices and the transfer of knowledge have been in transition. A study was conducted among women tribes in Kolli Hills, Pachamalai Hills and Pechiparai in Tamilnadu to assess the Traditional Food Knowledge (TFK) of tribal women and their transmission through generations. A total number of 66 women from these three tribal and hill areas were selected randomly for this study. This study explores unique traditional food knowledge, practices and their present day adaptations and how they had used their traditional food for communicating their indigenous knowledge. A self-structured questionnaire, FGD and in-depth interviews were conducted to understand the tribe’s perception towards traditional food and communication. The results revealed that food practices in three different places were not the same and not consistent in Pachamalai. Impacts of modern food habits among the tribes were also seen in the results.
Pharmacognostic, phytochemical, and chromatographic fingerprinting of three probable species accepted as Kakoli – a member of Astavarga
Full text linkKakoli is an Ayurvedic drug, used for its effect on the reproductive system, especially for promoting spermatogenesis. According to Ayurvedic and other Sanskrit literature, three different plant species exist under the name of Kakoli, namely, Roscoea purpurea Sm., Roscoea capitata Sm., and Roscoea alpina Royle. Grouping multiple plant species under one name, often leads to the selection and inconsistent usage of non-authentic species as therapeutic drugs. In the present study, we compared the three Roscoea species, used as Kakoli, using pharmacognostical and phytochemical, as well as other analytical studies. We found that R. purpurea Sm. might be the most probable source of Kakoli as evidenced by the correlation obtained between literary resource-based parameters (ancient scriptures) and the experimental analysis (pharmacognostical and phytochemical findings) thereby establishing the authentic taxonomic identity of the valuable ancient medicine Kakoli
