<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div>Hi,</div><div><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"> Forwarding write up by Ushinor Majumdar on Traditional Medicines in India.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">A fight to save Traditional Medicines</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div
style="margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(71, 71, 71); font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 14px;">A <em>beedi</em> that does not cause cancer and quick-bites that reduce the ill-effects of alcohol sound like the perfect party combo. But, if tobacco and big pharmaceutical firms get a wind of what goes into them, these wonder <em>beedis</em> would cost more than regular cigarettes and the quick-bites would end up as hors d’oeuvres in the parties of the rich.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(71, 71, 71); font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 14px;">More importantly, tribal communities, which preserved these indigenous combinations of herbs for centuries, would end up losing access to their traditional forest produce. These and several other herbs are the finds of traditional healers and have been passed down through word of mouth from one
generation to the next.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">For complete article please visit </div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.tehelka.com/a-fight-to-save-traditional-medicines/">http://www.tehelka.com/a-fight-to-save-traditional-medicines/</a><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new
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