Dear Alok: you are right.... no plant is a villain... its usefulness and goodness is not doubted, and if you read history even doctors recommended its use... just look at the ads in Life magazine in the last century early half...
but the current society's use is... definitely and most rigorously.... doubted and objected to... and its the humans who have vilified it so heavily, and those of us humans who deal with the end result of human use in human suffering have a very bad impression of it... that's all... Love for all those plants... ushadi = On Apr 23, 6:31 pm, Alok <alokisabe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear friends > You see friends.. it is not the plant itself which is good or bad.. it > is our use of it... :) > an extract from PFAF.org > > A protein can be extracted from the leaves. It is an odourless, > tasteless white powder and can be added to cereal grains, vegetables, > soft drinks and other foods. It can be whipped like egg whites, > liquefied or gelled and can take on the flavour and texture of a > variety of foods. It is 99.5% protein, contains no salt, fat or > cholesterol. It is currently (1991) being tested as a low calorie > substitute for mayonnaise and whipped cream. > > Medicinal Uses > > Tobacco has a long history of use by medical herbalists as a relaxant, > though since it is a highly additive drug it is seldom employed > internally or externally at present. The leaves are antispasmodic, > discutient, diuretic, emetic, expectorant, irritant, narcotic, > sedative and sialagogue. They are used externally in the treatment of > rheumatic swelling, skin diseases and scorpion stings. The plant > should be used with great caution, when taken internally it is an > addictive narcotic. The active ingredients can also be absorbed > through the skin. Wet tobacco leaves can be applied to stings in order > to relieve the pain. They are also a certain cure for painful piles. A > homeopathic remedy is made from the dried leaves. It is used in the > treatment of nausea and travel sickness. > > Regards > Alok > > On Apr 22, 7:23 am, Ushadi micromini <microminipho...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Dear All: made me laugh when I read that Tanay thinks its a beloved > > plant... yes beloved of tobacco giants, bidiwallas, and tamaku > > chewers, and the family that got rich by mixing selling p**para* > > (please don't say it, its a brand name) ... and the share holders who > > got rich on tobacco equities over the last three hundred years in five > > continents.... > > .... > > but not beloved of those of us who deal with misery of LUNG CANCER, > > MOUTH and Larynx and Pharynx CANCERs, TONGUE CANCER, URINARY BLADDER > > CANCER and childhood ASTHMA... to name a few.... > > > Although I must say the pink flowers are indeed attractive.... > > Usha di > > > On Apr 21, 8:00 pm, Alok Mahendroo <alokisabe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Interesting...!! This plant was growing along the highway from Pathankot > > > to Chamba... guess the locals must have let it spread... but there is > > > local tobacco used here which I guess could be from this... > > > Thank you > > > Dinesh ji, Gurcharan ji and Tanay ji for the id... > > > regards > > > Alok > > > > On Thu, 2011-04-21 at 07:26 -0700, tanay bose wrote: > > > > Great idea Dinesh Ji Nicotiana tabacum one of our beloved plant > > > > Tanay > > > > > On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 3:47 AM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> > > > > wrote: > > > > Nicotiana tabacum > > > > > -- > > > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > > > > Retired Associate Professor > > > > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > > > > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > > > > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > > > > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > > > On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Dinesh Valke > > > > <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > ... related to tobacco ? (guessing based on colour and > > > > shape of flowers). > > > > Regards. > > > > Dinesh > > > > -- > > > Himalayan Village Education Trust > > > Village Khudgot, > > > P.O. Dalhousie > > > District Chamba > > > H.P. 176304, > > > Indiawww.hive.interconnection.orgwww.hivetrust.wordpress.comwww.forwildlif...
