Health & Wellness

Dates are the fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, sold in India mostly dried rather than fresh. They are dense in sugar, dense…

Lychee, also written litchi, is the fruit of Litchi chinensis. Most discussion of lychee fruit benefits centres on its vitamin C and its plant…

Swollen eyes are a common reason to look up health information. The swelling is a sign rather than a single disease, and it has…

Sperm cramps is a term people use for pain felt around ejaculation, usually in the testicles, the lower abdomen or between the legs. It…

Skipping is one of the cheapest forms of exercise there is, and one of the hardest. A rope costs very little, needs no gym,…

Khus khus is the Indian name for poppy seed, the small kidney-shaped seed of the plant Papaver somniferum. The same plant is the opium…

Sugarcane juice is pressed from the stems of Saccharum officinarum and sold fresh across India, usually from a roadside crusher. It is a carbohydrate…

Methi is the Indian name for fenugreek, the plant Trigonella foenum-graecum. The seeds are used as a spice and as a traditional medicine, and…

Karela is the Indian name for the fruit of Momordica charantia, a plant also called bitter gourd and bitter melon. The unripe fruit is…

Betel leaves come from Piper betle, a vine grown mainly in South and Southeast Asia, and are known in Hindi, Bengali and Urdu as…