India and US - To probe Mars atmosphere they preparing satellites

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - Two new science satellites are being prepared to join a fleet of robotic Mars probes to help determine why the planet most like Earth in the solar system ended up so different.
 
India's Mars Orbiter Mission, the country's first interplanetary foray, is due to blast off on Nov. 5 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India.
 
Billed as a pathfinder to test technologies to fly to orbit and communicate from Mars, the satellite follows India's successful 2008-2009 Chandrayaan-1 moon probe, which discovered water molecules in the lunar soil.
 
The Mars Orbiter Mission has ambitious science goals as well, including a search for methane in the Martian atmosphere. On Earth, the chemical is strongly tied to life.
 
Methane, which also can be produced by non-biological processes, was first detected in the Martian atmosphere a decade ago.
 
But recent measurements made by NASA's Mars rover, Curiosity, show only trace amounts of methane, a puzzling finding since the gas should last about 200 years on Mars.
 
India's Mars Orbiter Mission also will study Martian surface features and mineral composition.
 
Also launching in November is NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, or MAVEN, spacecraft.
 
MAVEN will focus on Mars' thin atmosphere, but rather than hunting methane, it is designed to help scientists figure out how the planet managed to lose an atmosphere that at one time was believed to be thicker than Earth's.
 
"MAVEN is going to focus on trying to understand what the history of the atmosphere has been, how the climate has changed through time and how that has influenced the evolution of the surface and the potential habitability - at least by microbes - of Mars," lead mission scientist Bruce Jakosky, with the University of Colorado at Boulder, told reporters on a conference call on Monday.
 
MAVEN is due to launch on Nov. 18 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida and reach Mars on Sept. 22, 2014 - the day after India's spacecraft arrives.
 
They will join two NASA rovers, two NASA orbiters and a European Space Agency satellite already studying Mars.

New looks and a familiar favorite for NBA 2013-14

Dwight Howard moved on and Derrick Rose came back, though Kobe Bryant won't quite yet. Nine first-time coaches are coming in and Commissioner David Stern will soon head out.

With different looks all around the NBA in 2013-14, one familiar sight remains: LeBron James and the Miami Heat are entering another season as the team to beat.

The two-time defending champions will collect their rings Tuesday night (Wednesday, PHL time), then open against the Chicago Bulls, who with a healthy Rose might be the team that can unseat the Heat.

Or maybe it's San Antonio or Indiana, both a game away last year — actually, the Spurs were just seconds away — from finishing off Miami. Perhaps it's the Nets or Clippers, after both picked up pieces of the old Celtics that had the Heat's respect but not their number.

If someone does dethrone King James, it won't be because he was satisfied with two titles and lost his edge.

"When the hunger is gone, I'm going to give it up," James said. "I've got a talent and I'm going to take full advantage of it. So I'm hungry.

"I love the game. There's nothing I would do more than play this game of basketball. So the championships are all great, but I'm playing for more than that. I've got a bigger calling than that."

If he means becoming the best ever, he might be on his way. With four MVP trophies and no noticeable weaknesses, the gap with his peers is getting larger and the one with the greats before him is shrinking.

"He's the best on the planet right now. I don't know what you can do, but just hope that he misses," said Nets coach Jason Kidd, one of the nine coaches getting his first opportunity. In total, 13 teams changed coaches.

James did miss in the closing seconds of game six of the NBA Finals, but the Heat got the rebound to set up Ray Allen's tying three-pointer, pulled it out in overtime and won game seven to deny the Spurs a fifth title.

San Antonio may get another chance to finish the job, or may not even be the best team in Texas after Howard joined James Harden in Houston.

Howard bolted after one unfulfilling season in Los Angeles, where he and Bryant never found a working partnership. The center already seems happier and healthier in Houston, where he and Harden can build a potent inside-outside tandem.

As for Bryant, he'll watch the Lakers' opener, and who knows how much more, while he continues to rehab from a torn Achilles' tendon. Questions over how well he can play at 35 after such a serious injury, along with Howard's departure, created unusually low expectations for the Lakers.

Instead, the buzz in Los Angeles is about the Clippers, who hired Doc Rivers to coach while Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett went to Brooklyn after Boston's breakup. That also could make both longtime losers not only the current kings of their cities, but also contenders to reach the NBA Finals — which are returning to the 2-2-1-1-1 format after 29 years of 2-3-2.



Here are five other things to watch around the NBA this season:

SITTING SPEEDSTERS: While Rose returns after sitting out last season with a torn ACL, Russell Westbrook and Rajon Rondo remain out recovering from knee surgeries. A healthy Westbrook makes Oklahoma City a title contender while Rondo could help the Celtics exceed expectations — or perhaps become the next player they trade.

UP and COMERS: They're not ready to contend for a title, but keep an eye on New Orleans, Washington and Cleveland, all with dynamite young players who may be good enough to carry their franchises back to the postseason.

CHANGING COMMISSIONERS: Adam Silver replaces the retiring Stern as commissioner on February 1, exactly 30 years after Stern took office. Silver has done much of the heavy lifting for years, but he'll be replacing one of the greatest executives sports has seen. "I'm excited for the league and for the future, and for the fact that having been at the league now for 36 years, we've reached this point and there's a really extraordinary executive in Adam ready to take it to the next level," Stern said.

SUMMER STORIES: Business will really pick up after the next NBA champion is crowned. Kansas freshman Andrew Wiggins, should he decide to enter the draft, could become the most sought-after prospect in years. Free agency will then open on July 1 with James and Carmelo Anthony perhaps set to top the class.

WHO WINS?: The Heat are the choice of everyone from odds makers to the executives who voted in the NBA.com GM survey. But they were enormous favorites last season after a 27-game winning streak during a 66-win regular season and almost fell. This time, there's even more teams capable of finally knocking them off. "They are the favorites, but I don't think they're the heavy favorites," Hall of Famer and TNT analyst Charles Barkley said. "Everybody's picking the Heat right now, but there's some teams, they're going to have some stiff competition."

Apple will soon launch the iPhone 6 and iOS 7



Apple seems to really being serious about maintaining their position at the top of the smartphone market. As we know, Samsung, as the eternal enemy of Apple indeed has launched many new smartphones in the recent times. It seemed to make Apple do not want to miss and defeated.

This time, Apple is rumored to be launching the iPhone 6 and the latest iOS, the iOS 7 in the near future. Until now it has not been established Apple would use the name iPhone 6 or iPhone 5S for their latest phones. As rumors circulating on Phone Arena, Tuesday (01/01/2013), Apple developers are currently trying to applications made by them on the Apple iPhone iOS 6 and 7. They claim, Apple is also busy with testing some popular applications on the iPhone.

Multiplication Table - Turbo C++

Multiplication Table in Turbo c++ - Programming
I made this activity in school and i want to share to you. This is a multiplication table that you can input the limit of you want to multiply...

Screen Shot:


#include<stdio.h>
#include<conio.h>
#define p printf


main()
    {
    int i,j,num;
    clrscr();

    p("How many numbers?");
    scanf("%d",&num);

    p("\t\t\t MULTIPLICATION TABLE\n\n");
      //  for (j=1;j<=num;j++)
      //  p("\t  %d",j);
       // p("\n");
       for (i=1;i<=num;i++)
       {
        printf("\n ");

        for (j=1;j<=num;j++)
           p("\t  %d",i*j);
       }

    getche();
    return 0;

    }

Fibonacci - Turbo C++ programming


The Fibonacci Sequence is the series of numbers:
0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, ...
The next number is found by adding up the two numbers before it.

Screen Shot:


//Fibonacci made by : Alfred Drio
//Visit us: www.web-offers.tk 
#include<stdio.h>
#include<conio.h>
#include<dos.h>
main()
{
 int a,b,c,i;
 a = 1;
 b = 1;
 c = 1;
 clrscr();
 for(i = 1; i <=10; i++)
 {
  printf("%d ",c);
  if(i >=2)
   {
     c = a + b;
     b = a;
     a = c;
   }
 }
 getche();
 return 0;
}

Billing System - Turbo C++

 Hello Guys....I want to share this billing system that I made so copy paste the code and edit what you want!!

I hope it will help to you!!

Screen shot:


 Code:
//Made by : ALFRED C. DRIO
//Billing System For Chowking
//For more projects visit us: http://info-zone4you.blogspot.com/
#include<stdio.h>
#include<process.h>
#include<string.h>
#include<conio.h>
#include<dos.h>
void order();
void lo();
char hdr[]

="=========================================================================

=======\n\n\t\t\t\t Welcome to Chowking!\n\t\t\t\t   Billing System\n\t\t

\t\t  A.D. Software Inc.\n\n

\n=========================================================================

=======\n";
void lo()
    {
    clrscr();
    int x=20;
    gotoxy(19,19);printf("Loading...");
    for(int a=0;a<=35;a++)
    {
    gotoxy(x,23);delay(100);printf("Ü");
    x++;
    }
    order();
    }
void main()
{
clrscr();
int choice;
printf("%s",hdr);
printf("1 - Make an order.\n");
printf("2 - Exit.\n\n");
printf("Enter your choice (1-2):  ");
scanf("%d",&choice);
switch (choice)
{
case 1:lo();break;
case 2:exit(1);
}}
void order()
{
int choose;
int b;
int payment;
int i;
int ssl=0;
int bfl=0;
int s=0;
int pc=0;
int coker=0,cokel=0;
int itr=0,itl=0;
int minr=0,minl=0;
char name[25];


float c;
float e=0;
float f;

float orig;
float total=0;
float vat;
float total_vat=0;
float change;
float op=0;
float money;
char d;
char dt;
clrscr();
printf("%s",hdr);
printf("Enter your name: ");
scanf("%s",&name);
menu:
printf("\t\t\t\t   Place your order.\n\n");
printf

("=========================================================================

=======\n");
printf("\tNo.\tMeal\t\t\t\tPrice\t\tAvailable:\n\n");
printf("\t(1) \tSweet & Sour pork Lauriat:\tPhp125.00\t\t\n");
printf("\t(2) \tBreaded Fish Lauriat:     \tPhp125.00\t\t\n");
printf("\t(3) \tSiomai:                   \tPhp29.00\t\t\n");
printf("\t(4) \tPancit Canton:            \tPhp65.00\t\t\n");
printf("\t(5) \tDrinks available:\n\t\t\t>Coke\n\t\t\t>Iced Tea\n\t\t

\t>Mineral Water\n");
printf

("=========================================================================

=======\n");
printf("Press your Order:\t");
scanf("%d",&choose);
printf

("=========================================================================

======\n");
switch(choose)
{
   case 1:
    {
    printf("\n\tSweet & Sour pork Lauriat (Php125.00 each)\n\tHow many

order do you want?:\t");
    scanf("%d",&b);
    orig=125;
    vat=(b*orig)*.10;
    e=vat;
    ssl=ssl+b;
    f=b*orig;
    c=b*orig;
    total+=c;
    total_vat+=e;
    op+=f;
    printf("\n\tSweet & Sour pork Lauriat = Php%.2f\n",c);
    printf

("=========================================================================

====\n");
    printf("\n\n\t\t\t\tTotal price of your order=\tPhp%.2f",total);
    printf("\n\n\tWould you like to make another order?\n\n\t\tPress(Y)

for YES.\n\t\tPress(N) for NO.\n\t\t");
    d=getche();
    choice:
    switch(d)
    {
    case 'y': case 'Y':

    {
     goto menu;
     }
     case 'n': case 'N':
     {
    printf("\n\tPress (D) forDine in or Press (T) Take out: ");
    scanf("%s",&dt);
     printf("\n\n\t\t\t\tTHANK YOU:)\n\n\tThe original price is:\t\t

\tPhp%.2f\n\tVAT:\t\t\tPhp%.2f\n\n\tYour bill is:\t\t\t\tPhp

%.2f",op,total_vat,total);
     money:
     printf("\n\tYour Payment please:\tPhp");
     scanf("%d",&payment);
     if(payment<total)
        {
        printf("\n\tYou pay:\t\t\t\tPhp%d.00 'NOT ENOUGH

PAYMENT",payment);
        goto money;
        }
     else if(payment>=total)
        {
        printf("\n\tYou pay:\t\t\t\tPhp%d.00",payment);
        change=payment-total;
        printf("\n\tYour change is:\t\t\t\tPhp%.2f",change);
        printf("\n\n\tPlease press (ANY KEY) to get your receipt.

\n\n\t\t\t   Thank You\n");

        getche();
        clrscr();
        printf("\t\t\t\tChowking Food Corp.\n");
        printf("\t\t\t\tNasugbu, Batangas\n");
        printf("\t\t\t     TIN# 000-333-173-015-VAT\n");
        printf("\t\t\tJP. Laurel St. cor G. Alvarez St.\n");
        printf("\n\t\tSN#BWN0310106\n");
        printf("\t\tRCPT #211043\t\t\tRCPT_cnft\n");
        printf("\t\tSTORE#0339\t\t\tSN#8y0026\n");
        printf("\t\tSTAFF:%s\n\n",name);
        if(dt=='d')
        {
        printf("\t\tDine in\n");}
        else if (dt=='t')
        {
        printf("\t\tTake out\n");}
        if(ssl>0){
            printf("\n\t\t%d Sweet & Sour Lauriat @125 \t

%d",ssl, ssl*125);}
        if(bfl>0){
            printf("\n\t\t%d Breaded Fish Lauriat @125 \t

%d",bfl, bfl*125);}
        if(s>0){
            printf("\n\t\t%d Siomai @29                \t

%d",s, s*29);}
        if(pc>0){
            printf("\n\t\t%d Pancit canton @65         \t

%d",pc, pc*65);}
        if(coker>0){
            printf("\n\t\t%d   Coke R @28              \t

%d",coker, coker*28);}
        if(cokel>0){
            printf("\n\t\t%d   Coke L @39              \t

%d",cokel, cokel*39);}
        if(itr>0){
            printf("\n\t\t%d   Iced Tea R @28          \t

%d",itr, itr*28);}
        if(itl>0){
            printf("\n\t\t%d   Iced Tea L @39          \t

%d",itl, itl*39);}
        if(minr>0){
            printf("\n\t\t%d   Mineral Water R @20     \t

%d",minr, minr*20);}
        if(minl>0){
            printf("\n\t\t%d   Mineral Water L @27         \t

%d",minl, minl*27);}
        printf("\n\t\tTOTAL COSTS\t\t\t %.2f\n\n",total);
        printf("\t\tVAT\t\t\t\t %.2f\n\n",total_vat);
        printf("\t\tCASH\t\t\t\t %d.00",payment);
        printf("\t\t\t\t\t\tCHANGE\t\t\t\t %.2f",change);

        }
        break;
        }
        default:
        {
        clrscr();
        printf("\t\tPress(Y) for YES.\n\t\tPress(N) for NO.\n\t

\t");
        }}
        break;
        }

  case 2:
    {
    printf("\n\tBreaded Fish Lauriat (Php125.00 each)\n\tHow many order

do you want?:\t");
    scanf("%d",&b);
    orig=125;
    vat=(b*orig)*.10;
    e=vat;
    bfl=bfl+b;
    f=b*orig;
    c=b*orig;
    total+=c;
    total_vat+=e;
    op+=f;
    printf("\n\tBreaded Fish Lauriat = Php%.2f\n",c);
    printf

("=========================================================================

====\n");
    printf("\n\n\t\t\t\tTotal price of your order=\tPhp%.2f",total);
    printf("\n\n\tWould you like to make another order?\n\n\t\tPress(Y)

for YES.\n\t\tPress(N) for NO.\n\t\t");
    d=getche();
    goto choice;
    }

  case 3:
    {
    printf("\n\tSiomao (Php29.00 each)\n\tHow many order do you want?:

\t");
    scanf("%d",&b);
    orig=29;
    vat=(b*orig)*.10;
    e=vat;
    s=s+b;
    f=b*orig;
    c=b*orig;
    total+=c;
    total_vat+=e;
    op+=f;
    printf("\n\tSiomao = Php%.2f\n",c);
    printf

("=========================================================================

====\n");
    printf("\n\n\t\t\t\tTotal price of your order=\tPhp%.2f",total);
    printf("\n\n\tWould you like to make another order?\n\n\t\tPress(Y)

for YES.\n\t\tPress(N) for NO.\n\t\t");
    d=getche();
    goto choice;
    }
  case 4:
    {
    printf("\n\tPancit Canton (Php65.00 each)\n\tHow many order do you

want?:\t");
    scanf("%d",&b);
    orig=65;
    vat=(b*orig)*.10;
    e=vat;
    pc=pc+b;
    f=b*orig;
    c=b*orig;
    total+=c;
    total_vat+=e;
    op+=f;
    printf("\n\tPancit Canton = Php%.2f\n",c);
    printf

("=========================================================================

====\n");
    printf("\n\n\t\t\t\tTotal price of your order=\tPhp%.2f",total);
    printf("\n\n\tWould you like to make another order?\n\n\t\tPress(Y)

for YES.\n\t\tPress(N) for NO.\n\t\t");
    d=getche();
    goto choice;
    }

  case 5:
    {
    drinks:
    printf("\n\tHere is our Drinks:\n\t\tPress (1) for Coke:\n\t\tPress

(2) for Iced Tea:\n\t\tPress (3) for Mineral water:\n");
    scanf("%d",&i);
       switch(i)
        {
         case 1:
           {
           coke:
           printf("\n\tYou choose COKE.\n\t\tPress (R) for

Regular.\n\t\tPress (L) for Large.\n>");
           d=getche();
              switch(d)
                {
              case 'r': case'R':
                {
                printf("\n\tRegular Coke worth Php28.00\n

\tHow many order do you want?\n");
                scanf("%d",&b);
                orig=28;
                vat=(b*orig)*.10;
                e=vat;
                coker=coker+b;
                f=b*orig;
                c=b*orig;
                total+=c;
                total_vat+=e;
                op+=f;
                printf("\n\tOrder for Reg. Coke costs =

Php%.2f.\n",c);
                printf

("=========================================================================

====\n");
                printf("\n\n\t\t\t\tTotal =\tPhp

%.2f",total);
                printf("\n\tWould you like to make another

order?\n\n\t\tPress (Y) for YES.\n\t\tPress (N) for NO.\n");
                d=getche();
                goto choice;
                }
             case 'l': case 'L':
                {
                printf("\n\tLarge Coke worth Php39.00\n

\tHow many order do you want?.\n");
                scanf("%d",&b);
                  orig=39;
                vat=(b*orig)*.10;
                e=vat;
                cokel=cokel+b;
                f=b*orig;
                c=b*orig;
                total+=c;
                total_vat+=e;
                op+=f;
                printf("\n\tOrder for Large Coke costs =

Php%.2f.\n",c);
                printf

("=========================================================================

====\n");
                printf("\n\n\t\t\t\tTotal =\tPhp

%.2f",total);
                printf("\n\tWould you like to make another

order?\n\n\t\tPress (Y) for YES.\n\t\tPress (N) for NO\n");
                d=getche();
                goto choice;
                }
             default:
                {
                clrscr();
                printf("\n\tPlease follow the instruction

below\n");
                goto coke;
                }
            }

        case 2:
          {
          iced_tea:
          printf("\n\tYou choose ICED TEA.\n\t\tPress (R) for

Regular.\n\t\tPress (L) for Large.\n>");
          d=getche();
            switch(d)
                {
            case 'r': case 'R':
                {
                printf("\n\tRegular Iced Tea worth Php28.00\n

\tHow many order do you want?\n");
                scanf("%d",&b);
                orig=28;
                vat=(b*orig)*.10;
                e=vat;
                itr=itr+b;
                f=b*orig;
                c=b*orig;
                total+=c;
                total_vat+=e;
                op+=f;
                printf("\n\tOrder for Reg. Iced Tea costs =

Php%.2f\n",c);
                printf

("=========================================================================

====\n");
                printf("\n\n\t\t\t\tTotal =\tPhp%.2f",total);
                printf("\n\tWould you like to make another

order?\n\n\t\tPress ('Y' or 'y') for YES.\n\t\tPress ('N' or 'n') for NO

\n");
                d=getche();
                goto choice;
                }
            case 'l': case 'L':
                {
                printf("\n\tLarge Iced Tea worth Php39.00\n

\tHow many order do you want?\n");
                scanf("%d",&b);
                orig=39;
                vat=(b*orig)*.10;
                e=vat;
                itl=itl+b;
                f=b*orig;
                c=b*orig;
                total+=c;
                total_vat+=e;
                op+=f;
                printf("\n\tOrder for Large Iced tea costs =

Php%.2f\n",c);
                printf

("=========================================================================

====\n");
                printf("\n\n\t\t\t\tTotal =\tPhp%.2f",total);
                printf("\n\tWould you like to make another

order?\n\n\t\tPress ('Y' or 'y' for YES.\n\t\tPress ('N' or 'n) for NO\n");
                d=getche();
                goto choice;
                }
            default:
                {
                clrscr();
                printf("\n\tPlease look at the instruction

below.\n");
                goto iced_tea;
                }
            }
        case 3:
         {
         mineral:
         printf("\n\tYou choose MINERAL WATER.\n\t\tPress (R) for

Regular.\n\t\tPress (L) for Large.\n>");
            d=getche();
         switch(d)
               {
            case 'r': case 'R':
               {
               printf("\n\tRegular Mineral worth Php20.00\n

\tHow many order do you want?\n");
               scanf("%d",&b);
               orig=20;
                           vat=(b*orig)*.10;
               e=vat;
               minr=minr+b;
               f=b*orig;
               c=b*orig;
               total+=c;
               total_vat+=e;
               op+=f;
               printf("\n\tOrder for Reg. Mineral costs = Php

%.2f\n",c);
               printf

("=========================================================================

====\n");
               printf("\n\n\t\t\t\tTotal =\tPhp%.2f",total);
               printf("\n\tWould you like to make another

order?\n\n\t\tPress ('Y' or 'y') for YES.\n\t\tPress ('N' or 'n') for NO

\n");
               d=getche();
               goto choice;
               }
            case 'l': case 'L':
               {
               printf("\n\tLarge Mineral worth Php27.00\n\tHow

many order do you want?\n");
               scanf("%d",&b);
               orig=27;
               vat=(b*orig)*.10;
               e=vat;
               minl=minl+b;
               f=b*orig;
               c=b*orig;
               total+=c;
               total_vat+=e;
               op+=f;
               printf("\n\tOrder for Large Mineral costs = Php

%.2f\n",c);
               printf

("=========================================================================

====\n");
               printf("\n\n\t\t\t\tTotal =\tPhp%.2f",total);
               printf("\n\tWould you like to make another

order?\n\n\t\tPress ('y' or 'Y') for YES.\n\t\tPress ('n' or 'N') for NO.

\n");
               d=getche();
               goto choice;
               }
           default:
               {
               clrscr();
               printf("\n\tPlease look at the instruction

below.\n");
               goto mineral;
               }
            }
        }
       }
    }
         default:
    {
    clrscr();
    printf("\n\tPlease follow the instruction below.");
    goto drinks;
    }
    }
    }
    }
getche();
}

Herbal Medicine Plant - Philippines


Akapulko 




Akapulko or Acapulco in English is a shrub found throughout the Philippines. It is known under various names in different regions in the country. Locals call the plant katanda, andadasi, and palochina in Tagalog, Ilocos and in the Visayas regions, respectively. The shrub belongs to the family ofLeguminosae, and grows about one to two meters tall. It has thick branches and the leaves are embraced with 8 to 20 leaflets that are oblong-elliptical in shape. The flowers of the Akapulko have oblong sepals, and its fruits are tetragonal, which are also winged and glabrous. A medicinal herb that contains chrysophanic acid, a fungicide used to treat fungal infections, like ringworms, scabies, and eczema. Akapulko also contains saponin, a laxative that is useful in expelling intestinal parasites.

The primary part used for herbal purposes are the leaves, although the roots and flowers are also used for certain preparations with medicinal value. The extracts from the Akapulko plant is commonly used as an ingredient for lotions, soaps, and shampoos.

Ampalaya



Ampalaya (Bitter Melon) with a scientific name Momordica charantia, is a climbing vine and the tendrils of which grow up to 20 centimeters long. This herbal plant belongs to the family of Cucurbitaceae, and it is a tropical as well as a subtropical vine. Ampalaya leaves are heart-shaped, which are 5 to 10 centimeters in diameter. The fruits of the ampalaya vine are fleshy green with pointed ends at length. It can never be mistaken for any other variety because its ribbed and wrinkled surface had always been ampalaya’s distinct physical structure. The bitter taste of the ampalaya fruit had also been the distinguishing factor from the rest of the fruits with medicinal value, and this is due to the presence of a substance known as momorcidin.

Ampalaya has been a folkloric cure for generations but has now been proven to be an effective herbal medicine for many aliments. Most significant of which is for Diabetes. The Philippine variety has proven to be most potent. Ampalaya contains a mixture of flavanoids and alkaloids make the Pancreas produce more insulin that controls the blood sugar in diabetics. Aside from Ampalaya's medicinal value, it is good source of vitamins A, B and C, iron, folic acid, phosphorous and calcium.

Ampalaya has been for used even by the Chinese for centuries. The effectively of Ampalaya as an herbal medicine has been tried and tested by many research clinics and laboratories worldwide. In the Philippines, the Department of Health has endorsed Ampalaya as an alternative medicine to help alleviate various ailments including diabetes, liver problems and even HIV. Aside from these, ampalaya also helps treat skin diseases and cough. Its herbal value extends to increasing the sterility of women, in parasiticide, antipyretic, and has purgative functions, as well. Note: In large dozes, pure Ampalaya juice can be a purgative and abortifacient.


Herbal Benefits of Ampalaya:

• Good for rheumatism and gout
• And diseases of the spleen and liver
• Aids in lowering blood sugar levels
• Helps in lowering blood pressure
• Relives headaches
• Disinfects and heals wounds & burns
• Can be used as a cough & fever remedy
• Treatment of intestinal worms, diarrhea
• Helps prevent some types of cancer
• Enhances immune system to fight infection
• For treatment of hemorrhoids
• Is an antioxidant and parasiticide
• Is antibacterial and antipyretic

Bawang or Garlic




Bawang or garlic, is a specie in the onion family Alliaceae. Bawang is a close relative of onion (sibuyas), the shallot, the leek and the chive. Bawang has been used throughout recorded history for both culinary and medicinal purposes.

Bawang is a low herb, growing to up to 2 feet high. Bawang is widely popular for its bulbs. Bawang bulbs are broadly ovoid, 2 to 4 cm in diameter, consisting of several cloves. Bawang leaves are linear and flat. Umbels are globose, many flowered. Sepas are oblong, greenish white, slightly tinged with purple.

Bawang has a characteristic pungent, spicy flavor that mellows and sweetens considerably with cooking. Bawang cloves are used as seed, for consumption (raw or cooked), and for medicinal purposes. The leaves, stems (scape) and flowers (bulbils) on the head (spathe) are also edible and most often consumed while immature and still tender.

Bayabas or Guava




Bayabas or guava is a fruit bearing shrub or small tree that grows in the tropical climate like Mexico, Peru and the Philippines. Bayabas is widely used in the Philippines as herbal medicine and is recognized by the Philippine Department of Health for its antiseptic property. Bayabas or guava fruit is known for being rich in vitamin C and vitamin A. Bayabas leaves and fruits contain eugenol, tannin, saponins, amydalin, phenolic acids, malic acid, ash, aldehydes, catequinic components and flavonoids.

Bayabas or guava is used in herbal medicine as antiseptic, anti-inflammatory, anti-spasmodic, antioxidant hepatoprotective, anti-allergy, antimicrobial, anti-plasmodial, anti-cough, antidiabetic, and antigenotoxic.

Lagundi




Lagundi (scientific name: Vitex negundo) is a large native shrub that grows in the Philippines and has been traditionally used as herbal medicine. The Philippine Department of Health has conducted research and study for Lagundi and has suggested that the lagundi plant has a number verifiable therapeutic value

Lagundi is an erect, branched tree or shrub, that grows to as much as 5 m high. Lagundi has a single thick, woody stem like a trunk and is usually seen in swamps of the Philippines. Lagund leaves appear palmately, in the form of five pointed leaves which splay out like the fingers of a hand. Lagundi leaves are 5-foliate, rarely with 3 leaflets only. Lagundi leaves are 4-10 cm long, slightly hairy beneath. The lagundi flowers are blue to lavender, 6-7 mm long bearing fruit globose of about 4mm in diameter that turns black when ripe.

Niyog-niyogan




Niyog-niyogan is a large climbing, woody shrub that is native in Southeast Asian countries including the Philippines, India, Myanmar and Malaysia. Niyog-niyogan grows to about 20 feet in height with leaves that is rounded at the bottom and pointed at the tips. Niyog-niyogan shrub has fragrant and colorful flowers. Niyog-niyogan flowers exhibit varying colors, from white, red, reddish purple, pink red to orange that sprouts into clusters. Niyog-niyogan has edible fruit that is ellipsoidal in shape with five lengthwise wings. It has seeds that are black in color.

Niyog-niyogan is also one of the herbal plants endorsed by the Philippine Department of Health for its deworming property. Niyog-niyogan has other medicinal benefits as discussed in the following.

Sambong




Sambong is used as herbal medicine and is a shrub that grows wild in the tropical climate countries such as Philippines, India, Africa and found even in eastern Himalayas. Sambong is widely used in the Philippines as herbal medicine. Sambong leaves are known for its ngai or Blumea camphor that is used as herbal medicine to treat kidney stones, wounds and cuts, rheumatism, anti-diarrhea, anti spasms, colds and coughs and hypertension. The Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD) has develop the technology for a sambong herbal medicine tablet.

Sambong is an aromatic shrub, that grows from 1 to 4 meters in height. It is considered as a weed in some countries and is difficult to eradicate. Sambong has yellow flowering heads that is 6 mm long. Sambong leaves are green obloid that spreads in a pyramidial pattern. Sambong bears fruits that are ribbed and hairy on top. Sambong fruit has 1 seed.

Tsaang Gubat




Tsaang Gubat is used as herbal medicine and is a shrub that grows wild in the tropical climate of Philippines. Tsaang gubat is widely used in the Philippines as herbal medicine. The tsaang gubat were studied for possible anti-allergic subtances to counter the histamine release from mast cells that cause type-1 reactions. The tsaang-gubat, contains rosmarinic acid and microphyllone which is attributed for its efficacy to control allergy. Tsaang gubat studies also shows it has antibacterial, antinocicpetive and anti-inflammatory properties. Study of tsaang gubat leaves showed a mixture of triterpenes– a-amyrin, ß-amyrin and baurenol and a wide range of bioactivity. The tsaang gubat showed analgesic, anti-inflammatory, anti-diarrheal and antibacterial activities. Tsaang gubat is commonly prepared in pills capsules and in herbal tea bags form.

Tsaang gubat is an erect, shrub with green compound leaves. The tsaang gubat shrub grows to about 1 to 4 meters high and can be found in secondary forest in low and medium altitude. Tsaang gubat leaves grows in clusters on short branches, 3-6 cm long, somewhat toothed or lobed near the apex and pointed at the base, short stalked and rough on the upper surface. Tsaang gubat bears small white flowers, axillary, solitary, 2 or 4 on a common stalk. It bers yellow fruits when ripe about 4-5 mm in diameter, fleshy, with a 4-seeded stone.

Pansit-pansitan




Pansit-pansitan (Peperomia pellucida Linn) is a common fleshy shallow rooted herb that grows to about 15 to 45 cm in height in damp and lightly shaded areas. Pansit-pansitan has been used as food item as well as a medicinal herb for its analgesic, anti-arthritic, diuretic activity. The entire plant is edible both cooked or raw.

Pansit-pansitan plant can grow wild but also grown as ornamental foliage. Pansit-pansitan is characterized by its shiny heart shaped leaves about 4 cm in length, growing from an erect translucent green stalks. Pansit-pansitan has tiny dot-like flowers that grow from erect and slender green spikes that turn brown when matured. The fruits are also very small, round to oblong, ridged, first green later black. Tiny seeds drop off that grows easily in groups.

Yerba buena




Yerba buena (Clinopodium douglasii) is a rambling aromatic herb of the mint family that is known and used as herbal medicine worldwide.

Yerba Buena is a perennial plant that grows up to 1 meter in height with oblong shaped leaves with toothed margins. Flowers are hairy and the color is bluish to purplish with axillary headlike whorls.

Yerba Buena are grown throughout the world from North America to Asia. The plant takes the form of a sprawling, mat-forming perennial, and is especially abundant close to the coast.

Yerba Buena is more popular for its culinary application because of its minty flavor. Used in salads and as flavor for cooking foods. Yerba buena aroma is also used for scents and fragrances.