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" Medicinal Plants in Sri Lanka"
Mark Twain, penned on his first glimpse of Lanka in the course of a round - the - world cruise back in 1896.
“Dear me, it is beautiful! And most sumptuously tropical, as to character of foliage and opulence of it.”
Blessed with an abundance of varied natural riches, there are a large number of native plants in Sri Lanka that have been known as health and beauty aids, time tested for more than two millennia, to cure and relieve a host of ailments. These herbs show genuine promise as age fighters. It is yet another of nature’s secrets that in the Ayurvedic tradition ‘caring and curing’, exotic herbs are known to have a cooling and blood purifying effect.
Some of these very special offerings that nature has in store, dispersed all over the world, are threatened by continued deforestation and degradation, whilst providing raw materials for socio-economic activities. However they have been protected under Sri Lanka’s Fauna and Flora Ordinance and listed in the Red - Data Report.
Nature’s Beauty Creations Ltd, as a social responsibility have now compiled a collection of data on this most valuable subject of medicinal herbs so as to open up a new vista among people of the country. This vast unexplored herbal species will allow scientists and non - scientists alike to gain a better understanding of the power of our nation and help guide efforts to save systems and endemic varieties before they are lost.
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