Beautiful shots and colour of this plant Sir. Thanks for sharing and also for the info. of all the uses.
regards, Rashida. On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 11:45 AM, Pankaj Oudhia <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks for nice pictures about Kasni, most frequently used in Unani system > of medicine. In my state it reached through fodder crop seeds and now > present as weed. Here is Google link for my work on this herb > > > http://www.google.com/#hl=en&safe=off&q=cichorium+oudhia&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&fp=4b7feba613b2f185 > > regards > > Pankaj Oudhia > > On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 6:37 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Cichorium intybus from Kashmir, growing as weed along roadsides, gardens, >> cultivated fields. We used to cook young leaves as vegetable along with >> Capsella, Taraxacum, etc. little knowing then that in other areas the dried >> and roasted roots are used for blending coffee. Also used in homoeopathy for >> liver and gall ailments. Photographed from Pampore karewas on June 20, 2010. >> >> Common names: >> English: Chicory, Wild endive >> Hindi: Kasni, Kashni >> >> -- >> 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/ <http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/> >> >> >
