Commonly known as Kilmora in Uttarakhand, the plant itself is a treasure of many medicinal properties, whose botanical name is 'Barbaris aristata', about 450 species of this plant found at an altitude of 1400 to 2000 meters in Uttarakhand. The entire plant of Kilmora is rich in medicinal properties, it is found in America including Nepal, Bhutan, Southwest China including India, everything of Kilmora root, stem, leaf, flower, and fruit is very useful, the matter of minerals. In this case, it is found in protein 3.3 percent, fiber 3.12 percent, carbohydrates 17.39 mg per hundred grams, vitamin C 6.9 mg per hundred grams, and magnesium 8.4 mg per hundred grams.
Flowering starts in March-April in Kilmora plant, usually two to three meters in height, its fruits are sour and sweet, Kilmora plant has anti-diabetic, anti-inflammatory, anti-tumor, antiviral and antiviral. Due to the presence of bacterial elements, now anti-oxidants are being formulated into the drugs from Kilmora, for disease like cancer, it is mostly used in the treatment of diabetes, the root of Kilmoda is very effective in diabetes. Apart from this, it is also beneficial in the treatment of fever, jaundice, sugar, eye diseases, even a natural color was prepared from Kilmora, which was used for coloring clothes, about 22 species of Kilmora were found in Uttarakhand.
people in Uttarakhand have been using Kilmora as an Ayurvedic medicine since ancient times, but due to excessive exploitation and absence of protection, the species of Kilmora is on the verge of extinction. In view of the medicinal properties of Kilmora, the Department of Biotechnology of the University of Kumaon researched it and developed an anti-diabetic drug, after successful testing, also obtained a patent from the International Patent Center of the US, University of Kumaon. This is the first international patent.
As much as there are variety and specialness in the traditional food of the mountainous region of Uttarakhand, the fruits here also have a rich world, especially the wild fruits with medicinal properties like a juicy fruit that grows in thorn bushes in the mountains of Uttarakhand in the month of May - June, Hissalu's scientific name Rubus ellipticus. About 1500 species are found in the world. It is found in all Himalayan states of India including Uttrakhand. Apart from India, it is also found in Nepal, Pakistan, Poland, Serbia, Russia, Mexico, Vietnam, etc. It is also known as the Rasberry of the Himalayas, there are two types of Hisalu, one which is commonly found in yellow and the other one is black which is not so common. It has a sour and sweet taste, a well-ripened Hisalu tastes sweeter and less sour, this fruit is so tender that it dissolves in the mouth. Hisalu contains many nutrients like carbohydrates, calcium magnesium, iron, zinc, potassium, sodium, and Acarvic acid i...
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