Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Flowers as medicine

Chemparathi (Hibiscus Rosa-sinensis)


Chemparathi:-The flowers and leaves are used in preparing natural hair shampoo that cleans the hair and fights dandruff, lice, and premature greying.


Sankhupushpam (Clitoria ternatea)


Sankhupushpam:-The roots of this plant is used in ayurvedic medicines. The root extracts are found to have antidepressant properties.


Savam nari (Catharanthus roseus)


Savam nari:-Its stem, leaves, and roots are used to treat diabetes, hypertension, asthma, gastrointestinal problems, and problems in female sexuality. It is also effective in treating conditions like leukemia, skin cancer, and breast cancer.


Chempakam (Michelia champaca)


Chempakam:-This plant is used as a carminative and used in treatment of nausea, fever, renal diseases, etc.


Arutha (Ruta Graveolens)


Arutha:-Its oil is used as an anti-spasmodic and anthelmintic. It is used in the treatment of epilepsy and amenorrhoea.


Arali (Nerium indicum)

Arali:-It is used as a diuretic, expectorant, and emetic.



Ambal (Nymphaea stellata)


Ambal:-It is used in the treatment of diarrhea, certain skin diseases, piles, and diseases that affect urinary tract and kidney. The leaves and seeds of the plant are used in stomach upset.


Mulla (Jasmine)


Jasmine:-Its well-known for its smell. It is used in aromatherapy. Its oil is used as a diuretic, astringent, anthelmintic, stimulant, antidepressant, and aphrodisiac.

Monday, March 3, 2008

Insurance Policies


Any risk that can be quantified can potentially be insured.

Types Of Policies


Life and Annuity Coverages


Life Insurance:-It provides a monetary benefit to a decedent's family or other designated beneficiary, and may specifically provide for income to an insured person's family, burial, funeral, other final expenses. Life insurance policies often allow the option of having the proceeds paid to the beneficiary either in a lump sum cash payment or an annuity.

Annuities:-It provide a stream of payments and are generally classified as insurance because they are issued by insurance companies and regulated as insurance and require the same kinds of actuarial and investment management expertise that life insurance requires. They pay a benefit for life are sometimes regarded as insurance against the possibility that a retiree will outlive his /her financial resources.


Health Coverages


Health Insurance:-This will cover the cost of private medical treatments. It will result in quicker health care where better facilities are available.

Dental Insurance:-It will cover for individuals to protect them against dental costs.


Disability Coverages


Disability Insurance:-It provides financial support if the policy holder is unable to work because of disabling illnesses or injuries. It will provide a monthly support to help pay such obligations as mortgages and credit cards.

Total Permanent Disability Insurance:-This will provide benefits when a person is permanently disabled and can no longer work in their profession, often taken as an adjunct to life insurance.


Disability Overhead Insurance:-This allows business owners to cover the overhead expenses of their business while they are unable to work.

Worker's Compensation:-It replaces all or part of a worker's wages and accompanying medical expense incurred because of a job-related injury.


Property and Casualty Insurance


Property Insurance:-It provides protection against risk of property; fire, theft, or weather.

This includes;
1) Fire insurance.
2) Automobile insurance.
3) Aviation insurance.
4) Boiler insurance.
5) Builders insurance.
6) Builders risk insurance.
7) Crime insurance.
8)Crop insurance.
9) Earthquake insurance.
10) Fidelity insurance.
11) Flood insurance.
12) Hazard insurance.
13) Home insurance and homeowners insurance.
14) Marine insurance.
15) Political risk insurance.
16) Surety bond insurance.
17) Terrorism insurance.
18) Volcano insurance.
19) Windstorm insurance.



Liability Coverages



Liability Coverages:-It is something that will cover your legal claims. For example, homeowner's insurance policies, automobile policies. Liability policies typically cover only the negligence of the insured, and will not apply to results of willful or intentional acts by the insured.

1) Environmental liability insurance.
2) Errors and omissions insurance.
3) Professional liability insurance.
4) Directors and officers liability insurance.
5) Prize indemnity insurance.


Credit Coverages


Credit Insurance:-It will repay some or all of your loan back when certain things happen to the borrower such as unemployment, disability, or death. Mortgage insurance is a form of credit insurance, although the name credit insurance is more often used to refer to policies that cover other kinds of debt.

Mortgage Insurance:-Insures the lender against default by the borrower.

Some of the most delicious Kerala dishes


The great mampazhapullisheri



Chakkavarattiyathe, itz very, very tasty



Avial, itz simply delicious



The yummy mussels



Beef cuisine



Parippu payasam, a real hotty



No festivals without payasum



The yummy masala dosha



My fav dosha, i just luv it




The prawns biriyani, of course d great malabary style


The yummy Malabar chicken biriyani



The delicious squid curry



The delicious konge



Puncha-putte with curry n pappadum



The delicious one and only njandu (crab) curry



The tasty mutton curry




The delicious pork curry



The delicious lobster......



The one and only delicious sadhya




Idli and vada with chatni and sambar......itz simply delicious and a healthy food




Appam with chicken stew




Malabar duck roast........



Karimeen curry..............itz TASTY



Karimeen pollichathe..........itz just yummyyyyyyy



Sumthing datz gud for health, dat tastes gud, n goes with rice, idily, dosha, ......



Pathiri with chicken curry..................a delicacy



Mashed tapioca with fish curry...........ummmmmmmmmmmmmmm



Kappa with fish curry...........even more delicious



Its so tasty............