This year the rains did not water down its intensity even in Chingam. In Thrissur it was raining cats and dogs! High intensity rains. The rain GOD had little respect for the old saying Chingathil mazha chinunghi chinunghi!
What could be the reason for the little flash floods in my courtyard in Chingam ? Climate change?????
Rains has also delayed the flowers. Chingam, in which our state festival ONAM falls, was not at its green best. For floral carpets, Mallus now shop the flowers. Gone are those days when one just scavenge the homestead for a floral bounty.
Now that the sun is out, the enchanting Mukkuti (Biophytum reinwardtii) is out from nowhere and is at its very best. It has virtually run amok in my courtyard. And the small yellow flowers are a real delight, creating a green and yellow carpet.
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| Mukkuti |
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| Nature's carpet! |
Hope the Mukkuti will remain forever!
Mukkutti is also an amzing natural medicine.My father has been operated 10 times for rhinospondium of the nose.It is a condition where a growth-which looks like piece of meat-forms in the nose and enlarges.After all these years we had a chance to meet one traditional nattuvaidyan,Vijayan Vaidyar,Omallur,Pathanamthitta,Kerala and he introduced us to this wonderfulplant.He asked my father to inhale the smell of smashed Mukkutti leaves .Father has been doing so for the past 6-7 months and the result has been amazing.The Rhinospodium has begun to shrink.He also advised to inhale the dust of flower of mukkuttti dried in the shade.Well,we are planning to do so.
ReplyDeleteVijayan Vaidyar syas that the name"Mukkutti"is derived from"Mook Ootti" or extract from the nose...
thanks..that is a very wonderful information....
ReplyDeleteVijayan vaidyar number please?
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