Amruth Gardens

FOUNDATION FOR
REVITALISATION
OF LOCAL HEALTH
TRADITIONS
www.frlht.org
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The Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)

is a registered Public Trust and Charitable Society in Bangalore.
Every individual at The Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
understands the importance of traditional systems in a rapidly changing India, and is
committed to sharing their knowledge and building awareness.
Powered by like-minded individuals and supported by the Indian government at every

level, this organisation documents, conserves, assesses and revives India’s native
medicinal plants.
The Ministry of Science & Technology recognises FRLHT as a scientific and research
organisation. The Ministry of Environment and Forests has designated FRLHT a
National Centre of Excellence for medicinal plants and traditional knowledge.
Towards saving India's traditional medical heritage, FRLHT

initiated a programme for conservation and the sustainable
utilisation of medicinal plants.
❉ FRLHT coordinates projects for the conservation of medicinal plants in 12
states in India.
❉ Under the in situ component of this project a network of 87 Medicinal Plant
Conservation Areas (MPCAs) and 6 Medicinal Plant Development Areas
(MPDAs), covering a wide range of ecological diversity and altitude ranges,
have been set up.
❉ The ex situ conservation programme comprises the establishment of a chain
of 15 ethno-medicinal forest gardens called Medicinal Plant Conservation
Parks (MPCPs).
With the view to reviving traditional knowledge and systems of

medicine, the experts at FRLHT expend their energies in research,
assessment, documentation and conservation:
❉ By recording local health traditions followed by specialised practitioners, including
bone-setters, mid-wives (tai), visha vaidya (antidotes to poisons), and veetu vaidya
(home remedies).
❉ By assessing community knowledge through a combination of Ayurveda, Siddha
and Allopathy.
❉ By validating traditional practices and promoting safe and efficacious ones.
❉ By identifying potential areas for in situ and ex situ conservation.
❉ By gathering seeds from protected sources and replanting for community access.
❉ By promoting Home Herbal Gardens for primary health care and thereby ensuring
health security.
FRLHT  Achievements
1998
FRLHT received the prestigious Norman Borlaug Award for its contributions to this field.
2002
The ‘Medicinal Plants Programme’ in Peninsular India was one of the projects selected by
the United Nations from around the globe for the Equator Initiative Prize. This prize was
awarded in Johannesburg at the World Summit on Sustainable Development.
2003
The Rosenthal Centre for Complementary & Alternative Medicine, in the Columbia University,
New York, awarded FRLHT with its first award for ‘International Cultural Stewardship’.
2007
The Rotary Club of Bangalore chose Darshan Shankar, Founder Director, FRLHT, for the
‘Citizen Extraordinaire’ award 2006.
2007
Green Person Award by Better Interiors publishing house, Bombay.
Institute of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine (IAIM),

the new face of FRLHT, has the following Schools and Centres
1 School of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine 3 School of Education Innovation and Strategic Outreach
❉ CCS - Centre for Clinical Services ❉ CHG - Centre for Herbal Gardens and Landscaping Services
❉ CLHT - Centre for Local Health Traditions ❉ IMHL - Indian Medical Heritage Library
❉ CPH – Centre for Public Health ❉ CSO - Centre for Strategic Outreach
❉ CCR- Centre for Clinical Research ❉ CEI - Centre for Education Innovation
2 School of Trans-disciplinary Studies 4 School of Conservation for Natural Resources

❉ CPPP - Centre for Pharmacognosy, Pharmaceutics and ❉ CCNR - Centre for Conservation of Natural Resources
Pharmacology
❉ CII - Centre for ISM Informatics
❉ CHS - Centre for History and Sociology of Indian
Medical Heritage ❉ RMR – Repository for Medicinal Resources (flora, fauna,
metals & minerals)
❉ CTF - Centre for Theoretical Foundations of Ayurveda
Amruth Garden  Introduction
In 2002, FRLHT set up Amruth Garden as a ‘Knowledge Park’, to provide a

visual introduction to several hundred species of medicinal plants from various bio-
geographical regions across India.
Our aim: to create public awareness of the resources that fuel our local and
traditional systems of medicine, and therefore continue their practice.
This Garden accommodates over 1000 native species, covering 350 genera and 110
families. It also houses over 300 species of in Hortus Malabaricus, recognised as
one of the earliest records of traditional knowledge.
FRLHT's Amruth Garden has 382 species used in Ayurveda, 350 species used in
Siddha system, 147 species used in Unani system, 67 species used in Homoeopathy,
119 species used in Tibetan system and 494 species used in Folk medicine.
Amruth Garden is also linked to a world-class herbarium on medicinal plants,

and is supervised by expert taxonomists familiar with the flora of the Western and
Eastern Ghats, North West and North East India.
When you enter Amruth Garden

❉ You are drawn to soothing water bodies and shady pergolas
❉ Your eye trips over the rockery
❉ You spy climber tunnels... winding paths... lush green lawns made of medicinal grass...
❉ You are distracted by a group of plants almost entirely hidden by a blanket of hovering
butterflies.
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Amruth Garden  Themes
The garden has established 36 themes, broadly categorised as:

1 Plants used in daily life
2 Plants of conservation concern
3 Botanically interesting species
4 Controversial plants
5 Popular themes, such as Garden of Zodiac signs and Nakshatravana
Amruth Garden  Themes

SL NO. MAIN THEME THEME SL NO. MAIN THEME THEME
1 Plants used in daily life Plants used as antidotes for poisonous bites 19 Plants of conservation concern Endemic medicinal plants
2 Plants used in daily life Aromatic medicinal plants 20 Plants of conservation concern Plants of traditional gardens - Sarpakavu
3 Plants used in daily life Plants used in hair and skin care 21 Plants of conservation concern Endemic Garcinias
4 Plants used in daily life Plants used in primary health care 22 Plants of conservation concern Endemic Palms and Gymnosperms
5 Plants used in daily life Plants used in veterinary medicine 23 Plants of conservation concern Highly traded species
6 Plants used in daily life Tuberous medicinal plants 24 Botanically interesting species Aquatic medicinal plants
7 Plants used in daily life Plants used in Siddha system of Medicine 25 Botanically interesting species Medicinal plants of unique genera
8 Plants used in daily life Plants used in Unani system of Medicine 26 Botanically interesting species Plants of monotypic genera and monogeneric family
9 Plants used in daily life Plants used in malaria 27 Botanically interesting species Ornamental medicinal plants
10 Plants used in daily life Plants used in traditional bone setting 28 Botanically interesting species Plants with variations and disjunct distribution
11 Plants used in daily life Plants used to improve water quality 29 Botanically interesting species Medicinal Ferns
12 Plants used in daily life Edible and medicinal flowers 30 Botanically interesting species Medicinal Orchids
13 Plants used in daily life Clinically important plants 31 Botanically interesting species Bambusetum
14 Plants used in daily life Plants of religious importance 32 Botanically interesting species Dye-yielding plants
15 Plants used in daily life Wild edible plants 33 Botanically interesting species Plants showing specific biotic associations like host
specificity, symbiosis, micro-habitat, etc.
16 Plants used in daily life Fruits of medicinal value
34 Controversial plants Plants used as substitutes and adulterants
17 Plants of conservation concern Red listed medicinal plants
35 Popular themes Plants belonging to the garden of Zodiac signs
18 Plants of conservation concern Plants of CITES/Negative list
36 Popular themes Plants used in special Ayurvedic preparations
Amruth Garden  Services
The services offered by Amruth Garden:

❉ Consultancy on designs of Garden
❉ Landscaping medicinal gardens
❉ Training on maintenance of Home and
Institution Herbal Gardens.
HHG IHG Nursery

Home Herbal Garden  Introduction
FRLHT launched the Amruth Home Garden Programme in Bangalore in the year 2003.
This programme primarily involves a mosaic of carefully selected healing plants for the
urban population as a first response to primary health care needs.
Home Herbal Garden  Introduction
FRLHT believes that home remedies hold promise for self-reliance in primary health
care for millions of households in India, thus realising the potential of ‘People’s
Health in People’s Hands’ and ‘Health for All’ in the near future.
Awareness programmes are conducted for schools, colleges,

residential associations and women’s spiritual groups. People learn
about plants that can be grown and used for primary health care,
such as skin and hair care, stress, diabetes, child care, digestive
disorders, cough & cold and for revitalisation.
Plants of Herbal Gardens

• Apartment Gardens • Home Gardens
herbs for apartment gardens

Tulsi - Ocimum sanctum Satavari - Asparagus racemosus
Used to treat respiratory problems Used to induce lactation

Brahmi – Bacopa monnieri
Used as memory enhancer

Vacha – Acorus calamus
Used as a digestive in infants

Sitaba – Ruta graveolens
Used to cure fever
species suitable for home herbal gardens

Mandukaparni - Centella asiatica
Used as memory enhancer

Vasa - Adhatoda zeylanica
Used to treat cough and bronchitis

Bhumyamalaki - Phyllanthus amarus
Used as liver tonic

Ashwagandha - Withania somnifera
Used for general immunity and as a rejuvenator

Kumari - Aloe vera
Used for skin and hair care
Home Herbal Garden  Green Packages
The plants under the Amruth Home Herbal Garden programme

have been selected based on their utility, efficacy, ease of use, and
ornamental appeal. The 21 plant species have been combined to
make packages of 7, 14 and 21 species, allowing for the varying
amounts of space available in your home.
Complete Package: 21 species (30 plants)

Advanced Package: 14 species (20 plants)
Basic Package: 7 species (10 plants)
Home Herbal Garden  Special Packages
Each package, consisting of 4 species (10 plants), includes plants for specific
health care issues.
❉ Skin Care ❉ Metabolism Plus (Digestive Ailments)
❉ Hair Care ❉ Cough and Cold
❉ Child Care ❉ Old Age
❉ Revitalisers ❉ Women’s Health
❉ Stress Relievers ❉ Diabetic Care
❉ Eye Care
Contact FRLHT to learn more about their other packages,

or to have a package tailor-made for you.
Home Herbal Garden  Green Packages  Revitalisers
Do you find yourself waking up tired? 1 Aswagandha

Withania somnifera
Has exam month left your child stressed Use the roots to promote general immunity, as a rejuvenator and
and feverish? Then this is what FRLHT’s growth enhancer. This herb grows well in pots.
Revitaliser Package can do for you: 2 Amruthaballi
Tinospora cordifolia
Use the stem to improve general immunity.
Grow this climber in a pot, but be sure to provide support.
3 Mandukaparni
Centella asiatica
This shrub’s leaves enhance memory and reduce fever. This shrub
can be cultivated in a pot, but in a semi-aquatic, shady location.
1 2 5 4 Shatavari
Asparagus racemosus
The tuberous roots revitalise and boost immunity.
This climber grows well in pots, but needs moisture and support.
4 3 5 Chakramuni
Sauropus androgynus
This shrub’s leaves enhance immunity.
Grows well in a pot, as a hedge, or as a single plant.
Home Herbal Garden  Benefits
It is well known that a garden of any kind soothes the mind and delights the eye.
The advantages of maintaining a Home Herbal Garden, which contains medicinal
plants, are many. The effects and benefits of this type of garden extend beyond the
ordinary, because these plants offer value beyond ornamentation.
❉ There is less dependence on doctors for primary health care, as remedies for
fever, headache, cold and cough may be brewed at home.
❉ Using these plants as medicine is more economical; also they are available
round the clock.
❉ Since there are no pesticides used, there are no side effects from exposure to
chemicals.
Aromatic plants improve overall health, and the awareness that you are contributing
to the conservation of local plants and Indian traditions is a matter of pride.
Home Herbal Garden  Benefits
The Home Herbal Garden improves the quality of life in so many

different ways. It contributes to each of the five senses. Fragrant
flowers and colourful plants attract birds and butterflies to enhance
the home’s overall appeal. The serenity felt from living amidst greenery
is immediate. The Home Herbal Garden can also play an important
role in nutrition. Healthy, pesticide-free food is just one of the results of
maintaining your own garden.
Home Herbal Garden  Recipes
We have compiled a few recipes that are simple and

easy to follow, and extremely tasty as well. The main
ingredients are from a Home Herbal Garden.
Home Herbal Garden  Recipes  Lemon Grass Tea
Lemon Grass Tea (To make 4 cups)

❉ 4 glasses water
❉ 10 leaves Lemon grass
❉ ½ tsp pepper powder
❉ A pinch of grated ginger
❉ 4 tsp sugar
❉ ½ cup milk (optional)
1. Boil the leaves of lemon grass in water. Lemon Grass
2. Add pepper powder and crushed ginger.

3. Let it steep for 2-3 minutes and then strain
4. Add sugar and milk (optional)
Home Herbal Garden  Recipes  Hibiscus Tea
Hibiscus Tea (To make 4 cups)

❉ 4 glasses water
❉ 5 red flowers of Hibiscus
❉ 4 tsp sugar
❉ ½ tsp lemon juice
1. Boil the water

2. Add hibiscus flowers
3. Let it steep for 2-3 minutes and then strain Hibiscus
4. Add sugar and lemon juice.

Home Herbal Garden  Recipes  Doddapatre Bajji
Bajji made from leaves of Plectranthes ambonicus – ‘Doddapatre’

❉ 1 cup gram flour
❉ ½ tsp red chilli powder
❉ Salt to taste
❉ A pinch asafoetida powder
❉ Fresh Doddapatre leaves
❉ Oil for deep frying
1 Make a thick batter using gram flour, chilli powder, Plectranthes ambonicus
asafoetida, salt and water.
2 Heat oil in a frying pan.
3 Dip each leaf in the batter and drop into hot oil.
4 Fry on both sides till golden brown.
Serve with sauce or green chutney.
Home Herbal Garden  Recipes  Basale Pachadi
Pachadi made from leaves and stem of Basella alba – ‘Basale soppu’
❉ 1 cup finely chopped basale
(only leaves or both stem & leaves)
❉ 1/2 cup fresh curd
❉ 2 tbsp grated coconut
❉ 1 green chilli
❉ 1/2 tsp oil
❉ 1/2 tsp lemon juice
❉ Salt to taste Basella alba
1. Put all the ingredients, except the curd,

into a blender and blend into a fine paste.
2. Mix in the curd.

Eat with pulav or as an accompaniment with chapatti.
Home Herbal Garden  Completed Projects
A total of 7,535 Home Herbal Gardens have been established in and around Bangalore
A few are listed below
01 Canara Bank Main Branch Employees, Bangalore 09 National Games Village Apartment member, Koramangala,
02 Directorate of Training Institute Income tax and Department of Bangalore
Income tax Employees, Near Mallige Hospital, Race course Road 10 Enivronamental Support Group members, J.P. Nagar, Bangalore
Bangalore 11 G.K.Naidu School, Yelahanka - students and teachers
03 Karnataka Finance corporation Employees, Bangalore 12 KendriyaVidyalaya, Wheel and Axle Plant, Yelahanka - School
04 Nagekuta members, Yelahanka Garden
05 Reserve Bank Employees, Bangalore 13 National College, Basavanagudi - students and teachers
06 Sakhi Samuha, Bannerghatta Road 14 Sheshadri Puram Public School, Yelahanka - students and
07 Mr. Somashekar, CEO SMPB teachers
08 Father, Church, Yelhanka New town 15 St.Mary's School, Near Highgrounds - students and teachers
Institution Herbal Garden  Introduction
FRLHT targeted institutions from 2003, with the objective of:

❉ Dispelling the notion that medicinal plants reduce aesthetic value
❉ Introducing and demonstrating the different themes and their possibilities
❉ Familiarising institutions with medicinal plants
❉ Increasing the utility value of native plants
Institution Herbal Garden  Benefits
Just as maintaining a Home Herbal Garden is good for the individual, it is especially
important to note the marked improvements in employees when they are exposed
to greenery in general, and medicinal plants in particular.
❉ Institutions benefit from planting verges, flowering hedges and climbers

that are native, and so require less maintenance.
❉ They also reduce noise pollution, and contribute to cleaning up the
environment.
❉ Not only do these plants have aesthetic appeal, but medicinal plants also
contribute to greater attention spans and levels of concentration.
❉ Employees that regularly come into contact with plants develop positive,
problem-solving attitudes, and higher sensory perception.
Institutional Herbal Garden  List of Completed Projects
Some of the Completed Projects in and around Bangalore

01 NCBS, GKVK Campus, Bangalore
02 Sankalp Residency, Hulimavu, Bangalore
03 BDA Park, Vishweshwara layout, Muddinpalya, Bangalore
04 ICICI Knowledge Park, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
05 Our Native Village Eco Resort, Hesaraghatta, Bangalore
06 Nandyal International School, Nandyal, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh
07 Mount Carmel College Research Centre, Yelahanka, Bangalore
08 Vishvamruth Residency, Amruthahalli, Bangalore
Our Native Village - Eco Resort ICICI - Knowledge Park, Hyderabad NCBS
Testimonial
TO WHOM SO EVER IT MAY CONCERN
We have worked with FRLHT when we commissioned them to do our

landscaping. Our experience has been fantastic.
Ours being the first 100% eco resort, we want to ensure that we did
everything completely differently, including our landscaping. This is where
FRLHT stepped in and were able to understand our concept completely
and come back to us with recommendations on what to do in a very clear
manner. The result has been very good. Every single guest who comes to
our resort is appreciative of the wok done by FRLHT.
The most important aspect is that FRLHT has a very good team of
dedicated and sincere workers.
I recommend FRLHT strongly to anyone wanting landscaping services

with a difference.
I wish FRLHT every success in their projects.
Best regards
CB
C B Ramkumar
Founder & Managing Director
Tel: +91 9880 999925
Testimonial
hedges
FLAT HEDGE
WAVY HEDGE
hedges
NARROW HEDGE-LINED PATHWAY
hedges
FLOWERING HEDGE
climber species for tunnels

colourful surfaces
attractive shrubs
aesthetic grouping
aquatic and marshy species

see-through
view barrier
walk through
walk barrier
beautiful landscaping with ecosystem

specific medicinal plants
vertical gardening
trees - forms
trees - forms
trees - forms
trees - textures
sacred plant groves

Nursery  Introduction
In 2002 FRLHT established a nursery, when no such facility existed for medicinal
plants. This is the only nursery that handles 200 species with authentic identity.
❉ The seedlings are raised and stored in the conventional way as well as using the
root trainer technology.
❉ It is 100% organically developed.
❉ The seedlings are maintained in different age groups for different planting
purposes.
❉ The nursery has mist chambers for propagation
❉ The nursery has shade houses for special indoor plants.
Nursery  Services
The services offered by Nursery:

❉ Providing plants - including delivery for group orders
❉ Providing user guides and techniques for propagation in nurseries.
❉ Consultancy on designs of Nurseries.
❉ Establishing nurseries for clients.
Nursery at FRLHT
Nursery at FRLHT
Root Trainer
orchids for courtyards

orchids for courtyards

lush green ferns

The Amruth
Garden nursery
was the first
to sell bonsai
medicinal plants.
We are thankful to the continued support of
❉ COE programme under MOEF, Government of India

❉ NMPB, Government of India
❉ IIN- India sponsored by BGCI (Kew, London) & NBRI
(Lucknow, Government of India)
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local

Health Traditions (FRLHT)
No.74/2, Jarakbande Kaval
Post : Attur, Via Yelahanka
Bangalore 560 106
Phone: +91 80 2856 8000/8001/8006
Fax: +91 80 2856 7926
Email: info@frlht.org
For any further clarification please call

• Mr Hanumantha Raj: +91 94818 88438 (for Kannada)
• Mr Narasimha: +91 98454 52889 (for Telugu & Hindi)
• Mr Sriram: +91 95907 64037 (for Malayalam & Marathi)
• Mr Ganesh Babu: +91 99023 9450 (for English & Tamil)
• Mr Harirama Murthy: +91 94483 72020 (for French)

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FOUNDATION FOR

The Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)

Powered by like-minded individuals and supported by the Indian government at every

Towards saving India's traditional medical heritage, FRLHT

With the view to reviving traditional knowledge and systems of

Institute of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine (IAIM),

2 School of Trans-disciplinary Studies 4 School of Conservation for Natural Resources

Amruth Garden  Introduction

In 2002, FRLHT set up Amruth Garden as a ‘Knowledge Park’, to provide a

Amruth Garden  Introduction

Amruth Garden is also linked to a world-class herbarium on medicinal plants,

Amruth Garden  Introduction

When you enter Amruth Garden

Amruth Garden  Themes

The garden has established 36 themes, broadly categorised as:

Amruth Garden  Themes

Amruth Garden  Services

The services offered by Amruth Garden:

HHG IHG Nursery

Home Herbal Garden  Introduction

Home Herbal Garden  Introduction

Awareness programmes are conducted for schools, colleges,

Plants of Herbal Gardens

herbs for apartment gardens

herbs for apartment gardens

herbs for apartment gardens

herbs for apartment gardens

species suitable for home herbal gardens

species suitable for home herbal gardens

species suitable for home herbal gardens

species suitable for home herbal gardens

species suitable for home herbal gardens

Home Herbal Garden  Green Packages

The plants under the Amruth Home Herbal Garden programme

Complete Package: 21 species (30 plants)

Home Herbal Garden  Special Packages

Contact FRLHT to learn more about their other packages,

Home Herbal Garden  Green Packages  Revitalisers

Do you find yourself waking up tired? 1 Aswagandha

Home Herbal Garden  Benefits

Home Herbal Garden  Benefits

The Home Herbal Garden improves the quality of life in so many

Home Herbal Garden  Recipes

We have compiled a few recipes that are simple and

Home Herbal Garden  Recipes  Lemon Grass Tea

Lemon Grass Tea (To make 4 cups)

1. Boil the leaves of lemon grass in water. Lemon Grass

2. Add pepper powder and crushed ginger.

Home Herbal Garden  Recipes  Hibiscus Tea

Hibiscus Tea (To make 4 cups)

1. Boil the water

4. Add sugar and lemon juice.

Home Herbal Garden  Recipes  Doddapatre Bajji

Bajji made from leaves of Plectranthes ambonicus – ‘Doddapatre’

Home Herbal Garden  Recipes  Basale Pachadi

1. Put all the ingredients, except the curd,

Home Herbal Garden  Completed Projects

Institution Herbal Garden  Introduction

FRLHT targeted institutions from 2003, with the objective of:

Institution Herbal Garden  Benefits

❉ Institutions benefit from planting verges, flowering hedges and climbers

Institutional Herbal Garden  List of Completed Projects

Some of the Completed Projects in and around Bangalore

We have worked with FRLHT when we commissioned them to do our