{"id":333923,"date":"2025-10-26T13:30:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T13:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/333923\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T13:30:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T13:30:23","slug":"chandigarh-st-stephens-school-holds-herbal-literacy-workshop-chandigarh-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/333923\/","title":{"rendered":"Chandigarh: St. Stephen\u2019s School holds herbal literacy workshop | Chandigarh News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Renowned environmentalist and herbal awareness crusader Om Parkash is leading a quiet green revolution, one rooted in India\u2019s ancient Ayurvedic heritage. A former principal coordinator of Eco Clubs with the Chandigarh Department of Environment, he has dedicated years to cultivating herbal gardens and promoting plant-based literacy across Punjab, Chandigarh, and Mohali.<\/p>\n

In an attempt to further spread awareness about the responsible and informed use of medicinal plants in daily life, St. Stephen\u2019s School, Chandigarh<\/a>, organised a Herbal Literacy Workshop.<\/p>\n

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The event opened with the school\u2019s Principal John Xavier\u2019s address. He urged participants to expand the definition of literacy to include herbal literacy, understanding, preserving, and utilising nature\u2019s healing gifts.<\/p>\n

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Parkash introduced Dr Rajiv Kapila, an Ayurvedic expert, who traced India\u2019s herbal knowledge to the Ramayana, Mahabharata, and teachings of Dhanwantri and Sushruta Rishi. He explained the three \u2018doshas\u2019 \u2014 \u2018Vaat\u2019, \u2018Pitt\u2019, and \u2018Kaph\u2019 and shared practical ways to maintain balance through Ayurveda.<\/p>\n

Kapila highlighted the health benefits of herbs like Giloy, Amarbel, Shivlingi, Shatavari, and Neem, and described Bhumiamla for jaundice, Karela as natural insulin, and Moringa (Sahjan) as a nutrient powerhouse. He also mentioned Ashoka and Shivlingi seeds as natural tonics supporting women\u2019s health.<\/p>\n

Parkash, who also serves as the school\u2019s Herbal Plants Educator, presented a PPT on species like Harshingar, Masala Tulsi, Vaijayanti, and Sarpgandha.<\/p>\n

Kapila and Parkash were felicitated with herbal plants from the school nursery.<\/p>\n

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Over 60 staff members took part in the workshop under the school\u2019s 100 per cent Herbal Literacy Mission, coordinated by Suman Malhotra, Seema Gupta, Harjeet Kaur, and Pooja Sharma from the Eco Club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Renowned environmentalist and herbal awareness crusader Om Parkash is leading a quiet green revolution, one rooted in India\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":333924,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[165456,165454,165457,210,165455,15997,1060,45317,165458,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-333923","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-medication","8":"tag-chandigarh-environment-department","9":"tag-chandigarh-st-stephens-school","10":"tag-eco-clubs","11":"tag-health","12":"tag-herbal-literacy-workshop","13":"tag-indian-express","14":"tag-medication","15":"tag-mohali","16":"tag-punjab","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}