基本説明
Useful correlation of Eastern and Western medicine.
Full Description
In recent years Ayurvedic healing has gained credibility in Western medicine and it has now become an accepted means of treatment for many ailments. This treatment relies upon the therapeutic pharmaceutic efficacy of plants. This book brings ancient and modern together by correlating the important traditional therapeutic claims of 89 ayurvedic plant drugs with the findings of modern scientific investigation. It provides the therapeutic attributes of each plant as well as indicating their potential for use as modern herbal or molecular drugs. It also provides a useful standardization of classical ayurvedic formulations. This book will serve as an excellent reference work for chemists, botanists, pharmacists and medical professionals.
Contents
Section IAchyranthese aspera * Acorus calamux * Adhatoda vasica * Aegle Marmelos * Aloe vera * Alpinia galanga * Alstonia scholaris * Andrographis paniculata * Asparagus adscendens * Asparagus racemosus * Azadirachta indica * Bacopa monnieri * Benincasa hispida * Berberis aristata * Boerhavia diffusa * Boswellia serrata * Butea monosperma * Caesalpinia bonduc * Calotropis procera * Cannabis sativa * Cassia absus * Cassia angustifolia * Cassia fistula * Cassia tora * Cedrus deodara * Celastrus paniculatus * Centeua asiatica * Cissus quadrangularis * Coccinia grandis * Commiphora wightii * Convolvulus pluricaulis * Crataeva nurvala * Crocus sativus * Curculigo orchioides * Curcuma longa * Curcuma Zedoaria * Cyperus rotundus * Demondium gangeticum * Edipta alba * Embelia ribes * Emblica officinalis * Eugenia jamboilana * Ficus bengalensis * Fumaria indica * Garcinia Morella * Glycyrrhiza Glabra * Gymnema sylvestre * Hedychium spicatum * Hemidesmus indicus * Holarrhena antidysenterica * Inula racemosa * Lawsonia inermis * Leptadenia reticulata * Leucas asperia litsea glutinosa * Mallotus philippensis * Momordica charantia * moringa oleif era * Mucuna pruriens * Nardostachys jatamansi * Nelumbo nucifera * Nigella sativa * Odmum sanctum * Phyllanthus fraternus * Picrorhiza kurroa * Piper longum * Plumbago zeylancia * Psoralea corylifolia * Pterocarpus marsupium * Pueraria tuberosa * Punica granatum * Rauvolfia serpentina * Rubia cordifolia * Santalum album * Saussurea lappa * Semecarpus anacardium * Swertia chirayita * Terminalia arjuna * Terminalia bellirica * Terminalia chebula * Tinospora cordifolia * Tributes terrestris * Trigonella foennm-graecum * Tylophora indica * Valerianna wallichii * Vitex negundo * Withania somnifera * Zingiber officinalis * Zingiber zerumbet Section III: Annexures - Glossary of Botanical Terms - Glossary of Medical Terms - Activity-wise listing of plants.
