Author: C R Karnick
Publisher: Sri Satguru Publications
Year: 1996
Language: English
Pages: 200
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8170304857
Description
The Study of plant-life and medicine is closely related. Its genesis may be traced in various verses of the Rg-veda which culminated in the monumental treatises of Charaka and Susruta. These ancient works record innumerable applications of herbs as medicines in as much it deals exhaustively with their application in diseases and the preparation of drugs.
In the present book the author had tried to trace the origin of some of the most important drug plants and their uses in different maladies. A special drug plant called ‘Soma’ its description from ancient Hindu books is also studied.
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
1. Reminiscences of Some Ancient Indian Medicinal Drug Plants
2. Soma
3. Cannabis
4. Genus Cannabis Linn
5. Datura
6. Datura Linn
7. Plants Used in Ayurvedic System of Medicine for Madhumeya (Diabetes)
8. Some Ayurvedic Plants Showing Immunomodulating Activity
9. Immunizatioin Against Bacterial and Viral Infections Using Ayurvedic Plants
10. Indian Medicinal Plants used in Management of Tumors (Cancers)
11. Elecetromagnetic Effects of Human Tissue Systems
12. Medicinal Plants having Anticonvulsant Activities
13. Calotropis and Zingiber in Migraine Head-ache