Description
Book SynopsisThis kind of systematic work is exactly what is needed for people to help bridge traditional Ayurvedic practice with modern science.
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Nobel laureate, current president of the Royal Society and group leader at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, UK
Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeial Plant Drugs: Expanded Therapeutics is the first review of all the therapeutic sections of 456 plant drugs in the first six volumes of the Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India. It covers pharmacognosy of classical Ayurvedic herbs, their chemical constituents, therapeutic uses, and doses on the basis of contemporary scientific literature.
The book reviews the classical attributes, compounds, and textual references of Ayurvedic plant drugs and updates the pharmacopoeial attributes of Ayurvedic herbs and formulations to make them more industry-oriented and facilitate their implementation.
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"This book is an excellent reminder of the importance of Ayurvedic herbs and is an indispensable reference for any serious student of herbal medicine, regardless of tradition."
—Paul Joseph Ratte, Doody’s Book Reviews
"I don't remember to have seen a better documentation which could position Indian Ayurvedic medicines into getting recognized in the international usages. It has got another advantage of integrating Ayurveda with modern medicine."
—Prof. N.K. Ganguly, Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India
"This book is an excellent reminder of the importance of Ayurvedic herbs and is an indispensable reference for any serious student of herbal medicine, regardless of tradition."
—Paul Joseph Ratte, Doody’s Book Reviews
"I don't remember to have seen a better documentation which could position Indian Ayurvedic medicines into getting recognized in the International usages… I highly recommend the use of this book…"
—Prof. Nirmal Kumar Ganguly, Society for New Age Herbals
Table of ContentsA-Z Listing of 456 Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeial Plant Drugs.
