Encyclopaedia of Indian Medicine, Vol. V: Materia
Medica (Minerals and Metallic Drugs)/S.K. Ramachandra Rao and S.R. Sudarshan. New
Delhi, Popular Prakashan, 2006, $15. ISBN 81-7154-732-X.
"A by-product of research done by brilliant alchemists, Indian drugs derive from a rich tradition in organic chemistry. The book records the different processes, equipment and therapeutic action of traditional drugs." (jacket)