Herbal Medicine : Traditional Practices
Contents: Preface. 1. Recent approaches in the development and standardization of formulations of herbal drugs and the role of biotechnology in their upgradation/C.P. Malik. 2. Traditional phytotherapy for Jaundice/T.V.V. Setharami Reddi, S. Prasanthi and B.V.A. Ramarao Naidu. 3. Evaluation of efficacy of some medicinal plants against specific gynaecological morbidity/Ravish Zamir. 4. Indigenous knowledge system for preventing and curing pediatric diseases at South 24 parganas, West Bengal/Ankhi Sau. 5. Conservation of medicinal plants in India: tradition and neology/N. Mishra and R.K. Gupta. 6. Ethnomedicinal plants used by the Paliyar tribe in Madurai District, Tamil Nadu/K. Sankarasivaraman and S. Ignacimuthu. 7. Role of traditional and folklore medicines in development of government medicine/D.A. Patil. 8. Traditional system of herbal medicine with special reference to sensory organ diseases of rural Gaya District (Bihar)/P. Aditya and D.K. Yadav. 9. Hypoglycaemic impact of spirulina in hyperglycaemic (NIDDM) patients/P. Srivastava, A. Pareek and D. Vyas. 10. Application of industrial wastes for growth of medicinal and aromatic plant Bacopa Monnieri/S. Sahoo. 11. Strategy for development of medicinal and aromatic plants in Rajasthan/M.L. Jakhar and G.L. Sharma. 12. Traditional knowledge system about veterinary health care in and around of Bankura District, West Bengal, India/C.R. Paul and D.C. Pal. 13. Ethno-veterinary plants of Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India/Manjeet S. Shekhawat, M.K. Sharma and P.C. Trivedi. 14. Medicinal plants in ancient belief and crude drugs from traditional system of medicine in Rajasthan/Laxmi Kant Sharma and Ashwini Kumar. 15. Utilization and conservation prospects of medicinal plant resources in high altitude of Himachal Pradesh/C.P. Kuniyal, G.S. Singh, J.C. Kuniyal and S.C.R. Vishvakarma. 16. Food plants and food adjuncts: in ethnobotanical vis-a-vis modern perspective/D.A. Patil. 17. Vedic plant 'Soma': a botanical enigma/P.C. Trivedi. Appendices: i. Biodiversity in the welfare of mankind : some useful species of the plants, animals and micro-organisms from the wild. ii. List of important medicinal plants used by Ethnic Society of India in Healthcare. iii. Some important plants of India with diverse medicinal values used by the ethnic societies. iv. Medicinal plants of India and world which have gained high reputation in the world's history of medical science. v. Glossary of Sanskrit/Ayurvedic terms (Therapeutic uses). vi. Monographs on single drugs of plant origin included in the Ayurvedic pharmacopoeia of India, Part-I, Vol. I. vii. Monographs on single drugs of plant origin included in the Ayurvedic pharmacopoeia of India, Part I, Vol. II. viii. Monographs on single drugs included in Ayurvedic pharmacopoeia of India, Part-I, Vol. III. ix. Monographs on single drugs included in Unani Pharmacopoeia of India, Part-I, Vol. I. Index.
"In spite of increasing urbanisation, a large proportion of the Indian population has retained its reliance upon the traditional approach to healthcare and continues to consult Traditional Medicinal Practitioners (TMPs) for medical treatment. India is sitting on a gold mine of well-recorded and well-practised knowledge of traditional herbal medicine. Amongst the ancient civilisations, India has been known to be a rich repository of medicinal plants. The Rig Veda, Yajur Veda and Atharva Veda and later on, the Charaka Samhita and the Sushruta Samhita described the properties and uses of plants in compounding of drugs and these are still used in classical formulations.
The present book 'Herbal Medicine: Traditional Practices' contains 17 articles on different aspects of the subject. The book incorporates articles on traditional phytotherapy for jaundice; medicinal plants used against gynaecological morbidity; indigenous knowledge for curing and preventing paediatric diseases; herbal traditional medicine for sensory organ diseases and other ethnomedicinal plants used by tribals of India. Articles on recent approaches in the development and standardization of formulations of herbal drugs and the role of biotechnology in their upgradation provide excellent information on the topic. The book also covers topics on conservation of medicinal plants in India, strategy for development of medicinal and aromatic plants and application of industrial wastes for growth of medicinal and aromatic plants. Articles on traditional knowledge system about veterinary health care provide information on plants used for curing animal diseases. In addition, general articles namely Soma Plants; botanical enigma and hypoglycaemic impact of Spirulina algae have added to the value of the book. The present book provides excellent glimpses of the rich herbal medicine and traditional knowledge heritage of India.
The present book will serve not only as an excellent reference material but also as a practical guide for herbal healers, Vaidyas, Hakims, research workers and students in the field of medicinal plants." (jacket)
