Indian Medicinal Plants

Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Role of medicinal plants of forest origin in horo-pathy. 3. Medicinal plants of forest origin in use under Ayurvedic system of medicine. 4. Role of forest species under Unani system of medicine. 5. Role of forest species in homoeopathic pharmacy. 6. Role of medicinal plants in medical astrology. 7. Indigenous forest species used in fertility control. 8. Role of indigenous plant in control of diabetes. 9. Rare and endangered medicinal plants species of India needing special attention for protection. 10. Potentialities of medicinal plant cultivation in India. 11. Medicinal plants, their occurrence in India and parts of the plant used. 12. Dealers, producers and exporters of crude drugs and aromatic plants in India. 13. Description of Indian medicinal plants. 14. Bibliography. 15. Index.

"In the modern medicine also plants occupy a very significant birth as a raw materials for some important drugs, although synthetic drugs and antibiotics brought about a revolution in controlling different diseases. But these synthetic drugs are out of reach of millions of people. Those who live in remote places depends on traditional heaters, whom they know and trust. Judicious use of medicinal herbs can even cure deadly disease that have long defined synthetic drugs the relationship between man and tree has existed since time immemorial. The usefulness of trees and their protection was emphasized in ancient literature like "Puranas" and the "Bhagawat Gita".

More than 200 medicinal plants are used in modern medicine. Plants used in traditional system of medicine of pharmaceutical houses in collected form wild sources. Most of the medicinal plants are cultivated commercially rowa days for extraction of some important active constituents for use in modern medicine." (jacket)