Indian Herbal Remedies: Rational Western Therapy, Ayurvedic and Other Traditional Usage, Botany

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C.P. Khare
Springer Science & Business Media, Jun 27, 2011 - Science - 524 pages

This superbly illustrated A-Z guide to modern and traditional Indian herbal remedies brings together information from numerous authoritative sources in the form of a highly structured and well-written reference work. Entries for each medicinal plant describe classical Ayurvedic and Unani uses, compare modern findings and applications, together with their pharmacology and therapeutic principles in an evidence-based approach. Information sources include: German Commission E, US Pharmacopoeia/National Formulary, and the WHO. The resulting work highlights the potential of Indian herbs for Western medicine by placing findings on a scientific platform. Over 200 full-colour photographs and 50 drawings illustrate the plants.

Includes ayurvedic herbal drugs

More than 150 general and more than 500 plant species are covered

Easy-to-use and highly structured entries

Detailed information on traditional use and modern evidence-based medical application

 

Contents

Section 1
1
Section 2
89
Section 3
115
Section 4
183
Section 5
197
Section 6
212
Section 7
229
Section 8
242
Section 18
386
Section 19
395
Section 20
397
Section 21
409
Section 22
441
Section 23
462
Section 24
467
Section 25
479

Section 9
261
Section 10
267
Section 11
274
Section 12
277
Section 13
297
Section 14
323
Section 15
333
Section 16
346
Section 17
358
Section 26
485
Section 27
495
Section 28
496
Section 29
501
Section 30
503
Section 31
507
Section 32
509
Section 33
513
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