Indian Medicinal Plant Seeds

Indian Medicinal Plant Seeds
Author: Renu Singh
Publisher: Scientific Publishers
Total Pages: 207
Release: 2018-03-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9388172582

Indian Medicinal Plant Seeds provides data about the seeds of 150 Indian medicinal plants at a glance, giving the readers a quick handy view on the information about a particular seed of interest. This book attempts to quench one’s thirst of medicinal plants seeds identification and their medicinal importance. This book will be an invaluable asset for people who need information about seeds exclusively, different from the normal trend of focusing on the leaves and flowers of a plant. The book dwells on seeds of medicinal plants and their traditional uses. The author provides a comprehensive and scientifically accurate guide to the best-known and most important 150 medicinal plants seeds. Each entry gives a short summary of each seed with a description of the plant, the distribution, therapeutic category, historical and modern uses, active ingredients, and pharmacological effects of the seeds. 150 full- colour photographs assist in the identification of the plants seeds. It will be a valuable reference guide for health care professionals, students, researchers, botanists, and especially pharmacists - or anyone with an interest in seeds of medicinal plants and their uses.

Medicinal Plants Of India

Medicinal Plants Of India
Author: Preeti Dhar
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2019-03-15
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9811203407

This book can be used as a general guide in the use of natural products to manage common health ailments and by potential researchers in natural products, medicinal chemistry, pharmacognosy, phytomedicine and/or phytochemistry for an overview of the biological properties of natural products. The book describes widely used medicinal plants and essential oils. It tabulates 55 biological properties of 171 medicinal plants indigenous to India with an emphasis on Indian medicinal plants that have a long tradition of medicinal use in Ayurveda. The resulting table is color coded, providing a quick overview of different medicinal plants exhibiting similar biological activities.

Indian Medicinal Plants

Indian Medicinal Plants
Author: Srinath Rao
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2020-10-26
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1000176029

The demand for medicinal plants is increasing, and this leads to unscrupulous collection from the wild and adulteration of supplies. Providing high-quality planting material for sustainable use and thereby saving the genetic diversity of plants in the wild is important. In this regard, the methods of propagation of some important medicinal plants are provided along with the traditional methods of propagation. Indian Medicinal Plants: Uses and Propagation Aspects offers a unique compendium of more than 270 medicinal plant species from India with detailed taxonomic classifications based on the Bentham and Hooker system of classification. Salient Features: Provides traditional methods of propagation and discusses the propagation of medicinal plants Presents plant properties, plant parts and chemical constituents Describes the medicinal uses of more than 270 medicinal plant species from India This book is of special interest to practitioners of alternative medicine, students of Ayurveda, researchers and industrialists associated with medical botany, pharmacologists, sociologists and medical herbalists.

Indian Medicinal Plants

Indian Medicinal Plants
Author: C.P. Khare
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 836
Release: 2008-04-22
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0387706372

In an easy to use dictionary style of A–Z presentation, this volume lists the taxonomy and medicinal usage of Indian plants. Also given are both traditional Indian and international synonyms along with details of the habitats of the plants. This book, illustrated by over 200 full-color figures, is aimed at bringing out an updated Acute Study Dictionary of plant sources of Indian medicine. The text is based on authentic treatises which are the outcome of scientific screening and critical evaluation by eminent scholars. The Dictionary is presented in a user-friendly format, as a compact, handy, easy to use and one-volume reference work.

Cattail Moonshine & Milkweed Medicine

Cattail Moonshine & Milkweed Medicine
Author: Tammi Hartung
Publisher: Storey Publishing
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2016-09-20
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 161212660X

International Herb Association's 2017 Thomas DeBaggio Book Award Winner 2016 Silver Nautilus Book Award Winner History, literature, and botany meet in this charming tour of how humans have relied on plants to nourish, shelter, heal, clothe, and even entertain us. Did you know that during World War II, the US Navy paid kids to collect milkweed’s fluffy white floss, which was then used as filling for life preservers? And Native Americans in the deserts of the Southwest traditionally crafted tattoo needles from prickly pear cactus spines. These are just two of the dozens of tidbits that Tammi Hartung highlights in the tales of 43 native North American flowers, herbs, and trees that have rescued and delighted us for centuries.

Herbal Medicine

Herbal Medicine
Author: Iris F. F. Benzie
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 488
Release: 2011-03-28
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1439807167

The global popularity of herbal supplements and the promise they hold in treating various disease states has caused an unprecedented interest in understanding the molecular basis of the biological activity of traditional remedies. Herbal Medicine: Biomolecular and Clinical Aspects focuses on presenting current scientific evidence of biomolecular ef

CRC Handbook of Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants

CRC Handbook of Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants
Author: L. D. Kapoor
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 523
Release: 2018-01-18
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1351087894

This handbook is filled with over 50 illustrations and descriptions of approximately 250 plants which are used for herbal medicine. It includes the most current information available today on medicinal plants ranging from Abies spectabilis to Zizyphus vulgaris. The purpose of this handbook is to make available a reference for easy, accurate identification of these herbs. Derived from India, "Ayurveda" is the foundation stone of their ancient medical science. Approximately 80 percent of the population of India and other countries in the East continue to utilize this system of medicinal treatment. It is believed that the key to successful medication is the use of the correct herb. This is an indispensable resource for all physicians, pharmacists, drug collectors, and those interested in the healing art.