Chopra's Indigenous Drugs of India
Author: Chopra R N
Publisher: Academic Publishers
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 868
ISBN-13: 9788185086804
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPosts
The Essential Guide to Herbal Safety
Author: Simon Y Mills
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Published: 2004-12-23
Total Pages: 704
ISBN-13: 0443071713
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWinner of American Botanical Council's 2005 James A. Duke Botanical Literature Award, the Essential Guide to Herbal Safety offers a balanced and objective perspective on the principles of herbal medicine safety as well as the complex challenges relating to self-prescribed or professionally prescribed herbal medications and supplements. With contributions from leading international practitioners and authorities, it contains comprehensive reviews, in monograph format, of the published safety data for 125 common herbs. You'll also find coverage of issues of quality, interactions, adverse reactions, toxicity, allergy, contact sensitivity, and idiosyncratic reactions. Provides the most current information on safety issues in herbal medicine. Presents authoritative and credible safety information from two experienced herbal practitioners. Combines theoretical chapters with 125 well-researched monographs, making it the most thorough and comprehensive text on the market for herbal safety in practice. Provides clear information using the most current evidence-based reviews, covering factors that influence herb safety, including the negative placebo effects (nocebo), various types of unpredictable effects, the basis for interactions between herbs and drugs, and quality issues. Uses an established grading system for assessing safety in pregnancy and lactation that is realistic and appropriate to herb use. Thoroughly critiques the dominant misinformation in the media and medical journals on herb safety issues. Contains 83 documented case studies on hepatoxicity and the effects in relation to kava. Kava safety is a hot topic. Includes two useful appendices detailing herbal references for pregnancy and lactation considerations.
Dr. K. M. Nadkarni's Indian Materia Medica
Author: A. K. Nadkarni
Publisher: Popular Prakashan
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 1416
ISBN-13: 9788171541423
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Indian systems of medicine, both Ayurvedic and Tibbi, even now give medical relief to a very large section of the population in India. This is the standard Materia Medica that has been used for decades by many Ayurvedic Physicians. With the rising interest in Alternative Therapies in the United States, this will prove to be a useful repertory.
Medicinal Orchids of Asia
Author: Eng Soon Teoh
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2016-08-30
Total Pages: 753
ISBN-13: 3319242741
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis unique book brings together a wealth of data on the botanical, ethno-medicinal and pharmacological aspects of over 500 species of Asian medicinal orchids. It starts off by explaining the role and limitations of complimentary and herbal medicines, and how traditional Asian medicine differs from Western, “scientific” medicine. The different Asian medical traditions are described, as well as their modes of preparing herbal remedies. The core of the book presents individual medicinal orchid species arranged by genera. Each species is identified by its official botanical name, synonyms, and local names. Its distribution, habitat and flowering season, uses and pharmacology are described. An overview sums up the research findings on all species within each genus. Clinical observations are discussed whenever available, and possible therapeutic applications are highlighted. The book closes with chapters on the conservation of medicinal orchids and on the role of randomized clinical trials.
Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of India Vol. 1
Author: Ákos Máthé
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2022-07-07
Total Pages: 442
ISBN-13: 3030987019
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is the 8th volume of the popular series ‘Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of the World’. Like the previous volumes, this volume is being introduced in a monographic format containing an extremely rich and diverse medicinal flora of India. Both well-known and somewhat still ignored species have been described in view of their traditional, present day and prospective uses. The scientific and technological achievements are also included aptly in this volume, together with a careful and critical consideration to our contemporary knowledge of this vast interdisciplinary domain with an Indian focus. In the era of global climate change and pandemics, building on the huge Indian traditions, this volume will make an important contribution to the better knowledge and understanding of MAPs. The Indian flora has always been recognized for its medicinal and aromatic plant values and this volume is explicitly focusing in that direction. With the rapidly expanding scope of natural nutraceuticals and herbal formulations, this book will be a fruitful acquisition for the interested readers globally.
Ethnobotany and the Search for New Drugs
Author: Derek J. Chadwick
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2008-04-30
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 0470514647
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA compilation of articles by prominent experts in their respective fields on compensation for and collaboration with indigenous people in regard to their knowledge and provision of rare plants which are used for some of the most potent drugs in Western medicine.
Development of Plant-Based Medicines: Conservation, Efficacy and Safety
Author: Praveen K. Saxena
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2013-03-14
Total Pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9401597790
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe `plant' is often the most neglected part of plant-based medicine. Throughout time, humans have searched, collected, and effectively used plants for healing. Currently, the medicinal plant-based business is flourishing at a dramatic pace and at the expense of an already declining population of plant species, many of which are on the verge of extinction. In spite of this history and popularity, the mystery of what transforms a plant into a medicinal plant persists, and there are chronic problems with ensuring the safety and efficacy of medicinal plant products. Therefore, there is a real need for a full characterization of medicinal plant species and for the development and application of novel technologies for the production of plant-based medicines. This book highlights some of the recent advances and new approaches to the development of technologies for plant-based medicines and is intended to stimulate new discussions among researchers, regulatory authorities, and pharmaceutical organizations, leading to significant advancements in the field.
Modern and Global Ayurveda
Author: Dagmar Wujastyk
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2013-09-09
Total Pages: 366
ISBN-13: 0791478165
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA comprehensive overview of Ayurveda.
Disparate Remedies
Author: Nandini Bhattacharya
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Published: 2023-07-15
Total Pages: 328
ISBN-13: 0228017904
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAt present India is a leading producer, distributor, and consumer of generic medicines globally. Disparate Remedies traces the genealogy of this development and examines the public cultures of medicine in the country between 1870 and 1960. The book begins by discussing the expansion of medical consumerism in late nineteenth-century India when British-owned firms extended their sales into remote towns. As a result, laboratory-produced drugs competed with traditional remedies through side-by-side production of Western and Indian drugs by pharmaceutical companies. The emergent middle classes, the creation of a public sphere, and nationalist politics transformed the medical culture of modern India and generated conflict between Western and Indigenous medical systems and their practitioners. Nandini Bhattacharya demonstrates that these disparate therapies were sustained through the tropes of purity or adulteration, potency or lack of it, and epistemic heritage, even when their material configuration often differed little. Uniquely engaging with the cultures of both consumption and production in the country, Disparate Remedies follows the evolution of medicine in colonial India as it confronted Indian modernity and changing public attitudes surrounding health and drugs.
Herbal Medicine in India
Author: Saikat Sen
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2019-09-10
Total Pages: 612
ISBN-13: 9811372489
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book highlights the medical importance of and increasing global interest in herbal medicines, herbal health products, herbal pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, food supplements, herbal cosmetics, etc. It also addresses various issues that are hampering the advancement of Indian herbal medicine around the globe; these include quality concerns and quality control, pharmacovigilance, scientific investigation and validation, IPR and biopiracy, and the challenge that various indigenous systems of medicine are at risk of being lost. The book also explores the role of traditional medicine in providing new functional leads and modern approaches that can offer elegant strategies for facilitating the drug discovery process. The book also provides in-depth information on various traditional medicinal systems in India and discusses their medical importance. India has a very long history of safely using many herbal drugs. Folk medicine is also a key source of medical knowledge and plays a vital role in maintaining health in rural and remote areas. Despite its importance, this form of medicine largely remains under-investigated. Out of all the traditional medicinal systems used worldwide, Indian traditional medicine holds a unique position, as it has continued to deliver healthcare throughout the Asian subcontinent since ancient times. In addition, traditional medicine has been used to derive advanced techniques and investigate many modern drugs. Given the scope of its coverage, the book offers a valuable resource for scientists and researchers exploring traditional and herbal medicine, as well as graduate students in courses on traditional medicine, herbal medicine and pharmacy.
