Caraka-Samhita Ebook
Caraka-Samhita Ebook

Author: Srikanta Sena

Publisher: Atmarama, Karl-Heinz Degenhardt

Published: 2023-08-23

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13:

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This is vol. 1 of Caraka-Samhita Ebook. In total there are four books with the eight main parts of the Caraka-Samhita: 1. Sutrasthanam (fundamentals, basic principles of Ayurveda); 2. Nidanasthanam (diagnosis); 3. Vimanasthanam (specific features and aspects of diseases); 4. Sarirasthanam (the study of the human body, procreation, pregnancy and birth); 5. Indriyasthanam (signs of imminent death); 6. Cikitsasthanam (therapeutics); 7. Kalpasthanam (preparations for emesis and purgation) and 8. Siddhisthanam (Pañcakarma therapies). The Caraka Samhita is the oldest and best known classics of Ayurveda. It was written more than two thousand years ago by the physician and sage Caraka in the Sanskrit language as a textbook for the study of Ayurveda. To this day, the Caraka Samhita is the indispensable basic work for anyone who wants to apply Ayurveda as a physician, therapist or privately. Vol. 1 comprises the main sections "The Vedic Culture", "Sutrasthanam (Fundamentals, Fundamental Principles of Ayurveda)" and "Nidanasthanam (Diagnostics)". Vol. 2 consists of the main sections Vimanasthanam (Specific features of diseases, doshas etc.), Sarirasthanam (the study of the human body) and Indriyasthanam (Signs of imminent death). Vol. 3 contains Cikitsasthanam (therapeutics). In 33 chapters, diagnosis, prognosis, symptoms and therapies of major physical and mental disorders are covered. Vol. 4 contains knowledge on preparations for emesis and purgation in the main section Kalpasthanam and knowledge on panca-karma therapies in the main section Siddhisthanam. Each volume contains an appendix with a list of references, a guide to the pronunciation of Sanskrit, a list of plants, a Sanskrit glossary with ayurvedic terms and names of persons mentioned in the book, and a list of tables. In Book 3 there is also a list of remedies, preparations and dietary preparations mentioned and described in the chapters of the Cikitsasthanam. So far only vol. 1 and vol. 2 is available in english language. The other two volumes will follow soon. Use this digital version of the Caraka-Samhita to engage with Ayurvedic knowledge in a relaxed way on your ebook reader, to study Ayurveda or simply as a handy reference book.

Compendia Of Ayurveda (Ayurveda Samhita) : Volume Nine
Compendia Of Ayurveda (Ayurveda Samhita) : Volume Nine

Author: Prof. Dr. Pandurang Hari Kulkarni

Publisher: Deerghayu International 2022

Published: 2022-02-09

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13:

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This volume contains four sections. Languages English, Marathi and Hindi. Section One contains 20 articles on Ayurveda Pharmacy. Section Two contains 12 articles on Theory and Practice of Ghanasar / solid extracts. Section Three is having 18 articles on Standardisation of Ayurveda Products. Section Four is on Complimentary Medicines for AIDS having 5 articles. Contributing Authors are renowned people in the respective field.

Cannabinoids as Therapeutics
Cannabinoids as Therapeutics

Author: Raphael Mechoulam

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2006-03-30

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 376437358X

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Only a few years ago the endocannabinoid system was unknown. Today we are aware that endocannabinoids are involved in many of the functions of the mammalian body - in neuroprotection, appetite and suckling, pain, reproduction, anxiety, memory, bone formation etc. This volume presents an up-to-date picture of some of the major fields of endocannabinoid research. It summarizes the actions of the endocannabinoids on various physiological systems and opens new therapeutic windows to a large number of diseases. The first chapter, on the use of Cannabis in India, can be viewed as an expression of thanks to the herbal practitioners, who for centuries passed on the medical traditions associated with the drug. The chapter on chemistry is a short summary of active plant, synthetic and endogenous cannabinoids being investigated today, many of which are mentioned later in the book. Cannabidiol is an unusual cannabinoid - it does not bind to the known receptors and yet exerts a variety of effects. Hence a chapter is devoted to it. Further chapters deal with the endocannabinoid system and the endocannabinoids in a variety of conditions and physiological systems. The concluding chapter describes the research done on Sativex®, a standardized plant extract, shortly to be introduced in Canada as a drug for multiple sclerosis. The intended audience is drug researchers (medicinal chemists, pharmacologists, clinicians), neuroscientists, physiologists, and clinicians interested in the effect of the endocannabinoid system in various physiological systems.

Vaṅgasena Saṃhitā, Or, Cikitsāsāra Saṅgraha of Vaṅgasena: Nidānādhikāra to Ślīpadarogādhikāra
Vaṅgasena Saṃhitā, Or, Cikitsāsāra Saṅgraha of Vaṅgasena: Nidānādhikāra to Ślīpadarogādhikāra

Author: Vaṅgasena

Publisher: Virago Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 692

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Chromic acid and chromium oxide are the two versatile Cr(VI) oxidants known to organic chemists for decades. The introduction of the Core's reagent , viz: pyridinium chlorochromate, in 1975 followed by the publications on several Cr(VI) oxidizing agents containing the -onium chromates and halochromates in the last three decades have very much changed the chemistry of oxidations with Chromium VI. Several of these new reagents have been shown to be mild so that they can be handled easily and the reacton products may also be controlled. Some of them are highly selective oxidants for positions like allylic hydroxylic group, etc., and some other are highly regioselective. The information on more than 36 such reagents reported in various internationally reputed journals spanning about 280 references have been collected and provided in this book in such a manner that it will be very useful for professionals, researchers, teachers and graduate students working in organic synthesis.

The Dai and the Indigenous
The Dai and the Indigenous

Author: Asha Achuthan

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2024-11-15

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1040152600

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This is a book about the dai, or traditional birth practitioner, and her place in the emerging therapeutic domain in colonial and contemporary India. The book employs a caste-informed feminist reading of the colonial archive against the grain and explores papers by Englishwomen physicians, texts of indigenous medicine and practitioner accounts, administrative documents, public commentaries, and legislative assembly debates from the 19th and early 20th centuries. It also examines contemporary healthcare policy discourse. Using these methodologies, the author traces the production of the dai as an unsanitary, unskilled indigenous figure in colonial and nationalist accounts. The book goes on to examine the workings of gender and caste in the setting up of this figure, at first for containment and then for removal from institutionalized healthcare – an exercise that is more or less completed in the present. The author argues that this exercise is part of the refashioning of the indigenous, and of indigenous medicine, throughout this period, into a highly codified domain that centres caste privilege and is supported by global capital networks. In such a refashioning, the dai figure is rendered remote not only from the centre of the healthcare apparatus but also from the centre of the contemporary nation. This genealogical tracing of indigenous medicine in Indian contexts, rather than separate histories, is also useful to understand better what is termed the healthcare assemblage today, and this book provides a ground on which this can be done.

Fundamentals of Pharmacognosy
Fundamentals of Pharmacognosy

Author: Mr. Darla Raju

Publisher: AG PUBLISHING HOUSE (AGPH Books)

Published: 2022-12-13

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 8196024355

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The term "pharmacognosy" comes from Greek words for "drug" ("pharmakon") and "knowledge" ("gnosis"), and it refers to the study of crude medications of the plant as well as the animal origin, in addition to their authentication and the quality control depending on macroscopic & microscopic studies of the crude drugs. Analecta Pharmacognostica, written by Seydler in 1815, is credited with popularising the word "pharmacognosy," which had been used by Schmidt, an Austrian physician, in the year 1811. Since its inception some 200 years ago, Pharmacognosy has developed and expanded in the same way that any other branch of science would. Today, it is understood to be the study of biogenic or naturally derived poisons, pharmaceuticals, and other drugs, and it makes use of a wide range of cutting-edge analytical methods for ensuring the authenticity and quality of everything from crude drugs to purifying the active fractions, extracts, components, and sometimes even medicinal foods. The practise of using medicinal plants to create pharmaceuticals has evolved throughout time, with pharmacognosy keeping pace by focusing on the identification, isolation, and evaluation of the bioactivity of active chemicals in drug discovery rather than the creation iv of crude pharmaceuticals. According to the "American Society of Pharmacognosy", "Pharmacognosy" is "the study of the chemical, biochemical, physical, and biological aspects of medications, drug substances, or prospective drugs or the drug substances of the natural origin, and the search for novel pharmaceuticals from natural sources." These days, pharmacologists investigate natural compounds found in a wide range of creatures, not only plants.

Textbook of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry - E-Book
Textbook of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry - E-Book

Author: Biren Shah

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2012-05-14

Total Pages: 1739

ISBN-13: 8131232603

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Textbook of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry This comprehensive textbook is primarily aimed at the course requirements of the B. Pharm. students. This book is specially designed to impart knowledge alternative systems of medicine as well as modern pharmacognosy. It would also serve as a valuable resource of information to other allied botanical and alternative healthcare science students as well as researchers and industrialists working in the field of herbal technology. Only Textbook Offering... Recent data on trade of Indian medicinal plants (till 2008) Illustrated biosynthetic pathways of metabolites as well as extraction and isolation methodologies of medicinal compounds Bioactivity determination and synthesis of herbal products of human interest Information on Ayurvedic plants and Chinese system of medicine Simple narrative text that will help the students quickly understand important concepts Over 300 illustrations and 120 tables in order to help students memorize and recall vital concepts making this book a student’s companion cum teacher A must buy for every student of pharmacognosy!