Prime Ayurvedic plant drugs / Sukh Dev.
Dev, Sukh, 1923- author.
2023
RS164 .D48 2023
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Title
Prime Ayurvedic plant drugs / Sukh Dev.
Author
Dev, Sukh, 1923- author.
Edition
2nd ed.
ISBN
9783031220753 (electronic bk.)
3031220757 (electronic bk.)
3031220749
9783031220746
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22075-3
Publication Details
Cham : Springer, 2023.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-031-22075-3 doi
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RS164 .D48 2023
Dewey Decimal Classification
615.3210954
Summary
This handbook covers the medicinal and chemical properties of Ayurvedic medicines, the plants that produce them and the currently known organic compounds that occur therein. It provides therapeutic attributes of each plant as well as indicates its potential for use as modern herbal or molecular drug. It combines the works of Ayurvedic folk medicine with modern pharmacology, botany, and chemistry in a singularly effective way. It also provides a useful standardization of classical Ayurvedic formulations. Consisting of numerous photographs of medicinal plants, this handbook will serve as an excellent reference work for chemists, botanists, pharmacists, and medical professionals.
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Intro
Foreword to the First Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Explanatory Notes
Abbreviations
Language
Technical
Literature References
BOOKS (Classical Ayurvedic Texts)
BOOKS and REPORTS
Contents
Section-I GENERAL INTRODUCTION
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
1. Ayurveda
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Concepts
Tridosha
Drug Action
1.3 Diseases
Gulma (Gaseous lumps in the abdomen)
Hrdroga (Heart diseases)
Jvara (Fever)
Krimi (Parasites)
Kustha (Skin diseases including leprosy)
Medoroga (Lipid disorders)

Meha/Prameha (Obstinate urinary disorders)
Rakta pitta (Haemorrhagic disorders)
Visarpa (Cellulitis)
1.4 Medicinal Plants
Classification of Medicinal Plants
2. Modern Evaluation of Ayurvedic Plant Drugs
2.1 Curative Plant Drugs
Psoralea corylifolia Linn. (Baakuchi)
Rauvolfia serpentina Benth. ex Kurz (Sarpagandhaa)
Cedrus Deodara (Roxb. ex Lamb.) G. Don (Devadaaru)
Commiphora wightii (Arnott.) Bhandari (Guggulu)
2.2 Health Supporting Plant Drugs
Antiageing (Vayahsthaapana) Drugs
Ageing
Oxidative Stress and Ageing
Asparagus racemosus Willd. (Shataavari)

Boerhavia diffusa Linn. (Punarnavaa)
Centella asiatica (Linn.) Urban. (Mandookaparni)
Clitoria ternatea Linn. (Apraajitaa)
Desmodium gangeticum (Linn.) DC. (Shaalparni)
Emblica officinalis Gaertn. (Aamalaki)
Leptadenia reticulata (Retz.) Wt. and Arn. (Jeevanti)
Pluchea lanceolata (DC.) Clarke (Raasnaa)
Terminalia chebula Retz. (Haritaki)
Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Hook. f. and Thoms. (Guduchi)
Conclusion
3. Ethnotherapeutics and Modern Drug Development
3.1 Molecular Drugs
Higher Plant Drugs and the Role of Ethnotherapeutics
Role of Ethnotherapeutics

3.2 Phytopharmaceuticals
Herbs with Several Actives
Curcuma longa Linn.
Curcuma zeodory (Berg.) Rosc.
Glycyrrhiza glabra
Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Miers ex Hook. f. & Thoms.
Zingiber officinale Rosc.
Herbs with Synergistic Interactions of Constituents
Artemisia annua Linn.
Berberis spp.
Cassia angustifolia Vahl.
Commiphora wightii (Arnott.) Bhandari
Curcuma longa Linn.
Herbal-Herbal Interactions and Adjuvant Therapy
Bioavailability Enhancers
Disabling Infection/Disease Resistance
Fortifying Immune Defence
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References

Section-II Monographs
1 Abies spectabilis (D. Don) Spach
Plant
Chemical Constituents
Therapeutic Uses
New Findings
Toxicity
References
2 Acacia catechu Willd.
Plant
Chemical Constituents
Therapeutic Uses
Modern Scientific Validation
New Findings
Toxicity
References
3 Achyranthes aspera Linn.
Plant
Chemical Constituents
Therapeutic Uses
Modern Scientific Validation
New Findings
Toxicity
References
4 Acorus calamus Linn.
Plant
Chemical Constituents
Therapeutic Uses
New Findings
Toxicity
References

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