Handbook of Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants with Diagrams

Contents: Preface. 1. Principles of Dravyaguna vijnaana: Ayurveda, Dravyaguna-vijnana, Dravya, Guna, Rasa, Vipaaka, Prabhaava, Karma, Aushadha (drug or medicine), Vishuddha-Aushadha, Maatra (dose), Kalpanaa (formulation). 2. Binomial nomenclature and plant names in Latin. 3. Some of the common active constituents of Medicinal plants. 4. Some of the plant families and their characteristics. 5. Introduction to herbarium specimen. 6. Some of the common medical prefixes, suffixes and abbreviations. 7. Description of 184 Dravyas. 8. Sketch diagrams of Dravyas (Medicinal Plants) No. 1-184. Appendices, Indices and References.