Comprehensive Medicinal Plants: Plant Monographs Alphabetically (In 6 Volumes)

Wealth of information hitherto scattered has been sourced from various sources and assembled in a classified format for the benefit of the reader in a unique and unprecedented manner. This detailed treatise in six volumes is written for the benefit of ayurvedic, unani, sidha practitioners, botanists, biologists, chemists, pharmacy, industry and scientists. The whole set furnishes detailed monographs of more than 1100 medicinal plants found in India. These monographs are provided in a common format giving Synonyms, Family, Vernacular Names(Covered Globally) , Phytography, Ecology, Cultivation, Phenology, Parts Used, Constituents And Active Principles, Habitat And Distribution, Modern Drug Research, Traditional Drugs, Traditional Usage, Tribal Usage, Recommendations Of Traditional Ayurvedic Texts Like Sushrutha Samhitha, Ayurvedic Usage, Unani Usage, Homeopathic Usage, Dosage, Safety, Antidotes, Adulterants/Substitutes and References etc. of each plant in detail with colour photographs of the plant and the parts used and specific remarks of the editor. Each volume contains Abbreviations Used, Medicinal Glossary, Technical Glossary, Glossary relating to Plant Anatomy, Bibliography etc. Unprecedented efforts are made to provide as many Synonyms as possible for the benefit of all casual browsers. Obsolete names are also included in the synonyms. One unique feature of this work is that the phytography (Description of the Plant) and a photograph of the plant and photographs of the used parts (dried) are provided wherever possible for the benefit of assisting the readers. Efforts made to give the names of the plant in as many languages as possible will find use to a reader who is not well versed with the scientific names. PHENOLOGY, ECOLOGY AND CULTIVATION, HABITAT AND DISTRIBUTION of each plant helps all the Farmers, Nurseries and Gardens. Constituents and Active Principles are listed in brief with references there itself to facilitate easy tracking. Latest developments in the arena of Modern Drug Research relating to each plant is provided for the benefit of Scientists, Pharmacists, Medical Practitioners, Research organizations and Pharma Industries. Traditional Drugs employing the plant parts are listed. Traditional Usage, Tribal Usage, Recommendations Of Traditional Ayurvedic Texts Like Sushrutha Samhitha, Ayurvedic Usage, Unani Usage, Homeopathic Usage are provided which I hope will find its utility for Research organizations, Scientists, Govt. agencies, Pharma Companies, Alternative Medicine manufacturers, Doctors, Pharmacists etc. Detailed information on Dosage, Contra Indications, Safety, Antidotes, Adulterants/ Substitutes will prove beneficial to Pharmacy Industry, Crude Herb Dealers, Practitioners and concerned Govt. Regulatory Authorities.