Ukaaz Publications
54 books
Compiled in this edited volume are a total of 8 review articles authored by eminent scientists, researchers, and medical professionals from all over India. Together, these pieces provide the reader a host of information related to the causes, symptoms and diagnosis of AIDS alongwith an overview of recent advances in its prevention, control and cure through alternative medical systems such as Ayurveda, Accupuncture, Siddha, Unani, Homeopathy and others. The ...
Probably since time immemorial, the prevailing notion about ageing has been that it is an “inevitable consequence of time”. The longer you stick around on earth, the more the body decayed, Quite remarkably, both poets and scientists rely colorful literary tropes. Poets speak about time digging furrows into tender brows, and scientists proclaim the idea about the biological clock of ageing. Whatever the case may be, it is not a major leap in ...
Cancer is a major killer disease in most developed and underdeveloped countries. It is a growing public health menace, and more than six million new cases of this disease are reported every year. To our rescue, nature has provided a rich storehouse of herbal remedies to cure all ailments of humankind. Plant products have been a source of medicinal agents since time immemorial. Sensing the importance and anticancerous properties of plants, articles of this book ...
Since ancient days, human beings have been suffering from various diseases. To our rescue, nature has provided a rich storehouse of herbal products to cure all ailments of humankind. Such products are widely used as therapeutic agents for different ailments such as hypertension, mental illness, cancer, leprosy and skin disorders. The ever increasing threat to human life by both neoplastic diseases and AIDS makes the pursuit of antitumor, antiviral and ...
The hills and oceans of India contain a variety of medicinal plants which have been used traditionally for treatment of various diseases. Most of these plants are known to the local tribes and remains scientifically unexplored. Medicinal uses of quite a number of plants have been mentioned in Vedas, Puranas and Susruta. From time immemorial, human beings have learned about plants/herbs for curative treatment of diseases. Sensing the importance and antidisease ...
The plant kingdom has provided man with his therapeutic needs over many millennia. Indeed the vegetal kingdom has been the therapeutic arsenal of all the documented traditional systems of medicine which made possible the modern discipline of ethnomedicine, i.e., those beliefs and practices relating to diseases which are products of indigenous cultural development and are not explicitly derived from the conceptual frame work of modern medicine. The World Health ...
Every year millions of people in developing world die owing to infectious diseases which can be prevented. To our rescue, medicinal and aromatic plants have provided a rich storehouse of traditional medicine to cure all ailments of mankind. Such medicines are widely used as therapeutic agents for different ailments such as hypertension, mental illness, cancer, malaria, diabetes, rheumatism and skin disorders. Sensing the importance and antidisease properties of ...
Man's interest in plants in mainly for food and medicines. The history of herbal medicine is as old as human civilization. In the past, almost all the medicines were used from the plants, the plant being man's only chemist for ages. Drugs are chemical substances, which by interacting with biological systems change their behaviour, which is used for the purpose of diagnosis, prevention, relief or cure of a disease in man or animals. Since his existence on this ...
Indian has one of the oldest, richest and most diverse cultural traditions associated with the use of medicinal plants. We also have a vast and inexhaustible resource of drugs of plant origin as nature has provided us with a rich storehouse of herbal remedies to cure all mankind's ailments. Some of them are widely cultivated and others are found in plenty. Medicinal plants have their values in various chemical compounds available in various parts such as leaves, ...
Medicine, in several developing countries, using local traditions and beliefs, is still the mainstay of health care. Medicinal plants, since times immemorial, have been used in virtually all cultures as a source of medicine. The widespread use of herbal remedies and health care preparations, as those described in ancient texts such as the Vedas and the Bible, and obtained from commonly used traditional herbs and medicinal plants, has been traced to the occurrence ...
It is the first ever scientific account of the lakes of the Indian subcontinent written by prominent researchers and university teachers associated with this field. The book encompasses the genesis of the lake basins of the Himalays, sub-Himalayas and the Indo-Gangetic plain and vividly portrays the ecological behaviour of the lakes of certain limnologically distinct regions, viz., Kashmir, Kumaun and the coasted plains. The articles on the water chemistry, ...
Plants are nature’s remedies and have been used on the earth for food and medicine since ancient times and Indian herbs have gathered a fan following world over, because of their simple healing powers. There is a herb for every human affliction. Herbal traditions have been passed down and refined with scientific understanding, providing information to assist in health maintenance. Today the global movement towards a more natural life style has ...
Plants are Nature’s remedies and have been used on the earth for food and medicine since ancient times. There is an herb for every human affiction. Herbal traditions have been passed down and refined with scientific understanding, providing information to assist in health maintenance. Today, the global movement towards a more natural lifestyle has brought about resurgence of interest in herbs. Herbs, glorified in the ancient medicinal science ...
Health and disease are coeval with life. Form time immemorial man has been interested in trying to control diseases. The medicine man and herbalist undertook in various ways to cure man’s disease and bring relief to the sick. One of the chronic, world wide heterogeneous of it will be 5.4% by the year2025, with the global diabetic population reaching to 300 million. Among all the WHO regimes. South East Asian region are highest affected with maximum global ...
From time immemorial, man has been interested in trying to control diseases. The history of medicine, thus contributes review of the evolution of man and human knowledge during the 20th century and made medicine more complex. As the world’s populationi s nearing 5 billion, with this rate of growth, 3/4th of the world’s population cannot afford the products of western pharmaceutical industries. Therefore they have to rely upon ...
From time immemorial man has been interested in trying to control diseases. The medicine man and herbalist undertook in various ways to cure man’s disease and bring relief to the sick. Herbs are considered food for the Body. They are valuable sources of natural medicine, Vitamins, minerals and photochemicals that have a remarkable history of curative effects, when used under the supervision of an experienced and knowledgeable practitioner are generally safe and ...
The history of medicine dates back perhaps to the origin of the human race. In those days, the subject of human suffering and its alleviation was intimately associated with religion, myth and magic. The organic world is sustained by plants through the fundamental process of photosynthesis. Plants have provided all the basic are the sources of food, medicine, fuel, fibre and others. Plants have been associated with the health of mankind from time immemorial and ...
Plants have provided all the basic needs of man ever since his birth and evolution. Plants are the sources of food, medicine, fuel, fibre and others. Plants have been associated with the health of mankind from time immenmorial and also the important source of medicines even since the dawn of human civilization. In the past, sickness was viewed as a punishment from God, and hence was treated with prayers and rituals. India has been a traditional exporter of ...