Amazing Rare Things: The Art of Natural History in the Age of Discovery

Medicinal Plants for Health and Wealth is a new and timely entry in the arena of medical science, horticulture and Ayur Veda. This book provides fundamental information regarding medicinal plants and cure of many diseases. Valuable informations like description of the plants, their chemical constituents, part used and medicinal uses have been included in this book. The sketches of the described plants are given to help the readers to identify them correctly. This book is written in user-friendly language. Hope the students of Botany, Horticulture, Ayurveda, Pharmacy and medical science will find this handy reference of immense importance.

Based on Todarananda Ayurveda Saukhyam, this series in nine volumes covers almost all the aspects of Ayurveda, including fundamentals principles, anatomy, physiology, hygiene and public health, examination of patients, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of diseases, iatro-chemistry, materia medica and five specialised therapies, known as Panch karma. While volumes one and two deal with materia medica and basic principles of Ayurveda, respectively, volumes three to seven cover the diagnosis and treatment of different diseases. Five specialised therapies (Panch-Karma) and Rasa Sastra make part of volumes eight and nine respectively. Besides the original Sanskrit text, all the volumes contain its English translation, extensive glossary of technical terms, various indices, notes and references.

This book contains s written by young enthusiastic scientists, teachers and researchers who are involved in research, teaching and extension of modern scientific agricultural principles and practices in different parts of India. Attempts have been made to cover various aspects of modern agriculture viz. genetic improvement of crop plants, modern methods in plant breeding, seed science, ground water resources management, integrated farming systems, horticultural crops, biological control for sustainable agriculture, underutilized fruit plants health enhancing foods, role of enzymes in food processing, bioinformatics and molecular diagnostics etc., but still many facets lingering due to vast nature of agriculture itself. The major aim of this book is to provide glimpse of important arena to enhance food and nutritional security in a sustainable way.