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Ayurvedic herbs : a clinical guide to the healing plants of traditional Indian medicine /

A single-source reference on the most important and best-investigated Ayurvedic herbs This book examines the clinical information available on more than 60 Ayurvedic herbs to determine how their use in traditional Indian medicine is supported by modern scientific study. Plants are grouped according...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Premila, M. S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Haworth Press, ©2006.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Foreword / H. Wagner
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • ch. 1. Drug development and evaluation in ancient India
  • Origins of ayurveda
  • History of drug evaluation
  • Plant use in ayurveda
  • ch. 2. Scientific investigation of Indian medicinal plants
  • History of research
  • Results of scientific investigation
  • ch. 3. Gastrointestinal agents
  • Malabsorption syndrome
  • Dyspepsia
  • Antiulcer plants
  • Other antiulcer plants
  • Inflammatory bowel disease
  • Antiemetic agents
  • Laxatives
  • Other laxative plants
  • Diarrhea
  • ch. 4. Hepatoprotective agents
  • Plant use in ayurveda
  • Scientific studies
  • Viral hepatitis
  • Other antiviral plants
  • Ascites
  • Chronic cholecycstitis
  • ch. 5. Respiratory tract drugs
  • Plants for bronchial asthma
  • Upper-respiratory tract infections
  • Other plants
  • Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia
  • ch. 6. Cardiovascular drugs
  • Cardioprotective plants
  • Hypolipidemic plants
  • Other hypolipidemic plants
  • Antihypertensive plants
  • Venous disorders
  • ch. 7. Urinary tract drugs
  • Diuretics
  • Plants for urinary tract disorders.
  • ch. 8. Antirheumatic agents
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
  • ch. 9. Skin and trauma care agents
  • Skin diseases
  • Leukoderma/follicular eczema
  • Psoriasis
  • Wound healing plants
  • Other wound healing plants
  • Fracture healing plants
  • ch. 10. Gynecological agents
  • Galactagogue
  • Antileukorrheal plants
  • Antimenorrhagial plants
  • ch. 11. Antidiabetic agents
  • Main plants
  • Other plants
  • Diabetic complications
  • ch. 12. Central nervous system agents
  • Memory and learning enhancers
  • Parkinson's disease
  • Sedative plants
  • ch. 13. Rasayana drugs : antiaging agents, adaptogens, and immunostimulants
  • Tonic/antiaging effects
  • Other tonic/antiaging plants
  • Immunostimulant effects against infection
  • Cancer therapy
  • Other plants used in cancer therapy
  • ch. 14. Dental and ophthalmological agents
  • Dental health
  • Other dental conditions
  • Ophthalmological agents
  • Appendix : List of single plants, indications, and chapters
  • Index.