Asian Agri-History

N. C. Shah ¹

Affiliations
1 Herbal Research & Development Institute U. P. (now Uttarakhand) & Department of Botany & Pharmacognosy Division, CIMAP(CSIR), IN

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By Ishwari Datt Rai, Gajendra Singh & Gopal Singh Rawat. 2017. M/s Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehradun (India); First edition. Rs.695 ($35.00). Soft flexi Bound. ISBN-10: 8121109590 ISBN-13: 978-8121109598. Pages-393 (with more than 1200 coloured photographs). Chapters-14 with two indexes. Dimensions: 1.9 x 14 x 21.6 cm. Category-An illustrated book with colored photographs of the plants of the region.

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N. C. Shah ¹

Affiliations
1 Department Botany and Pharmacognosy, CIMAP (CSIR), Lucknow – 226024, IN

Abstract

Kaviraj Gananth Sen earned great reputation for his publication of Pratyaksa Sarira, Siddhanta-Nidana, Ayurveda Paricaya and as a founder of Viswanath Ayurveda Mahavidyalaya which later renamed as Gananath Sen Institute of Ayurveda and Research in Calcutta. His address at BHU deals with the advances made in Ayurveda about hundred years ago, the knowledge of treating plants under Vrksa-Ayurveda, the form of Materia medica and Pharmacy and the chemistry of Makaradhvaja used as stimulant and vitalizer. The Ayurvedists knew that there are certain diseases and ailments caused by ‘microorganisms’ and the knowledge of midwifery, and of compounds, which cured sexual debility under the name of Vaisnavi Sakti. The progress made in surgery and the instruments used were also taken into account. Finally, it dealt with the charges against the status of Ayurveda in the country about hundred years ago and action to be taken for its reform as a word of appeal to the people.

Keywords

Adoption of Foreign Drugs, Bower Manuscript, Caraka, Materia Medica, Pharmacy, Sexual Debility, Status of Surgery, Surgery, Susurta, Vagbhata, Vaisnavi Sakti, Vayu-Kapha-Pitta, Vrksa-Ayurveda, William Harvey.

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