"This kind of systematic work is exactly what is needed for people to help bridge traditional Ayurvedic practice with modern science." Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Nobel laureate, current president of the Royal Society and group leader at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, UKAyurvedic Pharmacopoe
C. P. Khare is the founder and president of the Society for New Age Herbals, a forum for promoting evidence-based herbal medicine, in New Delhi, India. He has been an herbalist, herbal drug consultant, and herbal historian for more than sixty years. C. P. Khare was born into a family of traditional herbal physicians. He studied the original Ayurvedic texts in Sanskrit and Unani in Urdu and acquired firsthand knowledge of the cultivation and processing of herbs and their usage before going to college. His reference works find a prominent place in prestigious universities, teaching institutions, and libraries across the world.
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"This book is an excellent reminder of the importance of Ayurvedic herbs and is an indispensable reference for any serious student of herbal medicine, regardless of tradition."—Paul Joseph Ratte, Doody’s Book Reviews"I don't remember to have seen a better documentation which could position Indian Ayurvedic medicines into getting recognized in the international usages. It has got another advantage of integrating Ayurveda with modern medicine."—Prof. N.K. Ganguly, Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India
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A-Z Listing of 456 Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeial Plant Drugs.
