Practical Guide To Dravyaguna Vijnanam

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Practical Guide To Dravyaguna Vijnanam The recent advances in the study on medicinal plants have necessitated a systematic approach to the evaluation of crude drugs used in Ayurvedic medicine. In the present text “Practical Guide to Dravyagunavijñānam” every effort has been made to present the details of drugs as per Taxonomy, Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry and Ayurvedic prarameters. This text has been prepared according to the practical syllabi for Dravyaguna-vijñānam of B.A.M.S. Degree classes insisted by Central Council of Indian Medicine for all Indian Universities.

The first three chapters of the book deal with the academically significant topics such as, Microscope, Preparation of Temperory slide of plant materials and Herbarium Technique. From chapter 4 to 22 the drugs for practical study has been described in detail. Chapter 23 deals with the family wise checklist of Medicinal plants included in the B.A.M.S and M.D (Ay) syllabus. Care has been taken to describe the drugs in semi-technical language and to arrange the glossary of terms in alphabetic order. The subject matter and various illustrations have been taken from reliable journels and other authentic sources. Most of the diagrams have been sketched directly by the author from fresh specimens (dissected flowers and microscopical sections).