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of any medical condition Plant illustrations by M S Premila, © 2006 Cover design by Marylouise E Doyle Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Premila, M S Ayurvedic herbs : a clinical guide to the healing plants of traditional Indian medicine / M.S Premila p cm Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN-13: 978-0-7890-1767-3 (hc : alk paper) ISBN-10: 0-7890-1767-9 (hc : alk paper) ISBN-13: 978-0-7890-1768-0 (pbk : alk paper) ISBN-10: 0-7890-1768-7 (pbk : alk paper) Herbs—Therapeutic use Medicine, Ayurvedic Materia medica, Vegetable I Title [DNLM: Plants, Medicinal Phytotherapy Plant Preparations—therapeutic use Medicine, Ayurvedic QV 770 JI4 P925a 2006] RM666.H33P737 2006 615'.321—dc22 2005034847 For my mother, Lakshmi Sivaraman And in memory of my father, M S Sivaraman ABOUT THE AUTHOR M S Premila, PhD, retired as Chief Manager of Herbal Drugs at SPIC Pharmaceuticals Division, R&D Centre, in Maraimalai Nagar, India, with more than 30 years of experience in natural products At SPIC, she was responsible for the development of scientifically validated herbal products based on Ayurveda She previously worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Pharmaceutical Institute of Tohuku University in Japan, was a Swiss National Science Foundation Fellow at the Institute of Organic Chemistry of the University of Zurich in Switzerland, and was a Research Scientist in Amrutanjan Ltd, Chennai Dr Premila has published several scientific papers and a book chapter on isoquinolines She is a Fellow of the Society of Ethnobotanists and a member of the International Society for Ethnopharmacology, the Society for Medicinal Plant Research, and the Cucurbit Network © 2006 by The Haworth Press, Inc All rights reserved doi:10.1300/5683_a CONTENTS Foreword xi H Wagner Preface xiii Acknowledgments xvii Chapter Drug Development and Evaluation in Ancient India Origins of Ayurveda History of Drug Evaluation Plant Use in Ayurveda 1 Chapter Scientific Investigation of Indian Medicinal Plants History of Research Results of Scientific Investigation 7 Chapter Gastrointestinal Agents Malabsorption Syndrome Dyspepsia Antiulcer Plants Other Antiulcer Plants Inflammatory Bowel Disease Antiemetic Agents Laxatives Other Laxative Plants Diarrhea 13 13 16 20 29 33 39 43 53 54 Chapter Hepatoprotective Agents Plant Use in Ayurveda Scientific Studies Viral Hepatitis Other Antiviral Plants Ascites Chronic Cholecystitis 61 61 62 76 80 81 82 Chapter Respiratory Tract Drugs Plants for Bronchial Asthma Upper-Respiratory Tract Infections Other Plants Tropical Pulmonary Eosinophilia 85 86 111 115 116 Chapter Cardiovascular Drugs Cardioprotective Plants Hypolipidemic Plants Other Hypolipidemic Plants Antihypertensive Plants Venous Disorders 119 120 131 143 144 146 Chapter Urinary Tract Drugs Diuretics Plants for Urinary Tract Disorders 151 151 157 Chapter Antirheumatic Agents Rheumatoid Arthritis 163 163 Chapter Skin and Trauma Care Agents Skin Diseases Leukoderma/Follicular Eczema Psoriasis Wound Healing Plants Other Wound Healing Plants Fracture Healing Plants 193 194 204 207 211 218 219 Chapter 10 Gynecological Agents Galactagogue Antileukorrheal Plants Antimenorrhagial Plants 223 223 225 226 Chapter 11 Antidiabetic Agents Main Plants Other Plants Diabetic Complications 229 231 272 275 Chapter 12 Central Nervous System Agents Memory and Learning Enhancers Parkinson’s Disease Sedative Plants 279 280 298 301 Chapter 13 Rasayana Drugs: Antiaging Agents, Adaptogens, and Immunostimulants Tonic/Antiaging Effects Other Tonic/Antiaging Plants Immunostimulant Effects Against Infection Other Immunostimulant Plants Cancer Therapy Other Plants Used in Cancer Therapy 305 306 312 313 316 317 326 Chapter 14 Dental and Ophthalmological Agents Dental Health Other Dental Conditions Ophthalmological Agents 329 329 332 335 Appendix: List of Single Plants, Indications, and Chapters 343 Index 347 ... 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