Table of Contents

Section I: General Introduction Section II: Monographs Acacia catechu * Achyranthese aspera * Acorus calamux * Adhatoda vasica * Aegle Marmelos * Aloe vera * Alpinia galanga * Alstonia scholaris * Andrographis paniculata * Asparagus adscendens * Asparagus racemosus * Azadirachta indica * Bacopa monnieri * Benincasa hispida * Berberis aristata * Boerhavia diffusa * Boswellia serrata * Butea monosperma * Caesalpinia bonduc * Calotropis procera * Cannabis sativa * Cassia absus * Cassia angustifolia * Cassia fistula * Cassia tora * Cedrus deodara * Celastrus paniculatus * Centeua asiatica * Cissus quadrangularis * Coccinia grandis * Commiphora wightii * Convolvulus pluricaulis * Crataeva nurvala * Crocus sativus * Curculigo orchioides * Curcuma longa * Curcuma Zedoaria * Cyperus rotundus * Demondium gangeticum * Edipta alba * Embelia ribes * Emblica officinalis * Eugenia jamboilana * Ficus bengalensis * Fumaria indica * Garcinia Morella * Glycyrrhiza Glabra * Gymnema sylvestre * Hedychium spicatum * Hemidesmus indicus * Holarrhena antidysenterica * Inula racemosa * Lawsonia inermis * Leptadenia reticulata * Leucas asperia litsea glutinosa * Mallotus philippensis * Momordica charantia * moringa oleif era * Mucuna pruriens * Nardostachys jatamansi * Nelumbo nucifera * Nigella sativa * Odmum sanctum * Phyllanthus fraternus * Picrorhiza kurroa * Piper longum * Plumbago zeylancia * Psoralea corylifolia * Pterocarpus marsupium * Pueraria tuberosa * Punica granatum * Rauvolfia serpentina * Rubia cordifolia * Santalum album * Saussurea lappa * Semecarpus anacardium * Swertia chirayita * Terminalia arjuna * Terminalia bellirica * Terminalia chebula * Tinospora cordifolia * Tributes terrestris * Trigonella foennm-graecum * Tylophora indica * Valerianna wallichii * Vitex negundo * Withania somnifera * Zingiber officinalis * Zingiber zerumbet Section III: Annexures - Glossary of Botanical Terms - Glossary of Medical Terms - Activity-wise listing of plants.

About the Author

Visiting Professor, BR Ambedkar Centre for Biomedical Research, Delhi University