Medicinal Plants of Netarhat, Bihar (India)
- 1 January 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Quarterly Journal of Crude Drug Research
- Vol. 15 (2) , 79-97
- https://doi.org/10.3109/13880207709081926
Abstract
The knowledge of ancient Indians about medicinal plants and their various applications to human suffering dates back to Vedic times. The Rigveda and Atharvaveda of the 2nd millennium B. C. mention about 2000 plants of medicinal value. Several excellent treatises on this subject have been published in recent years. Nadkarni (1908), Basu and Kirtikar (1918), Mohan (1930), Cius (1938-45), Dastur (1952), Singh (1955), Chopra (1956, 1959), Jain (1965, 1970), De (1968) et al. have added commendably to the literature on Indian plants of medicinal importance. However, there is still the possibility of unfolding hitherto hidden medicinal plant wealth from this part of the world to add to the existing species of the Indian materia medica.Keywords
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