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Basic tenets of dravyaguna : a profile and focus on pharmacological thoughts in Ayurveda / principal investigator, Dr. P.V.V. Prasad ; reviewer, Prof. V.K. Joshi ; Prof. (Vd.) K.S. Dhiman, Dr. N. Srikanth.

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Basic tenets of dravyaguna : a profile and focus on pharmacological thoughts in Ayurveda / principal investigator, Dr. P.V.V. Prasad ; reviewer, Prof. V.K. Joshi ; Prof. (Vd.) K.S. Dhiman, Dr. N. Srikanth.
Author
Prasad, P. V. V.
Publication
Hyderabad : National Institute of Indian Medical Heritage ; New Delhi : Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India, 2020.

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  • Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (India) copyright holder, publisher.
  • National Institute of Indian Medical Heritage (India) publisher.
Description
158 pages; 24 cm
Summary
"Dravayagunavigyana is the branch of Ayurveda which deals with the properties and actions of medicinal substances including their identification, characteristics and various usages. Even though it is not included among the 8 major branches of Ayurveda, it is of great importance in clinical practice owing to the fact that it is one among the four limbs of treatment along with the physician, attendant and patient ... The core objective of this work comprises critical study on various aspects of these basic and fundamental concepts of Dravyaguna so as to reappraise their importance and establish their rationality on scientific lines ... Apart from critical appraisal, attempts have also been done by the investigators to present the subject in the light of present day advancements in science..." -- Preface.
Subject
  • Materia medica, Vegetable
  • Herbs > Therapeutic use > India
  • Medicine, Ayurvedic
  • Plants, Medicinal
  • Materia Medica > pharmacology
  • Phytotherapy
  • Phytothérapie
  • Herbes > Emploi en thérapeutique > Inde
  • Āyurveda
  • Herbs > Therapeutic use
  • India
Language (note)
  • Includes verses in Sanskrit.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction -- Historical background -- Dravya (substance) -- Dravyaguna (study of Dravya or substance & its properties) and pharmacology -- Rasa (taste) -- Guna (property) -- Virya (potency) -- Vipaka (biotransformed phase of rasa) -- Prabhava (specific potency) -- Karma (action) -- Research aspects -- Discussion -- Summary & conclusion -- References -- Dravyaguna related sloka.
ISBN
  • 9788194393238
  • 819439323X
LCCN
2020335216
OCLC
  • 1248598228
  • SCSB-14455903
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library