The clinical entity of Hypertension is not available as such in the classical literature of Ayurveda. However, according to the directions of charaka ( C.Su 18/44-47) regarding the approach for the study of new diseases, various contemporary Ayurvedic scholars have been made efforts to find out the proper nomenclature, etiopathogenesis and treatment of the disease. Even though an ideal Ayurvedi...

Research in Ayurveda for lead structures has continued to be an area of major scientific interest with investigators engaged in drug development. The exhaustive information available in Ayurvedic literature provides a drug researcher the opportunity to start with a well tested and safe botanical material. However, an inappropriate interpretation of Ayurvedic texts can lead to research in a wron...

From ancient days, medicinal plants are useful for the treatment of several diseases and disorders. Our traditional system or in Ayurvedic Industry is purely depend on the medicinal plants. Day to day many fruitful result came in the treatment of disease from Ayurvedic research which are having benefit of no side effects. One of the tropical medicinal Plants is Annona squamosa ; it has been use...

A brief review of Mimosa Pudica (Linn) covering its medicinal value, clinical use and Ayurvedic aspects, is presented here.

To Substantiate the claims of Ayurvedic classics, animal experimentation with modern technology has been carried out in this paper. Various methods have been described for induction diabetes Mellitus or any other disease. Now it is the duty of an Ayurvedist to select the suitable method on the guidelines of Ayurvedic aetiology to produce a condition stimulating to Prameha (Madhumeha) and the be...

Prameha (Diabetes) which has been a global problem is well described in the ancient Indian classics life the Vedas and the Ayurvedic works which ensued the Vedic period. In the present work, the authors have tried to focus the narrations on pramehas in Vedic literature with special reference to the "Kauchika Soothra" of Atharva Veda. A new hypothesis comparing the actions of pittatejas which is...