ABSTRACT
The three texts written by Charak, Sushrut and Vagbhat are considered as Vrihattrayee because of their original contributions to the basic tenants of Ayurveda and innovative uses of plants and medicine. But despite the possibility of exploring efficacious for mulations from among these classics, not much attempts have been made in this direction, due to the fact that now most of them are not in vogue in practice by majority of Ayurvedic physicians. As such, a glossary of plants as described in those texts for the management of prameha including diabetes has been collected which would be useful for studying these drugs from different angles.
Subject(s)
Diabetes Mellitus/history , Historiography , Medicine, Ayurvedic/history , Plants, Medicinal , History, 21st Century , History, Ancient , History, Early Modern 1451-1600 , History, Medieval , History, Modern 1601- , IndiaABSTRACT
The paper highlights the importance of ancient literature for the development of Ayurveda with special reference to their availability in regional languages. An attempt has been made here to examine briefly characteristics of about 600 palm leaf manuscripts available in Orissa State Museum, Bhubaneshwar. The relevance of the available material with reference to their potentiality for utilization has also been discussed.
