Trees Called Sigru

Meulenbeld, Jan:
The trees called śigru (Moringa sp.), along with a study of the drugs used in errhines / Jan Meulenbeld. - Eelde : Barkhuis, 2009. - X, 160 S. - (eJIM Supplements ; 1)
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Beschreibung
Research on the Āyurvedic materia medica, in particular its drugs of plant origin, is a venture bristling with pitfalls despite the apparent confidence displayed in the lists of botanical identifications of medicinal plants in numerous publications on the subject. This self-assurance is unwarranted in quite a few cases, as this study will demonstrate.
   The majority of these lists of botanical equivalents of Sanskrit plant names are not based on own research; instead, they usually reflect a consensus reached somehow among Indian Āyurvedic scholars. The course of events that resulted in this agreement remains uninvestigated. Setting aside the role of leading authorities and trend-setting publications, one of the factors involved may be the significance of a seemingly trustworthy and scientifically-looking pharmacopoeia for the Indian Āyurvedici in their competition with western medicine. In this respect the developments referred to are understandable.
   From a strictly scientific point of view caution is required. When trying to take stock of the situation, one's attention is arrested by the prevalence of North-Indian influences and opinions in the secondary literature on the Indian materia medica. The concurrence mentioned is a North-Indian product that may be looked upon as an artefact since regional differences in the identifications tend to be disregarded. Though exceptions do occur, most often books by authors hailing from northern India fail to pay attention to the plants employed under the same Sanskrit names in southern India and areas such as, for instance, Gujarāt and Orissa. [Verlagsinformation]

Inhalt
Photographs of Moringa oleifera. vii
Photographs of Moringa concanensis. viii
Introduction. 1
The Sanskrit names of Moringa species in medical treatises.5
Drugs used in errhines (śirovirecana). 33
The names found in the nighaṇṭus. 77
Kośas. 91
Summary and conclusions. 92
Appendix. 96
Abbreviations. 137
References. 138
Index on botanical names. 144
Index on Sanskrit names of plants, plant parts and plant products. 146
Index on names of plants in other languages. 154
Index on Sanskrit terms. 155
Index on texts mentioned or quoted. 157
Index on authors mentioned. 158
Index on commentators and commentaries mentioned or quoted. 159
English index. 160

Autor
GERRIT JAN MEULENBELD (*1928), Medizinhistoriker.

Quellen: Barkhuis; eJIM: eJournal of Indian Medicine.