[INDOLOGY] Ayurvedic query

[Dipak Bhattacharya]

<Is there anything in Ayurvedic medicine texts on the value of plant nectar
as a medicinal material ?>
ku.s.tha = saussurea lappa has been termed am.rta in the Atharvaveda. It is
said to grow in heaven which was none other than the Kullu district in the
Himachal Pradesh. According to the AV this was to be used as an
anti-piretic drug. Its utility was forgotten later and is now used for
indigestion by traditional physicians in the Himachal Pradesh..  The matter
was brought to notice by me in 2005 -- Indische Kultur im Kontext
Harrassowitz Verlag Wiesbaden:9-29.
Will this be useful?
Best
DB

On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 4:45 PM, James Hartzell <james.hartzell at gmail.com>
wrote:

> A colleague in agriculture has asked the following questions:
>
> Is there anything in Ayurvedic medicine texts on the value of plant nectar
> as a medicinal material ?
>
> Is there anything in Ayurvedic texts on plants versus liver flukes of
> cattle or bilharzia, the human equivalent, which the ancient Egyptians
> suffered from?
>
> Do any of the Ayurveda Pandits on the list have suggestions/information on
> these?
>
> Cheers
>
> James Hartzell, PhD
> Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC)
> The University of Trento, Italy
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