2.3.15
Dear friends,

It is gratifying that the posting has at least drawn some attention. Many thanks! I cannot reply in some detail before 4th morning. I will send a pdf or a xerox but that too I cannot do before 4.3. As for the authenticity of the name, I had to depend on 'A dictionary of flowering plants in India', Santapu-Henry, CSIR, ND, India, 1998, Medicinal Plants, S.K.Jain, NBT 1983 and the Bhavaprakaa;sa of Bhaavami;sra.

So much for the present

Best wishes

On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 5:13 PM, Dipak Bhattacharya <dipak.d2004@gmail.com> wrote:

<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@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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