<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.