Issue 12 - amam-ayurveda.org

Dear Members,
From the Editor’s desk
Ayurvedic medicines have been in use since ages. But today the whole
world is looking at it, especially as a remedy for lifestyle ailments.
Lot of research work has been done on ayurvedic herbs since its
inception. Therefore there emerged a need for compilation of entire
scientific development done so far post to the classical period.
Realizing this need gap, a thought emerged and all the important work
was compiled into a book form by Shri CP Khare and Dr. C K Katiyar
along with Dr. VK Agrawal and Dr. Arun Gupta who aptly named
the book as The Modern Ayurveda: Milestones Beyond the Classical
Age. Mr. VC Burman (former chairman of Dabur India Limited) was
the major inspiring factor behind conceptualizing this book. This
book contains several topics that are essential to understand the surge
of scientific work that is now being conducted on this age old system
of medicine.
The book enumerates more than 400 Ayurvedic herbs in a user friendly
tabulated format including their botanical name, common Ayurvedic
name, its family, chemical constituents, phytochemical markers,
pharmacological actions, with their interactions and toxicity.
For the evaluation of safety and efficacy of herbal medicine, this
book explores current research methodologies adopted and makes us
aware of the contemporary international regulatory status of herbal
drugs in overseas.
Today, a lot of universities have started academic courses; however
there were no text books on Ayurveda containing chemical and
pharmacological actions on herbs.
Besides providing safety evaluation for the first time a book has been
published by Francis and Taylor to fill the need gap.
The writers of this book Mr. CP Khare has written many books on
Indian medicinal herbs and Dr. C K Katiyar who is well known
expert in ayurvedic research has published several research papers
to his credit. This book is useful for students of Ayurveda in India
and worldwide. The book will be equally helpful to researchers and
academicians of Ayurveda.
Dr. Manju Rakesh
On behalf of full editorial board
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info Ayurveda, Volume 1, No.12, April-June’ 2012
Patron
Members of AMAM’s Management
Committee
Vaidya Brahaspati Dev Triguna
Suresh Sharma
Pradip Burman
President
Vaidya Devender Triguna
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Vice President
Anurag Sharma
Shri Baidyanath Ayurved Bhawan
Ltd., (Jhansi)
E-mail: anurag@baidyanathayurved.com
Asad Mueed
Hamdard (WAKF) Laboratories
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Devendra Garg
Dabur India Limited
E-mail: gargd@dabur.com
Ravi Prasad
The Himalaya Drug Co.
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Hon. Gen. Secretary
Pradeep Multani
Multani Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
e-mail: chairman@multaniayurved.org
Treasurer
Tejinder Singh
Dabur India Limited
e-mail: singht@dabur.com
Jt. Secretary
Ajay Sharma
Shri Baidyanath Ayurved Bhawan,
New Delhi
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Arun Chauhan
BACFO Pharmaceuticals (India) Ltd.
E-mail: chauhanarun@akcgroup.com
Dr. N.B. Brindavanam
Dabur India Limited
E-mail: baba@dabur.com
M. J. Saxena
Sanat Laboratories Ltd.
E-mail: mjsaxena@anatproducts.co.in
Members
Vijay Grover
Kamal Pharmacy, New Delhi
E-mail: vijay@kamalpharmacy.com
Pramod Sharma
Shri Baidyanath Ayurved Bhawan
Ltd. Patna
E-mail: pramodsharma54@yahoo.com
Dr. Manju Rakesh
Dabur India Limited
E-mail: rakeshm@dabur.com
Amit Agarwal
Natural Remedies
E-mail: amit@naturalremedies.com
Dr. Anantha Narayana D B,
Ph.D., Consultant
Email: dba.narayana@gmail.com
Editorial Board:
Chief Editor:
Mr. Pradeep Multani
Honorary General Secretary AMAM
Chairman Multani Pharmaceutical Limited
36-H Connaught place, New Delhi- 1
Editor:
Dr. Manju Rakesh
Dabur India Limited, Plot No. 22, Site IV,
Sahibabad - 201010, Ghaziabad (U.P.)
Mr. Anurag Sharma, Executive Director
Shri Baidyanath Ayurved Bhawan Pvt. Ltd. (Jhansi)
B- 6/5, Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi
Mr. Asad Mueed, Director
Hamdard (WAKF) Laboratories, Asaf Ali Road, New Delhi – 2
Mr. Ajay Sharma, President
Shri Baidyanath Ayurved Bhawan, Naini,
28, Ishwar Nagar East, New Delhi – 65
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