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Documentation of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of Kinnaur Forest Division, Himachal Pradesh

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Title Documentation of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of Kinnaur Forest Division, Himachal Pradesh
 
Creator Anonymous, Meenakshi
 
Subject 581.634 Medicinal Plants
 
Description Human beings have been and are still dependent on Mother-Nature for sustenance and survival since their appearance on this planet. Instinctive urge, intuition and the accumulated knowledge during the course of time, had guided the humanity to discover remedies for common ailments from natural sources even in the remote past. The Indian system of medicine (Ayurveda) itself is of great antiquity and is believed to be one of the most ancient. The earliest mention of the medicinal use of plants has been found in "Rigveda" written between 400 and 1600 BC. It is in the "Ayurveda", which is considered as an 'Upaveda', the definite properties of drugs and their uses have been given in great details.
 
Date 2006
 
Type Thesis
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Language en
 
Identifier http://hillagricrepository.co.in/588/1/13682.pdf
Anonymous, Meenakshi (2006) Documentation of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of Kinnaur Forest Division, Himachal Pradesh. PhD thesis thesis, Dr. Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry.