Indigenous Medicinal Plants, Social Forestry and Tribals (Hardcover)

In the modern medicine also plants occupy a very significant place as a raw material for some important drugs although synthetic drugs and antibiotics brought about a revolution in controlling different diseases. But these synthetic drugs are out of reach of millions of people. Those who live in remote places depend on traditional healers, whom they know and trust. Judicious use of medicinal herbs can even cure deadly diseases that have long defined synthetic drugs the relationship between man and tree has existed since time immemorial. The usefulness of trees and their protection was emphasized in ancient literature like Puranas and the Bhagawat Gita. More than 100 medicinal plants are used in modern medicine. Plants used in traditional system of medicine of Pharmaceutical houses in collected from wild sources. Man of the medicinal plants are cultivated commercially now a days for extraction of some important active constituents for use in modern medicine.

Table of Contents
Part I- Indigenous Medicinal Plants
* Chapter 1: Fever
* Chapter 2: Diseases of the digestive system
* Chapter 3: Diseases of the eyes, ears, teeth and hair
* Chapter 4: Skin diseases
* Chapter 5: Disorders of the throat and lungs
* Chapter 6: Disorders of the nervous system
* Chapter 7: Liver and heart diseases
* Chapter 8: Diseases of kidneys and sexual organs
* Chapter 9: Diseases of the glands
* Chapter 10: First aid: Accidents, injuries and emergencies
* Chapter 11: Constipation
* Chapter 12: Ulcer of the stomach
* Chapter 13: Diseases of the nose
* Chapter 14: Tuberculosis
* Chapter 15: Liver and its disorders
* Chapter 16: Low blood pressure
* Chapter 17: Small pox and chickenpox
* Chapter 18: Erysipelas
* Chapter 19: Enlargement of the prostrate glands
* Chapter 20: Syphilis
* Chapter 21: Displacement of the uterus
* Chapter 22: Impotence

Part II- Social Forestry
* Chapter 23: Introduction
* Chapter 24: Forestry in india
* Chapter 25: Background of social forestry in india
* Chapter 26: Roadside planting
* Chapter 27: Canal bank planting
* Chapter 28: Planting along railway lines
* Chapter 29: Nursery technique Chapter 30: Planting and tending
* Chapter 31: Protection of plantations Part III- Tribals
* Chapter 32: Non-wood products and tribals
* Chapter 33: Tribal society
* Chapter 34: Environment and material technology
* Chapter 35: Forest and tribal life
* Chapter 36: Environment and tribal subsistence economy
* Chapter 37: Tribal and the environment.