Indian Materia Medica (Set of Two Volumes)

Back of the Book Dr. K. M. Nadkarni's well-known book, Indian Materia Medica needs no introduction. From the very beginning, this book has been regarded as an authoritative publication in the field of Indian systems of medicine.

The importance of Ayurveda in all its aspects, including its copious Materia Medica, as the fountainhead of most other systems of medicine, is universally accepted today.

Hence, Indian Materia Medica (Volumes One & Two) have become the desk companion of practitioners in all systems of medicine in India.

About the Author Dr. K. M. Nadkarni's Indian Materia Medica, published in 1908 and 1927, was considerably revised by A. K. Nadkarni in 1954. It is encyclopaedic in scope and is the only book of its type useful over several decades. It has been regarded as an authoritative publication in the field of Indian systems of medicine.

Indian Materia Medica contains Ayurvedic, Unani-Tibbi, Siddha, Allopathic, Homeopathic, Naturopathic and Home Remedies, Appendices and Indexes. Volume One covers the Vegetable Kingdom, while Volume Two covers the Mineral Kingdom and Animal Kingdom.

Lecturers and professors of Materia Medica, Pharmacology, Therapeutics, Medicine, Chemistry, Pharmacy and allied subjects, will find in this work much information on drugs useful to them as also to their students.

Book's Contents and Sample Pages