Looking for medicines... in the garden 12 Sep: Navhind Times By Frederick Noronha. Many with an interest in plants in Goa have repeatedly focussed on this subject. One book that came my way was an English translation of Garcia da Orta's 'Colloquies on the Simples & Drugs of India'. This does not seem to have got sufficiently noticed in Goa… Garcia da Orta had travelled to India, arriving in September 1534, and practised as a physician in India for 36 years. The book was published [originally] in 1563, and is written in the form of a dialogue … The book mentions local (Goa, perhaps) weights such as the 'ratti', 'quintal', 'maund', 'khandis' (or candil?), and 'canta'. There are also discussions of green ginger (adrac), lac, opium (afiom), pearls, diamonds, tamarind, wild cumin, aloe, areca, bamboo, bananas, bhang, brazilwood, 'calafur' (cloves), elachi (cardamon) and a whole lot of other plants believed to have medicinal roles. This is only the tip of the proverbial iceberg… Goa and its surrounding areas do seem to have some special link with the field of medicinal plants … 979 words. click here https://epaper.navhindtimes.in/NewsDetail.aspx?storyid=57721&date=2021-09-12&pageid=1 To read the book online, for free, click here https://archive.org/details/colloquiesonsimp00orta
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