Oudhia sir, send your articles to Journal of Medicinal Plant Research. Pankaj
On Saturday, 31 March 2012 02:30:52 UTC+8, Pankaj Oudhia wrote: > > Dear Group Members, > > Achyranthes aspera is a reputed medicinal herb since time immemorial. > I am documenting Traditional Medicinal Knowledge about this herb since year > 1990. I interacted with over 20,000 Traditional Healers from different > parts of India in last 22 years. Initial surveys resulted in 150,000 > Formulations. Most of the Formulations are not reported in ancient as well > as modern literature. > > I am Homoeopath by education and in Homoepathy, diseases are dealt in > detail. In our Kent's Repertory thousands of symptoms are mentioned. > > As beginner, I conducted sample surveys with the help of questionnaire. > This approach was good for publication of papers but worst in getting true > information. > > Today in the world thousands of papers are there on Ethnobotany with same > approach. Papers report about the herb useful in Malaria but it is > difficult to treat the patients in ground with this information. > Homoeopathy describes thousands of symptoms of Malaria and its > complications. > > I used my study of Homeopathy to the surveys. "Vertigo after sexual > excess"- I asked this key symptom in different languages to thousands of > Traditional Healers. In 22 years I got information about thousands of > formulations for this key symptom. You can imagine the quantum of > information, when thousands of such symptoms are presented among the > Healers for their comments. > > I am talking about only Achyranthes. There are thousands of medicinal > species used in Indian Traditional Healing. > > I am trying to present these results with the help of my Medicinal Plant > Database. At first the effort is on to present the list of topics discussed > in database. Some topics discussed on Achyranthes are given in this document > > > http://www.scribd.com/doc/87083468/Part-One-of-Chirchita-or-Apamarg-Achyranthes-aspera-L-based-Herbal-Formulations-in-Indian-Traditional-Healing-Pankaj-Oudhia%E2%80%99s-Ethnobotanical-Surve > > Today I was in local Pharmacy College for guest lecture. I talked on below > given topic for four hours. > > Hymenodictyon excelsum WALL. (Type 19- As per Traditional Allelopathic > Treatment the Traditional Healers practice) and Achyranthes aspera L. > (Apamarga, Chirchita, Aghedo, Prickly Chaff Flower, Latjira) with other > Herbal Ingredients (Allelopathically Enriched): Research Documents from > Pankaj Oudhia’s Medicinal Plants Database (Traditional Knowledge Database) > on use of Indigenous Herbal Medicines (Herbal Formulations) for Rectum- > coldness in anus . > > > Students were keen to know more and assured that they will work on this > topic. > > These Traditional Formulations are valuable asset of our country. > Unfortunately most of these formulations are not in famous TKDL as neither > the ancient nor the modern researchers documented the Traditional Knowledge > in this way. > > As you know, I have taken not a single paisa from anyone to document this > knowledge in 22 years. From each topic one full length paper can be > prepared and published in hi-impact factor journal but it is practically > not possible to publish thousands of papers. Best way is to give it as gift > to young generation so that they can preserve and enrich it for future. > > If you are interested please keep visiting > http://www.scribd.com/pankajoudhia and http://www.pankajoudhia.com for > updates. > > regards > > Pankaj Oudhia >
