Home remedies : a handbook of herbal cures for common ailments /
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Author / Creator: | Sairam, T. V. |
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Imprint: | New Delhi ; New York, NY : Penguin Books, 1998- |
Description: | v. ; 20 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3842809 |
Summary: | Even before Charaka compiled the Samhita, his treatise on Ayurveda, women and men were using herbs from their kitchens, fields and forests to alleviate pain and cure sickness. This book documents these practices while also presenting the findings of Western science that has only recently began to acknowledge them. |
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Physical Description: | v. ; 20 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
ISBN: | 0140277099 014028818X 0140298983 |