India's Indigenous Medical Systems

Contents Acknowledgements vii Introduction ix 1 History of Medicine in South Asia: Some Concerns, Some Questions 1 2 Diseases and Meddicines in the Pre-Modern World: Divergent Societies' Assessments 12 3 Rise and Decline of Surgery in Indigenous Medicine with Emphasis on Unani-tibb 53 4 Medical System during the Time of Jahangir: A Study 79 5 Situating Traditional Medicine in Modern Times: Ayurveda in Colonial Bengal 88 6 Ayurvedic Medicine in Colonial Bengal: Challenge and Response 100 7 The Old and the New of Ayurvedic Materia Medica: A Historical Perspective 114 8 Revisiting an Indigenous Medical Practice: The Tikadars in Colonial Bengal 151 9 Healing in an Indigenous Context: Leaves from the Journal of Dr Martin Honigberger in the Punjab 163 10 Clinical and Ergometric Evaluation of Terminalia Arjuna in Chronic Angina Pectoris 170 11 Fundamentals of Unani Medicine, Its Growth and Narional Scenario in Post Independent India 187 12 Unani Medicine in Indigenous Stain, with Reference to Some of Its Notable Indian Resources 201 13 Medical System in Ancient India: History, Myth or Mist!: A Contemporary Relevance 211 14 Indian Herbs and Plants for Treatment of Liver Disorder/Hepatitis B 227 15 A Brief Sketch of Anatomical knowledge and Health in Ayurveda: Its Interactions with Modern Medicine and Outcome India 241 16 Orchid Germplasm: Its Historical Perspectives, Medicinal Importance and Possible Conservation Strategies 257 17 Tribal Medicine: Traditional Therapeutic Uses of Plants among the Tribes of Birbhum District, West Bengal 267 18 Issues Relating to Ontology Design for Indian Medical System 299 19 Disease, Diet, Medicine': Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray's Writings on Food 318 Notes on Editors and Contributions 327 Index 331