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Ayurveda Herbs - Medicinal Plants
There
are numerous medicinal plants in current use in Thailand.
Ayurvedic medicine and
Thai traditional
medicine, each finding many uses and deserving
to be
exhibited to the
enthusiasts who wish to know about the characteristics
of its
stem, flower,
fruit together with the research work undertaken,
it is
impossible to
exhibit all, or even the majority, of them. For this
reason
some common
medicinal plants which received research attention
both
locally and
internationally have been selected.
In
addition, some which
have so far attracted little attention from
researchers have also been included owing to their recognition in
Ayurvedic Medicine and traditional
medicine in Thailand
as well as some Asian countries.
The
information
has been
searched from the literature, selected and edited in order to
be
presented in
this site, which will familiarize the reader with general
characters of such plants. No botanical details are given
owing to the
nature of this
work and also to limited space. Sketches of the plants, however, are
given to enable the reader to recognize them. It should be noted that
all Thai, Sanskrit, Latin and English common names of the plants
appearing in this site are transliterated into English with the sound in
mind, and not
according to the official rules. In addition, owing to
the limited space
the traditional
usage of each plant is meant to be representative, and
by no
means comprehensive.
It
is interesting to note that out of 5,800 plants species indigenous
to Thailand,
1,900 species have already been studied. In the period
1967-81, over 177,000 publications of research work on
these plants
in the fields of
chemistry, pharmacology, toxicology and others appeared
in the Chemical
Abstracts.
Over 800 species are described in Thai traditional
recipe and about 400 species are available in traditional
drug stores.
It
can be said that the medicinal plants presented herein
represent a
fair
number of their kind.
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