Language: EnglishPages: 366Back of The BookIn modern medicine, drugs have been classified according to pharmacological actions. Ayurveda has its own concept as far as drug formulation is concerned. Today we can witness changing scenario as far as Ayurveda is concerned. Ayurveda has documented Dravya, Guna, Rasa, Virya, Vipaka, Prabhava and Karma for all medicinal agents and these represent the pharmacological aspects of formulations used in Ayurveda.In this book, Dictionary of Dravyaguna, documentation has been made on the properties of each of the medicinal plants based on Dravya, Guna, Rasa, Virya, Vipaka, Prabhava and Karma. The interesting aspect is the documentation of therapeutic research on these medicinal plants from different research institutes from all over the world. In several cases the composition of the medicinal plants have been documented based on its composition. An essential and important reference source on medicinal plants.