Overview for Ayurvedic Pharmacy: Bhaishjya Kalpana
This book "Ayurvedic Pharmacy" aims at gathering the pearls of wisdom in the scattered texts of various Samhitas in one comprehensive volume. Any person or pharmacy interested in the preparation/production of herbal or herbomineral products will get exhaustive information in this book which extensively covers procedure of collection, purification, preservation, making compound formulation, dosage, vehicles for medicine and method of administration of Ayurvedic medicine for therapeutic and preventive purpose. The book elaborates on the method for manufacturing the best quality product as specified under GMP. It points out the flaws that many remain in the finished product in the form of heavy metals; residual over dosage of pesticides etc. and also suggests ways to prevent them. The modes of administration of medicines have changed with the passage of time and this finds reflection in the volume, which aims to update the reader with the state-of -the -art procedures in this ancient science. Capsules, coated tablets, syrups, distillates, herbal cosmetics, aroma therapy etc. have all been covered in the book.
Anil K. Mehta (Author)
Dr. Anil K. Mehta, is a well known International figure in Ayurveda. He runs an Ayurveda college in Netherlands and Belgium since 1980. Till date he has trained more than thousand European doctors and therapists in Ayurveda. He has written more than a dozen books on the subject in Dutch and English. Among them the most popular are 'Aurveda in de Praktiji' in Dutch and Health and Harmony through Ayurveda in English. He has been awarded 'Vishwa Ayurved Shiromani' title, literally means 'world's topmost Ayurveda Physician' by a renowned D.A.V. educational society. He is a founder director of EISRA (European Institute for Scientific Research on Ayurveda) which is affiliated to Gujari at Ayurveda University, Jamnagar, India and D.A.V. Ayurvedic College, Jalandhar, Punjab, India.
Raghunandan Sharma (Author)
Dr. Raghunandan Sharma was born on 9th Jan 1966 in Amritsar in a family of bureaucrats and graduated in Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery from the University of Delhi in 1990 and did his post graduation M.D. in Ayurveda from the renowned Ayurvedic University of Gujrat, Jamnagar. He did his thesis on Kaumarabhritya (Paediatrics) in 1993 and is a visiting professor and fellow for EISRA, Holland. He was a Research Officer with the Ministry of Health & F.W., Govt. of India and a Medical supervisor in one of the WHO project. At present he is doing research on Environmental Hazards on Pediatrics ailments as his Ph.D. topic. He also guides to Ayurvedic Research Scholar and is working on several projects related to challenging diseases. He is also consultant to many natural herbal cosmetic industries.
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