Dravyaguna Vijnana
by Amritpal Singh

Contents:

1. Part A:
   1. Topics: I
      1. Definition of Dravyaguna
      2. Dravya
      3. Classification of Dravya
      4. Guna
      5. Rasa
      6. Virya
      7. Vipaka and Prabhava.
   2. Topics: II
      1. Karma
      2. Classification of drugs according to Ayurveda
      3. Description of Ganas (group) of drugs used in Ayurveda
      4. Modern trends in medicinal plant research
      5. Measurements
      6. Impurities of natural medicines and history of Dravyaguna
2. Part B:
   1. Topics: I
      1. Study of medicinal plants with reference to family
      2. Botanical name
      3. Names in vernacular
      4. Habitat
      5. Morphology
      6. Chemical composition
      7. Rasa
      8. Guna
      9. Virya
      10. Vipaka
      11. Karma
      12. Prahava
      13. Effect on tridosha
      14. Therapeutics
      15. Parts used
      16. Dose and formulation
   2. Topics: II
      1. Drugs of animal origin
      2. Descriptions of varga
      3. Detailed study of ten important medicinal plants
      4. Krittrima dravya
3. References
4. Index.

About the Author:

Dr. Amrit Pal Singh (born 1971) is a Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (BAMS).  He holds a postgraduate Diploma in Medicinal Botany and Certificate in Phytochemical Techniques.  He holds an honorary master's degree in Alternative medicine.  He is perusing his MD (Dravyaguna) on basis of thesis 'Efficiacy of Standardised Herbal Extracts in Type-1 Diabetes-An Experimental Study'.  He was involved in clinical trials on psoriasis, leucoderma and diabetes mellitus with herbal extracts in the Ayurvedic Wing of Sohana Eye Institute, Mohali.  He has published several papers in national and international journals and is author of several books related to Ayurveda, Medicinal plants and Ethomedicine.  He is action member of various herbal societies and organizations.  He is actively serving in editorial board of research journals related to Ayurveda and Phytotherapy.  He is associated in the capacity of herbal consultant with reputed pharmaceutical companies.  He has attended various national scientific conferences on medicinal plants and presented papers.