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Masanobu Fukuoka |
The One Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming |
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| Masanobu Fukuoka is one of the most radical and influential agrarian thinkers of this century. 'One Straw' describes the events that led to the development of Fukuoka's concept of 'natural farming'. In this book, he emphasises the basic principles of non-cultivation and non-chemical farming by the incorporation and controlled use of weeds rather than their eradication. Using these methods Fukuoka produces greater crops than achieved by chemically-based and modern farming practices. Year by year... |
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Masanobu Fukuoka |
The Natural Way of Farming |
$32.49 $22.74 |
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| Here in one volume are the secrets of Fukuoka's approach to farming the natural way. Natural farming is based on the observation of nature and allowing it to do what it naturally does best. Born in a small farming village on the island of Shikoku in Southern Japan in 1914, Masanobu Fukuoka was trained in microbiology as a plant pathologist. His career began as an agriculture customs inspector running tests on incoming and outgoing plants at the port of Yokohama. At twenty-five, he started to... |
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Masanobu Fukuoka |
The Road Back to Nature |
$18.99 $13.29 |
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| Fukuoka's reflections on his trips to Europe and to America, his sense of shock at seeing the destruction wreaked in the name of agriculture. A collection of his lectures, articles and essays which outline his thinking on nature, God and man and his underlying optimism that good sense can still prevail and we can still turn it all around.
A collection of articles, lectures and essays recording his impressions as he travels the world talking about his revolutionary 'do-nothing' agricultural... |
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Marti |
What is a tree? |
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| This book introduces small children to the role and usefulness of trees.
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Claude Bourguignon |
Regenerating the Soil |
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| The author in this treatise systematically shatters the modern farming's increasingly unnatural and unsustainable theories of agriculture which are rooted and reflective of industrially generated synthetic chemicals and pesticides. The author potently restores the ancient and primal truth that the soil is inherently alive and only living soils will support and agriculture of permanence.In this new and revolutionary book, Claude Bourguignon explains the natural basis of organic agriculture.... |
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M. K. Gandhi |
Village Swaraj |
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| From the Preface by Shriman Narayana:
The publication contains Gandhiji's views on different aspects of rural life including agriculture, village industry, animal husbandry, transport, basic education, health and hygiene. At a time when we are endeavouring to establish Panchayati Raj in India on the basis of wide decentralization of political and economic power, this book is bound to be of great value to a large number of official as well as non-official workers.
The... |
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Arun K. Sharma |
A Handbook of Organic Farming |
$54.49 $38.14 |
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| An encyclopaedic work on the issue of organic farming, this book covers most aspects of this vast subject. A useful companion for any organic farming enthusiast.
Contents of the Book:
Cycle for survival.
Towards organic farming.
Soils environment and plant growth.
Soil organic matter and humus.
In-situ manuring.
Ex-situ manuring.
Production of compost.
Vermi-composting.
Bio-intensive nutrient management.
Mechanism of nitrogen fixation.
Ecological pest... |
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Mohan Shankar Deshpande |
Organic Farming wrt Cosmic Energy |
$15.99 $11.19 |
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| Is any agricultural expert prepared to prove that: The Deshpande method is wrong and loss producing for a farmer. The trials carried out on a thousand farms by the cultivators under his guidance and the working of the processes of nature as explained by Shri Deshpande based on these experiments is erroneous? The advertisements which confuse the farmers must also be stopped The Indian Agriculture should be freed from the shackles of Scientific Blind Faith."No Fertilizer is required as food by... |
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Subhashini Sridhar |
Neem: A User's Guide |
$4.95 $3.47 |
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| Aimed at rejuvenating local, low cost use of neem in agriculture and health care. Meant to serve as a user’s manual for farmers and sustainable agriculture alternatives. Also useful for those interested in the uses of neem in effective home remedy for anamals and humans.
Since time immemorial, we have used the Neem tree in agriculture, public health, medicine, toiletries, cosmetics, livestock protection and rituals. The tree is considered invaluable and it is found in every part ofour... |
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Shri Subash Palekar |
The Philosophy of Spiritual Farming - Volume I |
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Subhashini Sridhar |
Organic Vegetable Gardening |
$4.95 $3.47 |
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| First published in 2002, this popular little booklet has been revised, enlarged and reprinted. Organic Vegetable Gardening focuses on how to grow vegetables in your garden without the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. It gives information on composting techniques and brief descriptions of pests and diseases that veggies are susceptible to and how to control them. |
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Radha |
Rani and Felicity |
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| This is the story of two hens, Rani and Felicity. Rani was raised in the backyard of a small Indian farmer. Felicity grew up in a modern factory farm in the United States of America.
The difference in their upbringing raises important issues of kindness and compassion towards animals, animal rights, health of humans and animals, as well as issues about dignity of life.
Rani and Felicitys stories also raise important questions that we as consumers have to answer. Our answers will determine the... |
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Christopher Bird |
Secrets of the Soil |
$24.99 $17.49 |
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| This book, a fascinating companion to 'The Secret Life of Plants' by the same authors, tells the story of the innovative, nontraditional, often surprising things that certain scientists, farmers, and mystics are doing to prevent the slow degradation of our planet.
For example, using the techniques of Rudolf Steinera's biodynamic agriculture with its reliance on ethereal forces from the planets, Dan Carlsona's growth stimulating Sonic Bloom, and rock dust fertilizer to revitalize depleted... |
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G. S. Verma |
Miracles of Indian Herbs |
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Shri Subash Palekar |
The Philosophy of Spiritual Farming - Volume II |
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Shri Subash Palekar |
The Philosophy of Spiritual Farming - Volume III |
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Lucas Dengel |
Biodynamic Agriculture & Homeopathy |
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| Explores the links between two streams of thought that rely on natural forces. Regarding the strange ways of biodynamic agriculture. The most logical explanation I've ever heard about the why of BD techniques called it "homeopathy of the soil."
If you understand homeopathy and how it functions so splendidly in human and veterinary medicine, you will immediately see the connects to BD preps, their mixing, their application.
In essence, it is vibrational healing; sending the vibrational... |
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Michael A. Cremo |
Divine Nature |
$4.99 $3.49 |
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| What are the root causes of the environmental crisis? What can we do about them?
"Does a highly spiritual tradition like Krishna consciousness concern itself with concrete problems of this world? Do the teachings have a significant environmental impact?
"Divine Nature is a clear, even eloquent ‘yes' answer to both questions. The chapter on ‘Meat and the Environment' is the best succinct statement I have read on the environmental impact of meat consumption. But Divine Nature deftly... |
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G. S. Verma |
Miracles of Neem Tree |
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Surapala |
Vrikshayurveda: The Science of Plant Life |
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| One of the major activities of the Asian Agri-History Foundation (AAHF) is publishing translations of old manuscripts into English. This is the first publication in the bulletin series of AAHF. The original Sanskrit text of Surapala's Vrikshayurveda is followed by the excellent English translation of the text. Commentaries by three scientists on the biodiversity perspective, agronomic aspects, and ailments reveal the broad agricultural knowledge base that existed in India centuries ago. The... |
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Vaidya Suresh Chaturvedi |
Neem in Ayurveda |
$11.49 $8.04 |
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| Table of Contents: Introduction to Ayurveda Health in Ayurveda Medicines Resources & Values Vruksha Ayurveda Neem Habital The Plant Therapeutic classification Parts used Chemical Constituents Properties Actions and use Traditional Use Environment Pesticides Mosquito Repellant Neem influenced other herb Collection Preservation Storage Internal Uses Fever Digestive Disorders Worm Infestations Burning sensation ... |
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G.K. Ghosh |
Bio-Pesticide & Integrated Pest Management |
$37.99 $26.59 |
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| While analysing how the use of chemical pesticides led to environmental disaster, this book suggests many alternative bio-pesticides which can help to increase food production without environmental damage. |
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Vandana Shiva |
Stolen Harvest : The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply |
$12.99 $9.09 |
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| In this book, the renowned environmentalist and activist charts how corporate control of food and the globalization of agriculture are robbing millions of their livelihoods and their right to food, and the related impact this has on the environment and the quality and healthfulness of the foods we eat. Topics covered include genetically engineered seeds, patents on life, mad cows and sacred cows and the debate on shrimp farming. This inspiring book will possibly lead the debate about genetic... |
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C.R. Karnick |
Pharmacopoeial Standards of Herbal Plants (In 2 Volumes) |
$43.99 $30.79 |
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| The available information concerning drugs and medicinal plants in Europe and India are scattered through a large number of books and periodicals in various languages as well as official documents, which have only a very limited circulation.
The author now presented to the public, have endeavoured to collect and verify this information. British flora and Indian floras have been scrutinised and common plants in usage in Ayurvedic Medicine is recorded. Plant species had been confirmed from... |
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R.T. Doshi |
Community City Farming |
$6.49 $4.54 |
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| Practical guides written by an amazing city farmer who grows practically the entire universe on the terrace of his flat at Bandra, Mumbai, using the garbage from the community or building at hand. Bharat Ratna. |
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Martha L. Crouch |
How the Terminator Terminates |
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| A useful primer of information on Monsanto, the global corporation working on seeds that kill themselves. We need production of seeds that kill corporations. Anyone willing to try? |
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Beatrix Tappeser |
Survival, Persistence, Transfer |
$3.49 $2.44 |
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| Part of Third World Network’s series on biotechnology and bio-safety, this booklet examines the issues related to genetically modified organisms and their DNA. |
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K. Vijayalakshmi et al |
Organic Paddy Cultivation |
$7.99 $5.59 |
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| This book provides detailed information on seed selection, seed treatment, pests and diseases affecting paddy and how to control them with organic measures. Important indigenous varieties with their special characteristics are also described in this book. |
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G. S. Verma |
Miracles of Onion |
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Shakti M. Gupta |
Plant Myths and Traditions in India |
$25.99 $18.19 |
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| Trees and plants play an important part in the myths and customs of India. Many are considered holy, often for reasons that are lost in the mists of antiquity - they are associated and identified with Gods, planets, months, etc. - certain plants are used as protection against witchcraft and the evil eye - some plants bring luck and are offered in the temples - and others play an important part in other religious rites. These traditions and myths form an important aspect of the Indian’s... |
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Lal Bahadur Singh |
Poisonous (Visa) Plants in Ayurveda |
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| This book is a boon for Ayurvedic graduates as well as Ayurvedic Post graduates M.D.(Ay) Students. This book is a guide line for Research scholar of Ayurvedic as well as Modern scientific researcher. Ayurvedic Ras therapy contains lot of compound of Vatasanabh.
Visa also utilized in Ayurvedic therapy Dr. Singh also tried to incorporate modern scientific knowledge with regards to all the poisonous plant. Its description is based on the ancient vedic literature and his practical scientific... |
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Anil Kumar Dhiman |
Sacred Plants and Their Medicinal Uses |
$43.49 $30.44 |
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| Tree or Plant worship or the worship using plant’s parts is one of the earliest forms of religions in ancient world. It was through the worship of the plants or trees that man attempted to approach and propitiate the God. Before man developed agriculture, he lived mostly on fruits and nuts of the plants. He used their implements for peace and war. It was from wood that he obtained fire to cook his food and to warm his cave dwellings apart from the beauty of their flowers, which excited his... |
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Manfred Kaiser |
How the Weather Affects Your Health |
$12.99 $9.09 |
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| Climate change is upon us. Every year new weather records are broken: record heat, drought, flood, and an ever-increasing number of cyclones and tornadoes ravage our homes, livelihoods and health. Weather and health issues rarely leave the headlines, and they are the two subjects we invariably bring up in our day to day conversation. If you are concerned about the effect of climatic changes on you, then you will find How the Weather Affects Your Health is indispensable for explaining the link... |
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K.N. Dave |
Birds in Sanskrit Literature |
$49.95 $34.97 |
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| The ancient sages of India were great lovers of nature, with keen powers of observation and an extraordinary sensitivity about animal behaviour.In his monumental research in ancient Sanskrit literature, the author has restored gaps in lexicons, and removed doubts in the later Sanskrit works about the identity of a very large number of birds of the Indian sub-continent. |
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Henryk Skolimowski |
Philosophy for a New Civilisation |
$44.40 $31.08 |
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| This book is an invitation to another kind of philosophy - not abstract, dry and indifferent to life, but compassionate, holistic, caring and guiding life. Basically, it is a book about a philosophy which may change your life, if you take it seriously.
We don't have to follow the dictates of the stupefying technological system. We are free people. The human race is not forlorn and doomed. We can make the world a fair place to live, for all of us. But we need to think deeper, with... |
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R.K. Bhatnagar |
Earthworm: Vermi Culture and Vermi Composting |
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| General awareness, appreciations and perceptions of life of earthworms and how we can utilize to our economic interests in multiple ways, are lacking. We all have heard various scientific terms widely used now, viz., biotechnology and sustainability of soil, productivity, environmental sustainability, problems of organic waste disposal causing pollution etc. Hardly, a few even amongst educated masses know that perhaps amongst first creature to be utilized in bio-technology and use of... |
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Gyanendra Pandey |
Some Lesser Known Herbal Drugs in Ayurveda |
$14.49 $10.14 |
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| Contents:
Prelude
Genera, families, species and drugs
Plants units: 1 to 28
Selected bibliography
General index of botanical names.
About the Author:
Prof. (Dr.) Gyanendra Pandey Triple Postgraduate, PH.D., F.R.A.S. (Lond.) etc., Asstt. Director (Ayurveda), Retd., CCRAS, Govt of India, (Ministry of Health & F.W.), Expert of Ayurveda, Herbals & Indology (Oriental Studies), Specialist clinician (Incl. Panchakarma Therapy)- Medicobotanist... |
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Gyanendra Pandey |
System of Plant Nomenclature in Ayurveda |
$25.49 $17.84 |
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| This is a painstaing, extensive and comprehensive work first of its kind in the field of its kinds in the field of Indian medicine scince; specially dealing with basic subject of nomanclature of drugs from vegetable origin, as the outcome of years long thinking, collation of data, scrutiny of material and recording of observations that make the contribution unique and pioneering in the era of studies of medicinal plants with special, reference to indigenous medicine, the immense source of... |
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R.T. Doshi |
City Farming |
$3.49 $2.44 |
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| Practically the entire universe on the terrace of his flat at Bandra, Mumbai, using the garbage from the community or building at hand. Bharat Ratna!
Practical guides written by an amazing city farmer who grows practically the entire universe on the terrace of his flat at Bandra, Mumbai, using the garbage from the community or building at hand. Bharat Ratna! |
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Mae-Wan Ho |
Gene Technology in the Etiology of Drug-resistant Disease |
$3.49 $2.44 |
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| Part of Third World Network’s series on biotechnology and bio-safety, this bookelt explains the dangers to public health emanat-ing from the new gene technologies. |
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Daniel Querol |
Genetic Resources |
$18.99 $13.29 |
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| Illustrates the basic concepts and the economic and political importance of genetic resources for peasants and scientists.
Describes practical problems in the conservation and use of genetic resources. |
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Mae-Wan Ho |
Horizontal Gene Transfer |
$3.00 $2.10 |
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| Sheds light on the hazards humanity exposes itself to when it engages in genetic engineering, tampering with the very building blocks of life. |
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Vandana Shiva |
Mustard or Soya? |
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| In the crisis caused by the dropsy deaths connected with adulterated mustard, Shiva proposed that the crisis might have been engineered by the American soya lobby. |
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A.K. Dahama |
Organic Farming for Sustainable Agriculture |
$37.49 $26.24 |
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| A fairly competent book on the subject by a professor of agronomy from Bikaner. The perspective is that of an agricultural scientist. He therefore quotes Swaminathan but does not refer to Fukuoka or Howard or any other organic farming greats. Contents of the book:
Introduction--organic farming : an overview.
Sustainable agricultural system: the world scenario.
Management of agricultural pollution : soil pollution.
Management of agricultural pollution:... |
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Peter Matthiessen |
The Snow Leopard |
$28.00 $19.60 |
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| When Matthiessen went to Nepal to study the Himalayan blue sheep and, possibly, to glimpse the rare and beautiful snow leopard, he undertook his five-week trek as winter snows were sweeping into the high passes. This is a radiant and deeply moving account of a "true pilgrimage, a journey of the heart."
In the autumn of 1973, the writer Peter Matthiessen set out in the company of zoologist George Schaller on a hike that would take them 250 miles into the heart of the Himalayan region of Dolpo,... |
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Dr. V. Ganapathi |
Green Health Care For Live Stock |
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K. Vijayalakshmi et al |
Organic Methods of Pest & Disease Management |
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| The book is designed in a manner such that the pages when separated can also be used individually as posters.
There are a total of 9 posters which identify important pests of vegetables and their control measures, important diseases and their control and general non-chemical methods of pest control for a variety of crops. |
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Somani |
Proceedings of the National Seminar on Natural Farming |
$12.99 $9.09 |
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| The full set of papers that were discussed at the symposium on organic farming held by the Rajasthan College of Agriculture.
An important document for those interested in "scientific" comparisons between organic and chemical-based farming sytems. |
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Engineers India Research Institute, Delhi |
Hand Book of Herbs, Medicinal & Aromatic Plants Cultivation : With Directory of Manufacturers/Suppliers of Plant, Equipments & Machineries |
$40.99 $28.69 |
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| Contents:
Aloe vera
Ashwagandha
Babchi
Belladonna
Buckwheat
Coleus
Costus
Cowhedge
Datura
Digitalis
Dioscorea
Duboisa
Foxglove
Geranium
Guggal
Honey plant
Hop
Henna
Isabgol
Jasmine
Kalmegh
Liquorice
Lemon grass
Long pepper
Mint
Neem
Parrot tree
Periwinkle
Primrose
Pyrethrum
Rauvolfia
Roselle
Rutin bearing eucalyptus
Rose
Senna
Steroid bearing solanum
Sweet flag
Sweet worm wood
Valerian
Tuberrose... |
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H. Panda |
Herbs Cultivation and Medicinal Uses |
$62.99 $44.09 |
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| Contents: Pyrethrum cultivation Periwinkle cultivation Bellodonna cultivation Duboisia cultivation Ergot cultivation Artemisia annua cultivation Sapogenin bearing species of yams and their cultivation Abelmoschus esculentus Amroma augusta Abrus precatorius Abutilon indicum Acacia Arabica Acacia catechu Achyranthes aspera Aconitum ferox Aconitum heterophyllum Aconitum napellus Aegle marmelo Agati Grandiflora Allium cepa Allium sativum ... |
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Herbs Cultivation and Their Utilization |
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| India is one of the leading Herbs producer and exporter in the world. This book covers the comprehensive information on Herbs Cultivation and Their Utilization.
This book will be very helpful for new entrepreneurs, herb growers, professionals and research institutions.
Contents:
Medicinal plants-priorities in Indian medicines
Medicinal plants in oral health care in India
Chamomile cultivation
Kalmegh, Andrographis Paniculata cultivation
Coriander... |
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C.S. Yadav |
Indian Medicinal Plants in Children Diseases |
$15.99 $11.19 |
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| This book is in no sense a treaties, and must not be considered or judged as such. It is as accurate and reliable a compliation and fullest collection of verified plants in relation to children diseases. It will fulfil its pourpose and prove a useful aid to the students, researchers and general practitioners.
Latin names, English names, synonyms of Sanskrit names of described plants are mentioned in the books. As it is again offered with much appreciation to the... |
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H. Panda |
Medicinal Plants Cultivation and their Uses |
$60.99 $42.69 |
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| The book covers different Parameters of Medicinal Plants Cultivation and various ways of their uses. It covers Medicinal Plants containing alkaloids, steroids, flavonoids, glycosides, terpenoids, additives and other active metabolites.
We hope that this book will be useful not only for technologists, professionals, but also for farmers, traders, exporters and importers of Medicinal Plants.
Contents:
Cultivation and utilization of Muskdana
Cultivation and utilization of... |
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Lalitkumar Rai |
Medicinal Plants of the Sikkim Himalaya : Status, Usage and Potential |
$29.99 $20.99 |
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| Himalaya harbours about 500 species of medicinal plants and these are used for curing illness from time immemorial. Anthology reveals that the life saving drug "Sanjivani" was taken from the Himalayan by 'Hanuman' on the direction of a celestial physician "Dhanvantari' and saved the life of a prince as narrated in the epic Ramayana which dates about 3000 years back.
The ethno-cultural diversity in the Himalaya is quite pronounced and folk medicinal practices of each group are expected to have... |
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G.S. Verma |
Miracles of Honey |
$4.95 $3.47 |
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| An approach to natural Living.
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Gyanendra pandey |
Medicinal Flowers: Puspayurveda: Medicinal Flowers of India and Adjacent Regions |
$12.99 $9.09 |
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| About the Author:
Prof. (Dr.) Gyanendra Pandey Triple Postgraduate, PH.D., F.R.A.S. (Lond.) etc., Asstt. Director (Ayurveda), Retd., CCRAS, Govt of India, (Ministry of Health & F.W.), Expert of Ayurveda, Herbals & Indology (Oriental Studies), Specialist clinician (Incl. Panchakarma Therapy)- Medicobotanist (Floral Survey: Arid/seacoastsalpines) R.& D Consultant (Pharmaceuticals - cosmetics, Drug farming), Herbal Veterinarian (MUskdeer research, CBSG, IUCN).... |
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Ashok Kumar Gupta (Ed.) |
Reviews on Indian Medicinal Plants - 4 Volumes |
$216.99 $151.89 |
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| First of the series of Reviews on Indian Medicinal Plants comprising 60 plant genera comprising 223 species from Abelmoschus - Allemanda. The monographs cover largely the studies on Indian Medicinal Plants conducted by scientists in Indian Institutions and published in National and International Journals. At places work done by Indian scientists in collaboration with foreign laboratories or carried out exclusively in foreign laboratories has also been covered. Citations of foreign scientists... |
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Asima Chatterjee |
Treatise on Indian Medicinal Plants - 5 Volumes |
$189.95 $132.97 |
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| Volume 1: The present volume is the first in the series on the Treatise on Indian Medicinal Plants. The series is likely to be completed in six volumes. Volume 1 covers one hundred and eleven plants which have been classified according to the latest botanical nomenclature and is profusely illustrated, both coloured and black and white, which will help in the proper identification of plant species. The write-up on each plant includes selected vernacular names, occurrence and distribution,... |
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Vandana Shiva |
Yoked to Death, Globalization and Corporate Control of Agriculture |
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Dr Vandana Shiva |
Monsanto - Peddling "Life Sciences" or "Death Sciences" |
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Peter Proctor |
Biodynamic Farming & Gardening - Philosophy, principles, practice |
$16.49 $11.54 |
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| In this revised and updated edition of his pioneering book (earlier titled, Grasp the Nettle), Peter Proctor succinctly outlines the application of biodynamic methods to a wide range of farming and gardening operations. Proctor provides practical observation and biodynamic techniques, tips on how to recognise healthy soil and pasture, and how to make biodynamic preparations. This edition includes new ideas on applying the preparations; appendices on understanding the planting calendar and the... |
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G. Naganathan |
Ecological Spirituality |
$8.33 $5.83 |
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| Every major step man takes wreaks its own damage on the environment. Aware of this, man is yet unwilling to forgo the immediate material benefits his actions give. For all his professions of concern about the environment, in reality his concern reduces to nothing more than cosmetic changes in the exterior which are of no value. This calendar monograph is critique on this pervasive culture of ambivalence. The author resorts to the first principles Sanatana Dharma which literally means eternal... |
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Dr. Bhojraj Dwivedi |
Environmental Vaastu |
$9.99 $6.99 |
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| About the Author:
Dr. Bhojraj Dwivedi is a world famous Vaastu Shastri and Jyotishacharya. He is a great pioneer in the field of Vedic Astrology and Occult Sciences. He has authored over 108 books on different topics which is a valuable contribution to the ancient Indian Heritage of Occultism. Dr. Dwivedi has earned great name and fame in the field of Astrology and Vaastu shastra. He has traveled extensively for the promotion of the science of Astrology and Vaastu all over the... |
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J. Krishnamurti |
Mind without Measure |
$8.49 $5.94 |
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| From very ancient times, human beings have been taught to regard thought as the most powerful and perhaps the only instrument they have for dealing with life. Krishnamurti shatters this dearly held notion by declaring that the instrument of thought produces havoc within individuals and in the world at large. Thought, no doubt, has helped man to progress in functional areas, and it has its rightful place there. But in the psychological realm, the solutions it offers only create more... |
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Duff Hart-Davis |
Honorary Tiger |
$19.49 $13.64 |
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| An affectionate biography of India's renowned 'tiger-man'.
Having devoted fifty years of his life to animal conservation and now popularly known as India's latter-day Jim Corbett and 'tiger-man', eighty-seven-year-old Billy Arjan Singh is by any standards an extraordinary man.
Hart-Davies' biography traces Billy's path to conservation from his game shooting as a boy on the family estate, to his life as a farmer in North Kheri, where he witnessed first-hand the devastation of wildlife at the... |
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Urvashi Dhamija |
Sustainable Solid Waste Management |
$33.49 $23.44 |
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| Fast public transport, fancy shopping malls, fusion food joints... Delhi has them all. But, what about a disposal system for its filth ? 7000 tonnes of garbage gets generated every day !
There is much media coverage about workshops for awareness building among citizen groups, designer bins in lieu of dhalaos and hi-tech self-loading systems for periodically heaving the containers for final dumping under expert foreign supervision. The reality, however, is that waste in public places is... |
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Biksham gujja |
Perspectives on Polavaram |
$44.49 $31.14 |
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| Water resource is increasingly becoming scarce and polluted. Using less water to produce more crops is going to be the new way for Indian agriculture. The debate is not on whether to build the dams or not, but on whether to build projects that benefit people without imposing unacceptably high costs for proper rehabilitation of displaced people and degradation of our ecosystem.
This book 'Perspectives on Polavaram,' is an extremely useful contribution to this debate on large irrigation... |
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Christopher Key Chapple |
Jainism & Ecology |
$25.49 $17.84 |
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| This book in the S.L. Jain Reserach Series, intends to expand this discussion, inviting further collaboration on a topic of common concern - the fate of the Earth as a religious responsibility.
The twenty-five-hundred-year-old tradition of Jainism, which emphasizes nonviolence as the only true path leading to liberation, offers a worldview seemingly compatible with the goals of environmental activism. But can Jainism adopt a sociocentric environmentalism without compromising its own ascetic... |
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Thomas Weber |
Gandhi, Gandhism and the Gandhians |
$21.99 $15.39 |
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| Mahatma Gandhi and his philosophy of truth and nonviolence have intrigued the world for decades. Looking at the Western and Indian influences that had gone into making Gandhi the Mahatma, and the central importance of Gandhi to nonviolent activism, these essays reclaim the power of truth and nonviolence, which can still change the destinies of people and nations.
In this collection Thomas Weber discusses Gandhi, his ideology, and how India and the rest of the world is interpreting... |
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M.B. Raizada |
Supplement to Duthie's Flora of the Upper Gangetic Plain and of the Adjacent Siwalik & Sub-Himalyan Tracts |
$40.99 $28.69 |
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Oakes Ames |
Studies in the Family Orchidaceae 1905-1922 (In 7 Volumes) |
$218.99 $153.29 |
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Kusum Misra Panigrahi |
Festivals of Biodiversity |
$5.49 $3.84 |
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| Documents 13 festivals of biodiversity traditionally celebrated in Orissa. Highlights the importance of biodiversity in Indian tradition and draws links between biodiversity and the flourishing of cultural diversity. |
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Mae-Wan Ho |
LIVING WITH THE FLUID GENOME |
$15.99 $11.19 |
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| The whole biotech enterprise – from GM crops to gene drugs and human cloning – is a phenomenal waste of public finance and scientific imagination. A rivetting story of the fluid genome from a scientist who has for the past decade consistently been warning that genetic engineering is both dangerous and futile.
About the Author:Dr Mae-Wan Ho is a well-known and respected British scientist, Reader in Biology at the Open University, UK and a Fellow of the US National Genetics... |
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V.K. Mohan |
OUR HERBAL HERITAGE |
$6.49 $4.54 |
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| A very interesting mine of knowledge on indigenous trees, their role in different religions, festivals, etc. Very informative.
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Laurie Baker |
Cost Reduction for Primary School Buildings |
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Gyan C. Jain |
Glossary of Indian Herbs (With Botanical Names and Vernacular Synonyms) |
$62.49 $43.74 |
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| Section 1: Contains Botanical Names against Vernacular Names
Section 2: Contains Vernacular Names Versus Botanical Names
Section 3: Includes Botanical Names and their English Equivalents
Section 4: Includes English Names against their Botanical Names
Section 5: Has Botanical Names opposite Chinese Names
Section 6: Has Chinese Names opposite their Botanical Names.
This book is an endavour to classify over 6000 Ayurvedic, Unani, English and Chinese herbs in a single volume. There is no... |
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Narayan Das Prajapati |
A Handbook of Medicinal Plants : A Complete Source Book |
$156.49 $109.54 |
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| A Handbook of Medicinal Plants (A Complete Source Book), is the first book of its kind. The book describes more than 1346 medicinal plants found in the world. The book includes vernacular names, description, distribution, part use, utilization, active principles, agronomic practices and colour plates (about 870 photographs).
Separate chapters on organic farming, biofertilizers and biopesticides uses for sustainable cultivation of medicinal plants tips for medicinal plants cultivation and... |
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Asia Pacific Business Press, Delhi |
Hand Book on Herbs Cultivation and Processing |
$54.99 $38.49 |
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| The book covers systematic account of most plants used in medicines. This is an indispensable book which provides cultivation techniques of various herbs with their processing.
The text of each plant is divided in to two portions: the first devoted to the description of the species, its localities and other purely botanical matter and the second to the general character, composition, properties which are employed in medicines or otherwise.
The book is very useful for new entrepreneurs,... |
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K. R. Kirtikar |
Indian Medicinal Plants - 8 Volumes |
$431.00 $301.70 |
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| The study of disease commenced with the dawn of intellect. The cave man surely resorted to the plant kingdom as his therapeutical agents and remedial measures. There is no record available for the medicines used by primitive man. The knowledge of medicinal plants must have been accumulated over centuries. The ancient peoples of India were acquainted with medicinal herbs to a larger extent than the natives of any other country.
The Indian materia medica consists of the Raja Nighantu, the... |
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K.M. Nadkarni |
Indian Plants and Drugs : With their Medicinal Properties and Uses |
$62.99 $44.09 |
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| The aim and object of this little volume is to serve not only the professional medical men in India but also the non-professional educated public in general; and this object is sought to be attained by rendering the book useful to both these classes in the following ways:-
To the medical profession:-
By introducing to them the therapeutical properties of the numerous remedial drugs and agents.
By placing before them the value and composition of several dietetic articles, such as fruits,... |
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W. Griffith |
Icones Plantarum Asiaticarum - 8 Volume Set |
$675.49 $472.84 |
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K.C. Chunekar |
Medicinal Plants of Susruta Samhita |
$93.99 $65.79 |
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| This book is the most important work to date on the correct identification of medicinal plants in the Susruta Samhita. The importance of this work cannot be underestimated for teachers, professors, researchers, pharmacists and educational institutions, the world over. Until now the numerous controversies concerning the medicinal plants prescribed by Rishi Sushruta have never been thoroughly investigated in a modern scientific manner. Clarifying the Sanskrit synonyms and relating these to the... |
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Pal .D.C. |
A Lexicon of Medicinal Plants in India |
$225.49 $157.84 |
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C.G. Bose |
Manual of Indian Botany |
$24.99 $17.49 |
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Veitch |
A Manual of Orchidaceous Plants - 2 Volumes |
$281.49 $197.04 |
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| It inclues:
Vol. I: Epidendreae
Vol. II: Vandeae- Cypripedieae
These volumes have been complied to give amateurs, cultivators, scientists who are interested in detailed account of the principal genera, species and varieties of orchids.
This book described in detail the description, Phenology, distribution of associated animals and birds. The work is profusely illustrated with drawings, photographs and for plant there is an illustration.
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Bentley |
Medicinal Plants: Being Descriptions with Original Figs. of the Principal Plants Employed in Medicine & an Account of the Characters, Properties and uses of their Parts - 4 Vols. |
$156.49 $109.54 |
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| Medicinal Plants, as the name implies, proposes to give its readers full and authoritative information on the entier circle of Medicinal Plants. The number of species figured is 306, but many more are alluded to in the text. A systematic list of plants figured and described is given at the commencement of the book, from which it is seen that they represent 89 natural families and 233 genera, thus affording examples of all the parts of the vegetable.
The text of each plant is divided into two... |
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J. Lindely |
Medical and Economical Botany |
$28.49 $19.94 |
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| Focuses on Services life-administration of Rural Hospitals, Health Care Policy, Slums, Primary Health Care, Indian System of Medicine, Homeopathy, Child Care etc. |
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Manisha Tiwari |
Medicinal Plants - 2 Volumes |
$100.49 $70.34 |
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| This work in two volumes provides the readers with some extraordinary details about medicinal plants not commonly available. The herbal medicines that are well-known around the world, their geographical distrution, botanical features, chemical constituents, medicinal use, posology, pharmacology adverse reactions of such medicines etc. are given in detail.
A comparison of traditional medicine with modern western medicine makes an interesting reading. The utility of herbal medicine has now... |
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Gyanendra Pandey |
Medicinal Plants of Himalaya - Vol. 2 |
$37.99 $26.59 |
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| Contents:
Prelude
Major plants
Plants enumeration
Selected bibliography
Index.
Vol II: Major plants described in this Book:
Aesculus indica Colebr: A. hippocastanum Linn. Castanea sativa Mill.
Bergenia ciliata Royle.: B. ligulata (Wall.) Engler. B. stracheyi (Hook. f. & Thoms.) Engler. B. purpurascens (Hook f. & Thoms.) Engler. Didymocarpus pedicellata Br. D. oblongum Wallich ex D. Don. D. primulifolius D. Don. D. aromaticus Wallich ex D. Don.... |
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Ravindra Sharma |
Medicinal Plants of India: An Encyclopaedia |
$121.99 $85.39 |
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| The present publication "Medicinal Plants of India: An Encyclopaedia" provides comprehensive and condensed information of an extensive and large number of medicinal plants grown and found in different agro-ecological zones of India. The publication describes, along with illustrations and photographs, nearly 600 species and 380 genera belonging to 172 families of the medicinal plants.
The author has made special efforts to records vernacular (local) or trade names of these plants, which will... |
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C.K.N. Nair |
Medicinal Plants of India : With Special Reference to Ayurveda |
$75.49 $52.84 |
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| The system of herbal medicine known as Ayurveda has been followed in India from time immemorial. The germ plasm for this science which is now receiving world-wide attention can be traced to the most ancient of Sanskrit texts known as the Vedas. While identifying all the important medicinal plants that have been mentioned in the Ayurvedic texts along with their medicinal properties and uses, the authors have also tried to give appropriate references to the Sanskrit texts where their names... |
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S.S. Purohit |
Medicinal Plant : Cultivation : A Scientific Approach : Including Processing and Financial Guidelines |
$76.99 $53.89 |
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| World Health Organisation (WHO) has estimated that atleast 80% of the world population rely on traditional systems of medicine for their primary health needs. These systems are largely plant based. According to WHO over 21000 plant species are useful in the preparation of medicines. Due to the growing awareness about side effects and complications of chemical and synthetic medicines, cosmetics and health supplements, usage of herbal products has gained importance both in the Eastern and Western... |
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B. S. Ahuja |
Medicinal Plants of Saharanpur |
$7.99 $5.59 |
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Priya Vrat Sharma |
Namarupajnanam: Characterization of Medicinal Plants: A Study on 150 Plants |
$15.99 $11.19 |
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| Acquaintance with nama (names) and rupa (characters) is very important for identification of plants. Though their importance was recognised by ancient seers namarupajnana has developed recently as a part of Dravyagunavijnana in which the subject of identification of plants is studied in all aspects e.g. ancient and medieval approach to characterize the plants by way of names and synonyms, pharmacognosy proper and discussion on drugs which are still unknown or used differently in different... |
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B.S. Desai |
Medicinal Plants and Glossary of Selected Terms |
$50.49 $35.34 |
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| This book covers medical properties of over 200 selected and important medicinal plants that are vital in day-to-day medicaments. It also deals with the section on some of the user-known medicinal plants. A note is given for routine herbal preparations.
The glossary of pharmacological and ayurvedic terms have been prepared to facilitate the readers about precise the readers about precise meanings and concepts. The book also deals with all the basics of ayurveda like... |
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Kailash C. Malhotra |
Sacred Groves in India |
$93.99 $65.79 |
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| In India, as elsewhere in many parts of the world, a number of communities practise different forms of nature worship. One such significant tradition is that of providing protection to patches of forests dedicated to deities and/or ancestral spirits. These patches of forests are known as sacred groves. The tradition is very ancient and once was widespread in most parts of the world. The estimated number of sacred groves in India in about two lakhs. Groves are rich heritage of India, and play an... |
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Khadi: The Fabric of Freedom |
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| Contents:
Foreword/Andreas Reinhart.
Reflections on Khadi/Asha Sarabhai
From a different cloth/Rudrangshu Mukherjee
Khadi – the thread of inner silence/Rta Kapur-Chishti
Photo essay/Manuel Bauer/Lookat
Hand-spun and hand-woven : cotton Khadi in the new millennium/Rahul Jain
Introduction
Cotton Species and cultivation :
Cotton cultivation in India
Cotton varieties in India
The structure and properties of cotton fibre :
Chemical composition... |
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E.T. Steudel |
Nomenclature Botanicus - 2 Volumes |
$312.99 $219.09 |
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Oakes Ames |
Orchids of Guatemala (In 2 Volumes) |
$35.99 $25.19 |
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Orchids of Mussoorie |
$10.99 $7.69 |
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