The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India Part I - Volume 3

by Govt. of India

Vol III: Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction
• Monographs :
  1. Adhaki (Rt.) (Cajanus cajan (Linn.) Millsp.)
  2. Agnimantha (Rt.) (Clerodendrum phlomidis Linn.)
  3. Ambasthaki (Rt.) (Hibiscus sabdariffa Linn.)
  4. Amra (Sd.) (Mangifera indica Linn.)
  5. Amra (St. Bk.) (Mangifera indica Linn.)
  6. Amrata (St.) (Spondias pinnata (Linn. f.) Kurz.)
  7. Apamarga (Rt.) (Achyranthes aspera Linn.)
  8. Aralu (St. Bk.) (Ailanthus excelsa Roxb.)
  9. Arka (St. Bk.) (Calotropis procera (Ait.) R. Br.)
  10. Asana (St. Bk.) (Pterocarpus marsupium Roxb.)
  11. Asthisamhrta (St.) (Cissus quadrangularis Linn.)
  12. Atmagupta (Sd.) (Mucuna prurita Hook.)
  13. Bharangi (Rt.) (Clerodendrum serratum Linn.)
  14. Bijapura (Fr. Frt.) (Citrus medica Linn.)
  15. Bilva (Rt.) (Aegle marmelos Corr.)
  16. Bimbi (W. P.) (Coccinia indica W. & A.)
  17. Cangeri (W.P.) (Oxalis corniculata Linn.)
  18. Cirabilva (Frt.) (Holoptelea integrifolia Planch.)
  19. Danti (Rt.) (Baliospermum montanum Muell-Arg.)
  20. Dhattura (Sd.) (Datura metel Linn.)
  21. Draksa (Frt.) (Vitis vinifera Linn.)
  22. Durva (Rt.) (Cynodon dactylon (Linn.) Pers.)
  23. Eranda (Fr. Lf.) (Ricinus communis Linn.)
  24. Eranda (Sd.) (Ricinus communis Linn.)
  25. Gambhari (St.) (Gmelina arborea Roxb.)
  26. Gojihva (Aerial Part) (Onosma bracteatum Wall.)
  27. Granthiparni (Rt.) (Leonotis nepetaefolia R. Br.)
  28. Hamsapadi (W.P.) (Adiantum lunulatum Burm.)
  29. Hapusa (Frt.) (Juniperus communis Linn.)
  30. Indravaruni (Frt.) (Citrullus colocynthis Schrad.)
  31. Indrayava (Sd.) (Holarrhena antidysenterica Wall.)
  32. Isvari (Rt.) (Aristolochia indica Linn.)
  33. Jati (Lf.) (Jasminum officinale Linn.)
  34. Kadali (Fr. Rz.) (Musa paradisiaca Linn.)
  35. Kakajangha (Rt.) (Peristrophe bicalyculata Linn.)
  36. Kakanasika (Sd.) (Martynia annua Linn.)
  37. Kakoli (Tub. Rt.) (Lilium polyphyllum D. Don)
  38. Kamala (Rz.) (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.)
  39. Karavira (Rt.) (Nerium indicum Mill.)
  40. Karamarda (Rt.) (Carissa carandas Linn.)
  41. Kasa (Rt. Stock) (Saccharum spontaneum Linn.)
  42. Katphala (Frt.) (Myrica esculenta Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don)
  43. Katphala (St. Bk.) (Myrica esculenta Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don)
  44. Kola (Frt. Pulp.) (Zizyphus jujuba Lam.)
  45. Kola (St. Bk.) (Zizyphus jujuba Lam.)
  46. Kosataki (W.P.) (Luffa acutangula (Linn.) Roxb.)
  47. Kumuda (Fl.) (Nymphaea alba Linn.)
  48. Kusa (Rt. Stock) (Desmostachya bipinnata Stapf.)
  49. Langali (Tub. Rt.) (Gloriosa superba Linn.)
  50. Lasuna (Bulb) (Allium sativum Linn.)
  51. Mahabala (Rt.) (Sida rhombifolia Linn.)
  52. Manjistha (St.) (Rubia cordifolia Linn.)
  53. Marica (Frt.) (Piper nigrum Linn.)
  54. Masaparni (W.P.) (Teramnus labialis Spreng.)
  55. Masura (Sd.) (Lens culinaris Medic.)
  56. Mudga (Sd.) (Phaseolus radiatus Linn.)
  57. Mulaka (Sd.) (Raphanus sativus Linn.)
  58. Munditika (Lf.) (Sphaeranthus indicus Linn.)
  59. Musta (Rz.) (Cyperus rotundus Linn.)
  60. Nagavalli (Lf.) (Piper betle Linn.)
  61. Narikela (Endos.) (Cocos nucifera Linn.)
  62. Nicula (Frt.) (Barringtonia acutangula (Linn.) Gaertn.)
  63. Nili (W.P.) (Indigofera tinctoria Linn.)
  64. Nirgundi (Lf.) (Vitex negundo Linn.)
  65. Padmaka (Ht. Wd.) (Prunus cerasoides D. Don)
  66. Patala (Rt.) (Stereospermum suaveolens DC.)
  67. Phalgu (Frt.) (Ficus hispida Linn.)
  68. Phalgu (Rt.) (Ficus hispida Linn.)
  69. Prapunnada (Sd.) (Cassia tora Linn.)
  70. Raktacandana (Ht. Wd.) (Pterocarpus santalinus Linn.)
  71. Raktapunarnava (Rt.) (Boerhaavia diffusa Linn.)
  72. Ramasitalika (W.P.) (Amaranthus tricolor Linn.)
  73. Rasna (Lf) (Pluchea lanceolata Oliver & Hiem.)
  74. Sahacara (W.P.) (Barleria prionitis Linn.)
  75. Sahadevi (W.P.) (Vernonia cinerea Less.)
  76. Saileya (Lichen) (Parmelia perlata (Huds.) Ach.)
  77. Saka (Ht. Wd.) (Tectona grandis Linn. f.)
  78. Sakhotaka (St. Bk.) (Streblus asper Lour.)
  79. Salaparni (Rt.) (Desmodium gangeticum DC.)
  80. Sali (Frt.) (Oryza sativa Linn.)
  81. Salmali (St. Bk.) (Bombax ceiba Linn.)
  82. Sana (Sd.) (Crotolaria juncea Linn.)
  83. Sara (Rt.) (Saccharum bengalense Retz.)
  84. Sarala (Ht. Wd.) (Pinus roxburghii Sargent.)
  85. Sarala (Rt.) (Pinus roxburghii Sargent.)
  86. Sarsapa (Sd.) (Brassica campestris Linn.)
  87. Satapatrika (Fl.) (Rosa centifolia Linn.)
  88. Simsapa (Ht. Wd.) (Dalbergia sissoo Roxb.)
  89. Simsapa (St. Bk) (Dalbergia sissoo Roxb.)
  90. Sirisa (St. Bk.) (Albizzia lebbeck Benth.)
  91. Sthauneya (Lf.) (Taxus baccata Linn.)
  92. Surana (Corm.) (Amorphophallus campanulatus (Roxb.) Blume)
  93. Svetacandana (Ht. Wd.) (Santalum album Linn.)
  94. Syonaka (Rt.) (Oroxylum indicum Vent.)
  95. Tala (Infl.) (Borassus flabellifer Linn.)
  96. Trivrt (Rt.) (Operculina turpethum (Linn.) Silva Manso)
  97. Tumbini (Fr. Frt.) (Lagenaria siceraria (Mol.) Standl.)
  98. Udumbara (Frt.) (Ficus glomerata Roxb.)
  99. Usira (Rt.) (Vetiveria zizanioides (Linn.) Nash)
  100. Utpala (Fl.) (Nymphaea stellata Willd.).
• Appendices :
  1. Apparatus for tests and assays
     • A. Testing of drugs
     • B. Determination of quantitative data of vegetable drugs
     • C. Limit tests
  2. Physical tests and determinations
  3. Reagents and solutions
     • A. Weights and measures
     • B. Approximate equivalents of doses in Indian system and metric system
  4. Classical Ayurvedic references
  5. Index : English equivalents of Ayurvedic clinical conditions and diseases
  6. Definition of Rasa. Guna. Vipaka. Virya

The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India is the legal document of standards for the quality of drugs, substances and preparations included therein (under the Drugs & Cosmetics Act, 1940). This 3 volume consists of 100 monographs of single drugs of plant origin. Pharmacognostical, chemical and ayurvedic standards of the parts of the plants used in Ayurveda are described in detail in each monograph.