Sumaiyya Riyaz Shaikh and Pankaj Surve

Ayurveda is time-tested science of treating disease with natural things like plant, animals and minerals. It remains one of the most ancient and yet living traditions practised widely in India and has a sound philosophical and experiential basis. Atharvaveda (around 1200 BC), Charak Samhita and Sushrut Samhita (1000-500 BC) are the main classics that give detailed descriptions of over 700 herbs¹ Melia azedarach is also called “Persian lilac” or “chinaberry’’. This plant is closely relative to neem with specific characteristics. This potential drug has unique phytopharmacological properties.

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