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    Aloe Ferox - in View of Ayurveda: A Critical Study of Aloe Ferox in Ayurvedic Perspective
    Aloe Ferox - in View of Ayurveda: A Critical Study of Aloe Ferox in Ayurvedic Perspective
    Aloe Ferox - in View of Ayurveda: A Critical Study of Aloe Ferox in Ayurvedic Perspective
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    Aloe Ferox - in View of Ayurveda: A Critical Study of Aloe Ferox in Ayurvedic Perspective

    By Dr. Sharduli Terwadkar

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    Are you a health conscious person constantly looking for herbal solutions for your day to day health management?

    Do you know about herbal treasures from Africa?

    Do you know about Aloe ferox, a beautiful herb having bright red flowers draped in stout green leaves?

    Then you have an award-winner book in your hands! This book won 'Vagbhat Samhita Award' for original research book by Deerghayu International, India.

    Do you know about an ancient science of wellness from India, Ayurveda? Then you are holding right book! Read this book and you will find brief and interesting introduction to Ayurveda in simplified form. You dont need to be an Ayurveda expert..this book speaks in contemporary lingo yet can provide you guideline to the logic that Ayurveda holds in.

    If you want to take a more curious dip in scientific information about this plant, open any page of this handbook and know everything that Ayurveda explains about this valuable herb. A simple yet systematic pattern for explanation is maintained to provide an easily assimilable info out of this very scientific knowledge.

    Aloe ferox is one of the herbs given by Mother Nature that is providing a wide array of medicinal uses.

    This book is totally dedicated to this 'star' medicinal plant in South Africa that brings in millions of currency in this country due to the pharmaceutical trade.

    Are you that passionate investor for herbal pharma industry? Check line drawings in this book and read in detail patho-pharmacology of all fourteen medicinal uses.

    This book will provide complete pharmacological study of this plant in Ayurvedic perspective with fourteen new medicinal uses which can extensively widen the span of medicinal use of Aloe ferox in African continent and world wide.

    Read it and bring this cute blushing guest to your herbal garden!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse UK
    Release dateNov 4, 2011
    ISBN9781467893848
    Aloe Ferox - in View of Ayurveda: A Critical Study of Aloe Ferox in Ayurvedic Perspective
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    Dr. Sharduli Terwadkar

    Dr. Sharduli is an Ayurvedic Doctor working in South Africa and India as well. Education: • Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery - B.A.M.S , Shivaji University, India • Fellowship from Institute of Indian Medicine, India. • Ayurveda Parangat (Doctor of Ayurveda), European Ayurveda Academy, Italy • Ayurveda Varidhi (Doctorate in Ayurveda) ,European Ayurveda Academy, Italy Masters in Ayurvedic Dietetics, Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Pune, India Awards: • Vanamitra Puraskar’, Vaidya Khadiwale Research Institute, Pune, India. • ‘Dr. J. D. Apte National Award for excellent work in research of medicinal plants’, Warana Research Trust, Sangli, India. • ‘Young Scientist Award’ , Australasian Academy of Ayurveda and Yoga, Sydney, Australia • ‘Award for international excellence in field of Ayurveda’, Panacea International Conference on Ayurveda and Yoga, Mauritius. • 'International Award for women' by 'Deerghayu International' in category of NRI women working for promotion and propagation of Ayurveda' Literary work: • Number of research papers, articles and reviews on Ayurveda published in research journals of complimentary medicine and journals of Ayurveda in India, Italy, Australia, South Africa and also on Internet Journals. • General articles are published in health magazines like Odyssey, Health Encounters, Healer etc. • Her general articles showing various aspects of South Africa, written in her regional language, Marathi, are published in Indian Newspapers. Books: ? Medicinal Plants of South Africa – In Ayurvedic point of view ? Enjoy seasons in South Africa – with Ayurveda ? Think before you drink water ? South Africa – Ek Indradhanushi desh ( South Africa – a rainbow nation) (Marathi Language) - Won two awards in India, Shabdotsav Award, Sangli and special award by Dakshin Maharashtra Sahitya Sabha, Kolhapur Designations: ? Founder CEO, The Ayurveda Foundation – South Africa (TAFSA), Johannesburg, South Africa ? Co-ordinator , Ayurveda Faculty, Sangli Campus, Tilak Maharashtra University, India ? Advisor and active committee member for Certificate course of Natural Medicine, Wits University, South Africa ? Ayurveda Facilitator, Traditional Healers' Organization, South Africa ? Global Advisor, BHHAS, India ? Member of Editorial team of Healer Magazine, South Africa and Deerghayu International, India Member and Director, Leadership Development, Rotary Club of Vishrambag, Sangli Member of an NGO, 'Abhalmaaya Foundation' working for nature conservation in India

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      Aloe Ferox - in View of Ayurveda - Dr. Sharduli Terwadkar

      ALOE FEROX

      IN VIEW OF|

      AYURVEDA

      A critical study of ALOE FEROX in

      Ayurvedic perspective

      DR. SHARDULI TERWADKAR

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      © 2011 Dr. Sharduli Terwadkar. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      First published by AuthorHouse 7/20/2011

      ISBN: 978-1-4567-8786-8 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4678-9384-8 (ebook)

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models,

      and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Contents

      PREFACE

      A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO AYURVEDA

      INTRODUCTION TO BASIC CONCEPTS OF AYURVEDA

      INTRODUCTION TO ALOE FEROX

      PREDICTION OF NEW MEDICINAL USES OF ALOE FEROX

      REFERENCES

      ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

      ABOUT THE AUTHOR

      PREFACE

      It is an ancient practice to use herbs for wellbeing of mankind and it is ritualized in many ancient societies. It’s amazing that we are still using this herbal knowledge but now with a new awareness.

      With a surge of hundreds of books on herbs and uses of herbs in traditional and research point of view, people all around the globe are aware and well-informed with these ancient treasures of knowledge.

      Students, Practitioners, Researchers and everybody interested in ‘Herbology’ are studying and using herbs in various ways.

      Though there are many books introducing Ayurveda in scholarly ways, this book also introduces same theories in simplified way just to make readers familiar to the Ayurvedic terminology and basic theories of Ayurveda relevant to the subject.

      While giving comparison between Aloe ferox and Aloe barbadensis, the later is referred as ‘Kumari’. Though there are two species used as Kumari, Aloe vera and Aloe barbadensis, with reference to the original thesis, the later one is described on the basis of availability of detailed references.

      Focus of this book will be on introducing Aloe ferox, an Indigenous South African species of Aloes, with the application of Ayurvedic theories on its pharmacology.

      We have tried to give a brief info about the Ayurvedic etiology and pharmacology regarding every medicinal use. Ayurvedic diagnosis is a complex method which considers all the details of your composition and checks every humor, tissue, system and even psychological factors while concluding about the diagnosis. This book will give basic logic behind the medicinal use mentioned. It will be every Ayurvedic Doctor’s responsibility to apply this info with discretion according to patients’ condition and other factors applicable while concluding about diagnosis, period of treatment and dosage.

      We hope that this book will provide new topics to researchers in field of ethnobotany, ethnomedicine and herbology. It will stir brains of everybody who is interested in herbs and Alternative Medicinal Systems.

      This knowledge definitely comes with a warning that medicinal uses suggested in this book should not be tried without experts’ advice as herbs are potentially strong medicinal plants which can cause side effects if used irresponsibly.

      On the same note, dosage is not clearly mentioned because it takes thorough checkup and discretion to decide a dose of any herb in Ayurvedic style of treatment. A tentative amount of dosage with fair idea about careful use and caution regarding treatments is given.

      Wherever word ‘cleansing’ is used, it refers to Ayurvedic concept called ‘Shodhan’ or ‘Panchakarma’. If Aloe ferox is used for cleansing, it should be used with discretion as per requirement of that case and should be preceded by Snehan (Internal and external usage of medicated oils to avoid adverse effects of cleansing) and Svedan (Fomentation of body to draw the toxins in to bowels).

      As the description of all medicinal uses come with explanation of basic concepts and these concepts are again based on basic Ayurvedic Theories, repetition of few concepts and terms were unavoidable.

      This book is written with main intention to provide a handbook for people interested in use of Aloe ferox to treat various medical conditions and that is why, every medicinal use comes with description of all theories related regardless their repetition in the previous medicinal use.

      Just open any page and find description about Aloe ferox and specific medicinal use you are looking for!

      This research is open for any suggestions and views to take it further which will make this medicinal power more and more tangible in future.

      We will certainly try to erase faults and improve this book in certain areas where improvement is possible.

      For now, we are offering this humble effort to all of you out there striving to resolve mysteries of nature in all possible ways!

      CHAPTER 1

      A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO AYURVEDA

      Ayurveda - an ancient Indian Medicinal System

      Ayurveda! Treasure of ancient medicinal knowledge! Foundation of many treatments, methods of treatments and techniques of modern medicine! A complete and organized system of medicinal science!

      This introduction won’t be enough if I want to introduce this ancient knowledge in scientific point of view. Let’s go back to that very ancient time when we were nothing but just a part of living creatures on this Earth and were differentiated as a human.

      Ancient quest for knowledge

      Every ancient civilization has its unique ways to teach mankind how to live a fulfilling and happy life. This is because, man has always been curious to find out new ways to fulfill his needs.

      When basic needs were fulfilled, his instinctive curiosity led him towards the other things surrounding him. This unending quest for knowledge turned out as several of sciences. Medical science is also one of those.

      Man observed keenly the nature surrounding him and tried to imply things he learnt. He gave that knowledge to his successors which he got from the Mother Nature. As human beings, we have got a special gift from nature and that gift is - ‘our highly developed brain’.

      Our brain stores information in form of memory and makes it available in form of responses when it is required.

      This knowledge is transferred to future generations and that is how humans were able to survive and even to shape their surroundings the way they wanted.

      Cultural treasures of knowledge

      All cultures have their own treasures of knowledge which originate and develop in that specific culture. That cultural pool of knowledge has a peculiar impression of geographical, geological and historical aspect of that specific culture.

      It is also true for medical science.

      Medical science shows various forms in various parts of the World. According to environmental factors and cultural forms, physical-mental-spiritual requirements of humans show variation. That is the reason why traditional forms of medical science shows some differences in different cultures.

      It also gets restructured with time and becomes more and more applicable with time.

      Cultural knowledge treasures which can’t restructure themselves which time become neglected due to their old and unsuitable forms.

      Very few ancient knowledge systems were able to survive and grow with time. One of those is ‘Ayurveda’!

      Definition of Ayurveda

      Word ‘Ayurveda’ is combination of two words ‘Ayu’ and ’Veda’.

      Ayu means life. Ayu is defined as a combination of body, senses, mind and spirit. This indicates that Ayurveda does not believe in cure of only ‘body’ but it is a complete regime for body, mind and spirit.

      Veda means knowledge. It helps to take care of body, senses, mind and spirit.

      Ayurveda is knowledge about living healthy and fulfilling life in all aspects. It is not just a traditional medicinal system but it is an ultimate guidance to live a quality life and to enjoy all aspects of our life.

      Aim of Ayurveda

      Ayurveda has a wide aspect of looking towards word ‘Health’.

      As we discussed before, Ayurveda deals with ‘Life’ which in Ayurvedic sense, is a combination of body, mind, spirit and senses. That is why, taking care of health in Ayurvedic sense, is taking care of mind, soul and senses along-with body.

      As a complete science of life, it aims for taking care

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