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Ashtawarga plants being an important part of many Ayurvedic formulations are also available in a very limited amount and likely to be substituted by cheap adulterants. Malaxis acuminata is one of the important plants of Ashtawarga group. Department of AYUSH has suggested use of substitutes in formulations in absence of original plants however this option is being exploited by manufacturers rendering this precious plant in ignored condition. Hence it becomes important to highlight the therapeutic potentials of this plant in front of scientists so that a justified research is carried out on an important but ignored plant. A limited data with scientific evidences are available in modern literature/internet sources; whereas old texts show valuable evidences in regional languages or in Sanskrit. Hence real uses of the plant are not well understood by scientific fraternity. Purpose of this compilation is to bring all the therapeutic potentials at a single platform so as to enable scientists working on these plants to know the scientific clues. The compilation reflects multiple uses of plant active components in a number of Ayurvedic formulations useful in plethora of disorders.
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Dr. Parveen Bansal, Ph.D(Bioquímica), FRSM, FICA (EUA) a trabalhar como Director Conjunto, na Universidade Baba Farid de Ciências da Saúde, Faridkot tem uma experiência de trabalho de 21 anos em vários cargos. Representou a Índia como membro da 23 Expedição Científica Indiana à Antárctida. Publicou 150 trabalhos de investigação, 12 livros, 35 capítulos em diferentes livros.
