It's a well known fact that a virgin jungle or forest contains a sizeable number of medicinal plants.
Ayurveda, an Indian alternative medicine was born out of thousands of years of experimentation with plants and herbs taken from deep in the jungle. In fact, the principles of Ayurveda comes from an ancient encyclopedia called Charakasamhita. This exhaustive book of Indian medicine contains name of plants and herbs. It also describes and guides its reader on how to cure various types of ailments.
Ayurveda basically means the science of life. The Ayurveda system of medicine uses plants and animal species, various minerals, precious stones and metals. But among all of these, plants and herbs from the basis of this ancient medical science. In fact, Charakasamhita, there are 350 names of plants of medicinal value being mentioned. It is not surprising to know that even where modern science is concerned, it is estimated that more than 50 % of the medicines' resources come from the plants.
The biggest threat in stunning the growth of Ayurveda's effectiveness comes in the form of deforestation. Since the rate at which trees and jungles are being cleared is much faster than the development of medicinal discoveries, there is a strong possibility that Ayurveda's magic will be totally vanished in the next millennium. Then, it will be only known as 'the lost ancient medicinal science of Ayurveda'.
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