Classical approach to collect medicinal plants - A prudent view in optimizing pharmacological affluence

Dr. Mamatha Sandhal; Shobha G. Hiremath; Surekha Medikeri

doi:10.21760/jaims.v2i04.264

Dr. Mamatha Sandhal Post Graduate Scholar, Department of Rasashastra and Bhaishajya Kalpana, Government Ayurvedic Medical College, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Shobha G. Hiremath Emeritus Professor, Department of Rasashastra and Bhaishajya Kalpana, Government Ayurvedic Medical College, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Surekha Medikeri HOD & Professor, Department of Rasashastra and Bhaishajya Kalpana, Government Ayurvedic Medical College, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21760/jaims.v2i04.264

Keywords: Medicinal plants, Active principles, Plant physiology, Applied botany

Abstract

Medicinal value of the plants mainly depends upon the season in which they are grown and place in which they are collected. The place (Desha) denotes the richness of inherent quality of drugs (Dravya-plants), whereas the time (Kaala) denotes the potentiating factors of such inherited qualities. The state of drug and method of its collection are specified again to conserve those potentiated inherent qualities of the plants otherwise called active principles. The research works done on plant physiology and applied botany render scientific explanation for the classical approach. This review paper is an endeavor to put light on four classical perspectives in collection of medicinal plants; place, time, state and method.

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