Oshadhi Sastram is a part of Ayurveda.
Ayurveda, is an alternative medicine system with historical roots in the
Indian subcontinent. The theory and practice of Ayurveda is pseudoscientific.
Ayurveda is heavily practiced in India and Nepal, where around 80% of the
population report using it. Vedic
text says that “पृथिव्या ओषधयः, ओषधीभ्यो अनन्म्” living creatures get their food from the plants
in the
Parts of medicinal plants to be used
The method of collecting parts of plants is
described in BhavaPrakasa the Sanskrit work on Ayurveda as follows:
अतिरथूलजटायाः स्युस्तासां ग्राह्यास्त्वचो बुधैः। गृह्णीयात्सीक्ष्ममूलानि सकलान्यपि बुद्धिमान्।
महन्ति येषां मूलानि काष्ठगर्भाणि सर्वतः। तेषां तु वल्कलं ग्राह्यं ह्रस्वमूलानि सर्वथा॥
In the case of plants with thick roots, the
root-bark of is to be selected and in the case of Plants with thin roots, the
whole root should be used. In the case
of trees with big roots and with much xylem, the bark is preferable and in the
case of plants with slender roots the whole plants should be selected.
It shows that planting trees and plants is a sure
way to good health, the Bharatiya way.
It is not a myth. Moreover,
Indians believed that growing trees was for the prosperity of human race.
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