A Student Handbook on Usage of Plants for Oral Health - Softcover

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The Rigveda mentions the use of herbal medicines. The use of herbal medicines has been neglected due to advent of western system of medicine. The peoples are turning to cheaper and easily available medicines which has less side effects. Karnataka is rich treasure of herbal medicines. In the last two decades there has been a remarkable interest in the use of herbal medicines. In India about 80%% of the drugs contain plant ingredients. India also has long history of herbal medicines. A large number of plants are used for preparation of herbal medicines, are in the verge of extinction. Due to biotic pressure and modernization, the herbal medicines are depleting. Therefore, it is the need of the hour to establish gene banks, setting up of botanical gardens at species level, in-Vitro conservation and conservation in natural habitat.

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