A review article have been published on " THERAPEUTIC VALUE OF
PLANT LATEX IN AYURVED".
Plants,
animal and minerals are main resources to obtain food and medicine from ancient
era and also in Ayurved. Ayurved is based on similarities and dissimilarities
of properties between composition of substance and body that lead to elevate or
decrease the specific physiological and anatomical factors in body. These
resources are important for balancing and nourishment of essentially
physiological factors. Ayurved has explained it on theory of all substances are
composed of Panchmahabhuta based on their specific characteristic properties. “Ksheera” is secretion
obtain from two resources - plant and animal. Ayurved has stated “Ksheera”
indicating its secretory mode of manifestation under which mostly animal milk
is considered[i]
and also some plant have been specified. These two resources of Ksheera has
differing properties due to change in its basic origin modality with different
composition.
[i] सूत्रस्थानम्- ४५. द्रवद्रव्यविध्यध्यायः अथ क्षीरवर्गः गव्यमाजं तथा चौष्ट्रमाविकं माहिषं च यत् अश्वायाश्चैव नार्याश्चकरेणूनां च यत्पयः ४७
