‘The book presents the material related to 40 common medicinal plants . . . in a very lucid manner . . . The most useful part of the book is that it provides notes on preparation of herbal medicine, dosage and some thumb rules for the selection of the various parts of the medicinal plant . . . An interesting bibliography also accompanies the book . . . a complete guide on medicinal herbs. It caters to the need of both the common man and a practitioner alike.’ – Deccan Herald

‘The author meticuloulsy documents many parallel traditions and their uses of individual plants to cure and comfort . . . an illuminating rediscovery of herbs . . . ‘ – First City

‘A glossary of English medical terms and the Indian names of the herbs in quite a few regional languages does prove helpful.’ – The Statesman

‘A very useful book.’ – The Financial Express

‘An excellent and informative book.’ – The Asian Age

Years of research on ancient herblore by T V Sairam is slowly but surely taking the shape of easy-to-use volumes on the medicinal values of the phenomenal wealth the country has in herbs . . .’ – The Hindu