Books on Herbal & Alternative Medicine
Dr T V Sairam has authored many books on Home Remedies and a Dictionary of Alternative Medicine. Many of these books have been listed in the top 10 best sellers in the Penguin Non-Fiction category. The following are the list of Books:
- The Penguin Dictionary of Alternative Medicine
- Home Remedies: Vol.1
- Home Remedies Vol.2
- Home Remedies Vol.3
- Home Remedies: Vol.4
- Tamil book on Home remedies
- Grandma’s Remedies
Praise for Home Remedies
President K R Narayanan
Penguin Best Seller
Home Remedies Vol.4
‘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
The Penguin Dictionary of Alternative Medicine
Publisher: Penguin India
Year of Publication: 2007
The A to Z of alternative medicine
The integration of alternative medicine with conventional medicine is revolutionizing healthcare across the world. This single-volume dictionary, with entries ranging from abdominal breathing and acupoint therapy to Iyengar Yoga, kundalini, spirit-healing, yin and yang, Zen and zone therapy, brings the collective wisdom of thousands of alternative-medicine physicians and practitioners down the ages, for the promotion of health and prevention of disease.
Information on unconventional, unorthodox, unproven, complementary, preventive, integrative and adjunctive therapies and natural remedies are detailed, to familiarize the reader with developments in time-tested as well as rapidly growing fields.
— Includes Ayurveda, Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM), Homoeopathy, New Age treatments, numerology, reiki, Siddha medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), vaastu and Yoga
— Detailed illustrations on asanas, mudras and herbs
–Extensive cross-referencing linking related entries
–Recent developments in time-tested fields as well as new successes
HOME REMEDIES Vol.I
Publisher: Penguin India
Year of Publication:1998
Discover the clinic in your kitchen.
Even before Charaka compiled the Samhita, his treatise on Ayurveda, in the second century B.C., women and men were using herbs from their kitchens, fields and forests to alleviate pain and cure sickness. But with the coming of Western medicine, such indigenous practices were condemned out of court as ‘unscientific’. This book, the outcome of over three decades of journeying and interactions with barely recognized vaids, ohjas and small community physicians, attempts to document these practices, while presenting also the findings of Western science that has only recently begun to acknowledge and legitimize them. Forty of the most common herbs in every Indian kitchen, including well-loved familiars such as garlic, ginger and pudina and the more special saffron, almonds and figs, are described here as known in local, specialized healing traditions. The botanical profile of each herb is followed by an extensive record of its medicinal uses in particular ailments, with detailed notes on the preparation and dosage of each remedy and an extensive bibliography of research articles. Comprehensive and separate glossaries of English and non-English technical terms and unfamiliar herbs, a multi-language index of plant names, and detailed illustrations make Home Remedies a unique reference guide to rediscovering a host of remedies for the most commonly encountered ailments.
HOME REMEDIES Vol.II
Publisher: Penguin India
Year of Publication: 1999
A New Companion To Herbal Healing From The Best-Selling Author Of Home Remedies Vol. I
Researched over three decades, this book gathers together medicinal and cosmetic recipes, tracing roots that lead back through lineages of trusted physician-orders such as the Siddhas of the south.
The author meticulously documents many parallel traditions, and their use of individual plants to cure and comfort. Forty marketplace regulars such as carrot, drumstick and tamarind, fruit such as jamun, flowers such as jasmine and the flame of the forest, and quaint odd balls such as the bone-setter and the devil’s tree are here described through individual botanical profiles, followed by an extensive record of medicinal uses in particular ailments, with detailed notes on the preparation and dosage of each remedy.
A comprehensive bibliography of scientific articles, separate glossaries of English and non-English technical terms, a multi-language index of plant names and detailed illustrations make this second volume of Home Remedies an illuminating rediscovery of herbs that here come into their own as purveyors of a health and happiness increasingly hard to come by.
HOME REMEDIES Vol.III
Publisher: Penguin India
Year of Publication: 2000 (Several Reprints)
A comprehensive bibliography of scientific articles, separate glossaries of English and non-English technical terms, a multi-language index of plant names and detailed illustrations make this volume an illuminating rediscovery of herbs that have come into their own as purveyors of a health and happiness increasingly hard to come by.
HOME REMEDIES Vol.IV
Publisher: Penguin India
Year of Publication: 2002 (Several Reprints)
The use of herbs from kitchens, fields and forests to alleviate pain and cure sickness has been known in India for centuries. Researched over three decades, the volumes in this series meticulously document many parallel and ancient traditions and systems, bringing together medicinal and cosmetic recipes, and the uses of individual plants to cure and comfort. Each herb is described in meticulous detail through its botanical profile, uses in particular ailments and notes on the preparation and dosage of each remedy. Forty common plants such as tea, amaltas, periwinkle, aparajita, coffee, custard apple, ash gourd, lemon grass, cotton, water lily and ashoka along with the not-so-familiar Jamaican thyme, Indian sorrel, ponnanganni and jujube are included in this book. A comprehensive bibliography of scientific articles, separate glossaries for English and non-English technical terms and detailed illustrations make it an easy-to-use reference guide for cures to common ailments. The final volume in the best-selling series.
Veetu Vaithiyam
Uchi Mudhal Paatham Varai
On various diseases and their treatment through various medicinal plants and home remedies; includes various medicinal plants and trees, and their therapeutic use.
Author : T V Sairam
Tamil Translation by: Lion M. Srinivasan
Publisher: Karpagam Puthakalayam
Grandma's Remedies
Publisher: Dignity Dialogue
Year of Publication:1997
Compiled by: T V Sairam
Grandmas are store houses of wisdom and reassurance. Their tips are time-tested, gentle and easy to follow.
T V Sairam, research analyst in herbal studies, writer and bureaucrat, embellishes this ancient wisdom of India with scientific authentication. He collects orally told facts and verifies them with existing scientific data. References to published work are appended.
This booklet is a compilation of individual articles that were published in the monthly issues of magazine DIGNITY DIALOGUE, A magazine for Productive Living.
Year of Publication: 1997
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