Medicinal Smoke - Natural way to cure diseases
Online, December 10, 2009 (Newswire.com) - CS Nautiyal and PS Chauhan - Division of Plant-Microbe Interactions, National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratab Marg, Lucknow 226 001, Uttar Pradesh, India.
YL Nene - Asian Agri-History Foundation, Secunderabad 500 009, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Excerpts of the study:
From time immemorial, human beings have used smoke of medicinal plants for curing disorders. Smoke produced from natural substances has been used extensively in many cultures and famous ancient physicians have described and recommended such use. Under the continuous Saraswati-Indus civilization going back to ~7500 BC [i.e., ~9500 Before Present (BP)] the great rishis (saints) used to perform agnihotra-yagnas to purify the environment as described in Rigveda - the most ancient compilation of knowledge on earth by sublimating the havana samagri (mixture of wood and odoriferous and medicinal herbs) in the fire accompanied by the chanting of Vedic mantras described in Rigveda - the most ancient compilation of knowledge on earth.
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