Ethnic Aphrodisiac Plants

`Sex' has played a key role in all cultures. many stories and anecdotes fill the history with incidents of sex and related acts, especially of Kings and Kingmen who received treatments for increasing their vigour and vitality from 'Dhanvanthris'. Many plants have been used traditionally for this purpose. Recent upsurge of 'Viagra' in media is a well knwon story. However, the kinowledge of aphrodisiac plants is necessary for everyone to lead a healthy and psychological contented life. From the ancient times, this subject has aroused interest, but there is hardly any attempt to bring together the widely scattered information available till date, so as to provide baseline data for researchers and students alike. Wiht this sole objective in mind, the present compendium has been prepared with all the earnest efforts to provide information on Botanical names, Synonyms, Family, English, Hindi, and Sanskrit names, Distribution, Parts used, Active constituents, Aohrodisiac preparation and Biological activity of over 456 species belonging to 331 genera under 116 families of which, 2 species (2 genera) belong to Fungi, 2 species (igenus) to Lichens, 6 species (5 genera) to Pteridophytes, 6 species (3 genera) to Gymnospersm and the remaining 456 species (320 genera) to Angiosperms having 360 species among dicotyledons.
About Author :
Dr. S.K.Sood is Professor of Botany at the Department of Biosciences, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla. He obtained his M.Sc. (1974) and M.Phil. (1976) from Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla and Ph.D. (1981) from Nagarjuna University, Guntur, specializing in Plant Systematics and Embryology. For his post-doctoral, he underwent specialized training in Ethnobotany. He has had a brilliant academic career followed by over 25 years of teaching and conducting research in Botany at postgraduate as well as research levels. Dr. Sood has guided about 10 M.Phil. and 12 Ph.D. students and published numerous research papers in various national and international journals. Ms. Sarita Rana is a postgraduate from Himachal Pradesh University. She obtained her M.Phil. (2002) from Shimla, specializing in Ethnobotany. At present,s he is working as a lecturer.
Contents :
Preface Abbreviations List of Colour Photographs Introduction and the Previous Work Methodology of Study Observations Discussion and Conclusions Literature Cited Appendix-I Index to Format for the Compilation of Ethno-botanical Information on Aphrodisiac Plants Appendix-II Index to Total Number of Genera and Species under Various Divisions of Plant kingdom Appendix- III Index to Total Number of Families Appendix-IV Index to Aphrodisiac Uses of Various Species under a Genus Appendix-V Index to Botanical Names Appendix-VI Index to English Names Appendix- VII Index to Hindi Names Appendix- VIII Index to Sanskrit Names