Health and diseases are two states of a living organism defined by and understood through many physiological process. The absence of disease is not healthy, as much as the reverse, namely the absence of health, is not disease either. These two end points are connected through a continuum in which a person moves constantly.Health also refers to the psychosomatic equilibrium as well as the person's interaction and exchanges with the environment. Hence, health is not to be assessed in isolation by an analysis of some arbitary parameters. A holistic approach is required in the assessment which includes the egocentric, psychocentric and ecocentric exchanges of the person in question. In these, the role of 'Modern' medicine is only limited; we need to reassess ancient, ecocentric medical technologies in this holistic approach. This paper introduces the concepts of Cartesian and Reductionsist approach of modern medicine, its obvious shortcomings, the holistic approaches of ancient medical technologies and their suitability in the management of psychosomatic disorders.

In this critical study on Vrksayurveda composed by Surapala of 12th century A. D., the author attempts to throw some more light upon arborial medicine.

In this paper the author probes the identification of 'Karanjadvaya' and establishes its identify by interpreting various classical texts.

Pharmacognostic studies on leaf of Polygonum glabrum Willd. has been carried out along with its numerical values, fluorescence characteristics and ash and extractive values.

Health communication in health management process contributes to the overall efficiency of the health-care delivery systems. For this the individual health worker should be able to co-ordinate, integrate and adopt his functions. This is basically required which is minutely discussed in this paper by the author

This article deals with history of Chinese massage and the introduction of Indian massage into China.

The South Indian market samples of drugs Chavya, Gajapippali and Hrivera are evaluated. The accepted source, botanical identification of the market samples, ayurvedic synonyms, therapeutic properties, major preparations and diseases along with a short botanical description for the market samples are provided. Suitable photographs of the market samples are also included.

"777 oil" is a code drug of the Siddha system of medicine used in the treatment of Psoriasis. The drug is derived from the leaves Wrightia tinctoria by insolation, with coconut oil as base. The present study is aimed at comparing the drug prepared by insolation with that prepared in darkness. Analytical studies carried out in both the drugs showed difference in acid number without exposing to sunlight. The drugs showed changes in acid and iodine numbers on exposure to sunlight. Studies on Thin Layer Chromatography showed no difference between the two drugs. However semi quantitative chromatography showed that two spots were more in concentration in the drug prepared in darkness than the drug processes in sunlight. Except one spot all the spots Rf values are identical to raw coconut oil.In analytical studies carried out in shade dried leaves of Wrightia tinctoria showed the presence of iron calcium and ammonium. Alcohol had maximum extractive matter.

This article attempts to trace the origin of the systems concerned as cosmology and humorology. The three elements Earth, Water and Fire formulated as the first cosmology are essential to human lives which are interpreted scientifically here.

Ayurvedic preparations claim on their label only the quantity of crude drugs and not the quantity of active ingredients present therein. So work was taken up to find the percentage of strychnine and brucine from Ayurvedic pills of Nux vomica powder by TLC spectrophotometric analysis, which study has not been reported earlier. However, the literature survey only revealed the following work.

The medicinal plants used in Indian system of medicine and its distribution in Jammu and Kashmir has been categorized systematically here. The paper deals with 246 medicinal plants and has to off-set an index which is not there so far. Out of 246 medicinal plants 12 plants are considered to be controversial. Substitutes, Adulterants of these plants which are being used in various parts of India were also recorded separately in this study.