indigenous drugs gradually gave way. Hospitals and dispensaries on Western models multiplied, and the use of Western medicines was encouraged in all parts of the country. Native medicines came to be discarded in favour of ready-made preparations imported from Europe. This was a serious blow to Indian pharmacy. But Europe is simply paying back the debt it owed to India, because its Materia Medica includes many curative agents of Indian product, such as : —
Aconitum heterophyllum (Ativisha).
Allium Cepa (Palandu).
Acacia Catechu (Kadara).
Alhagi maurorum (Yavasa).
Alstonia scholaris (Saptaparna).
Amomum elettarum (Ela).
Andropogon nardus (Ushira).
Andropogon Schosnanthus (Katurina).
Artemisia sternutatoria (Agnidamani).
Berberis Lycium (Daruharidra).
Butea frondosa (Palasha).
Cassia lanceolata (Sonamukhi).
Cucumis Colocynthis (Indravaruni).
Datura alba, Datura niger, etc. (Dhattura).
Justicia Adhatoda (Atarusha).
Luffa amara (Katukoshtaki).
