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Answered by Anonymous
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Medicinal plants, also called medicinal herbs, have been discovered and used in traditional medicine practices since prehistoric times. Plants synthesise hundreds of chemical compounds for fungi, diseases, and herbivorous mammals.

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Ayurveda and medicinal plants are synonymous. In rural

India, 70 per cent of the population depends on traditional

medicines or Ayurveda. Many medicinal herbs and spices are

used in Indian style of cooking, such as onion, garlic, ginger,

turmeric, clove, cardamom, cinnamon, cumin, coriander,

fenugreek, fennel, ajwain, anise, bay leaf, hing (asafoetida) and

black pepper. Ayurvedic medicine uses all of these either in diet

or in the form of medication. Some of these medicinal plants

have been featured on Indian postage stamps also.

As per the National Medicinal Plants Board, India has

15 agro climatic zones and 17,000–18,000 species of flowering

plants. Out of this, 6000–7000 species are estimated to have

medicinal usage. About 960 species of medicinal plants are

estimated to be in trade, of which 178 species have annual

consumption levels in excess of 100 metric tonne.

Medicinal plants are not only a major resource base for

the traditional medicine and herbal industry but also provide

Ayurveda and Medicinal Plants

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livelihood and health security to a large segment of the Indian

population. India is the largest producer of medicinal plants.

The domestic trade of the AYUSH industry is of the order of

80–90 billion. Indian medicinal plants and their products also

account for exports to the tune of 10 billion.

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