Sudhir Joshi
Malnutrition in children is a serious threat to any civilization.
The causes of this condition are manifold. Tremendous
efforts are being carried out for resolving this
problem. In this situation Ayurved can play a definitive
role and henceforth a project was conceived aiming at
improving the weight of malnourished children. Charak
samhita- a mainstay for treatment purpose in Ayurved
has decribed fifty groups, each comprising ten medicinal
plants, known as dashemaani that are highly specific,
condition oriented plants. In the present study
