Bio-resource Information Centre on Indian Medicinal Plants database

[dinesh kumar]

BRIC (Bio-resource Information Centre on Indian Medicinal Plants):

http://bric-medplant.org/index.php

This site is exclusively designed for people, who want to know about Plant Wealth of Ayurveda (Dravyaguna Vignana).

This site is packaged with comprehensive information on plants, Sanskrit Slokas, colorful images, an exhaustive list of botanical and vernacular names, properties and action, formulations, pharmacology information of selected plants. This is well referenced and search based.

 This site is specially designed for graduate and post graduate students of Ayurveda, academicians, researchers, physicians, and households etc.  The plants listed in the site are prepared based on consultation of various syllabuses offered by various Ayurveda institutions across the country.

DRAVYAGUNA DATABASE:

http://bric-medplant.org/Dravyaguna.php

This feature will give you botanical and sanskrit names correlation and related botanical and Ayurvedic understanding of plant drugs with bibliography.

You have three search options:

1.      Botanical name search

2.      Sanskrit name search and

3.      Vernacular name (Local name) search.

·         Just click on any one of the option. Type at least three characters.

·         You will get a drop down listing of plant names.

·         Click to know more details.

Hope you will find this site useful with relevant information and bibliography citing.