Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c5.s2.t7.6

v1.c5.s2.t7.6

The spread of bhallataka in our country has two different historical periods and respectively came from Indian medical science (including Buddhist medical science) and Islam medical science but the source is actually Indian ayurveda. Although bhallataka is not a very famous medicine, its use and spread process are quite complex and from which we can get a glimpse of the diversity of influences of ancient Indian medical culture to medical sciences of many East and West areas.