Hindu Medicine c7.64

c7.64

The underlying idea seems to be that there are, strictly speaking, no herbs whatsoever that are destitute of healing power. All of them have a specific character, particular virtues of their own, which are manifested in their many forms, colors, the places where they are found, their uses, their effectiveness, and so forth; accordingly all these various forces may be brought into play to prevent the decline and loss of life-power, if properly propitiated and harnessed to the physician's efforts.