Hindu Medicine c7.67

c7.67

The origin of the herbs is extolled, their ancient and noble lineage is pointed out in flattering terms: they are praised as the first-born of the divine aristocracy of beings, for they all spring from Father Heaven and Mother Earth, the primordial divine pair; they have their origin in the primal waters which brought forth the body of the universe and the organisms of all creatures and which maintain them by circulating under various forms through macrocosm and microcosm (2, 3).