Project Gutenberg 2016-12-18 Public domain in the USA. 244 Playfair, George The Taleef Shereef; Or, Indian Materia Medica Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Taleef Shereef; Or, Indian Materia Medica" by George Playfair is a scientific publication written in the early 19th century. This work serves as a translation of a historical medical text concerning the medicinal properties of native plants and substances in India. It is notable for providing insight into traditional healing methods and remedies that were prevalent at the time, reflecting both the local culture and the early Western interest in indigenous medical practices. The opening of the text begins with a transcriber’s notice and a preface by George Playfair, who shares his motivation for translating this ancient work after 26 years of medical practice in India. He expresses a desire to make known the beneficial effects of various native medicines that Western pharmacology could not address. He reflects on the challenges he faced during translation, aiming to remain true to the original text for proper reference and understanding of these remedies. The subsequent text introduces various medicinal plants, detailing their properties and suggested uses, indicating a comprehensive guide to the flora's therapeutic applications in traditional Indian medicine. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 68.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Materia medica -- India Medicine, Ayurvedic RS Text Category: Science - Biology Category: Health & Medicine Category: Drugs/Alcohol/Pharmacology Category: Environmental Issues 767691 2025-07-21T11:18:53.459013 text/html 762180 2024-10-23T01:31:40 text/html 284836 2025-07-21T11:19:10.547440 application/epub+zip 302892 2025-07-21T11:18:57.383514 application/epub+zip 293183 2025-07-21T11:18:55.530000 application/epub+zip 593757 2025-07-21T11:19:18.002372 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 493121 2025-07-21T11:19:08.826442 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 459681 2022-09-24T12:51:55.801149 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 431111 2025-07-21T11:18:49.518033 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 411239 2024-10-23T01:31:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16966 2025-07-21T11:19:18.214401 application/rdf+xml 16999 2025-07-21T11:18:55.748031 image/jpeg 2510 2025-07-21T11:18:55.642976 image/jpeg 265317 2025-07-21T11:18:53.511005 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog