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Only homoeopaths can lift up Homoeopathy from the present controversial state. The clear need is for a multidisciplinary research oriented approach. A stronger scientific foundation will greatly enhance the respectability and acceptability of Homoeopathy, which is not just in the interests of the homoeopaths, but more importantly those of the patients at large.
SPECIES OF PLANTS OCCURRING IN INDIA USED IN THE HOMOEOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA
The following species occurring in India and are a part of the homoeopathic materia medica (Boericke, 1991), widely used in India:
| Abroma augusta | Abroma raxid |
| Abrus precatorius | Acalypha indica |
| Achyranthes aspera | Adhatoda vasica |
| Aegle marmelos | Aesculus hippocastanum |
| Agave americana | Allium cepa |
| Allium sativum | Aloe barbadensis |
| Alstonia scholaris | Amanita muscaria |
| Amygdalus persica | Anagallis arvensis |
| Andrographis paniculata | Apium graveolens |
| Areca catechu | Argemone mexicana |
| Artemisia vulgaris | Arundo donax |
| Atropa belladonna | Avena sativa |
| Azadirachta indica | |
| Bellis perennis | Beta vulgaris |
| Blumea odorata | Boerhaavia diffusa |
| Brassica nigra | |
| Caesalpinia bonducella | Calendula officinalis |
| Calotropis gigantea | Calotropis procera |
| Caltha palustris | Camillea sinensis |
| Cannabis sativa | Capsella bursa-pastoris |
| Carica papaya | Capsicum frutesens |
| Cassia acutifolia | Centella asiatica |
| Cicer arietinum | Cinchona officinalis |
| Cinnamomum zeylanicum | Citrus spp. |
| Clerodendrum infortunatum | Coccinia indica |
| Cocculus hirsutus | Coffea arabica |
| Colchicum officinale | Coleus aromaticus |
| Colocynthis vulgaris | Conium maculatum |
| Crocus sativus | Croton tiglium |
| Cucurbita pepo | Cynodon dactylon |
| Daphne indica | Desmodium gangeticum |
| Digitalis lanata | Drosera burmannii |
| Equisetum arvensis | Eucalyptus globulus |
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Eugenia jambos |
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| Ferula assafoetida | Ficus benghalensis |
| Ficus religiosa | |
| Gaultheria indica | Gentiana chirata |
| Glycosmis pentaphylla | Gossypium spp. |
| Guaiacum officinale | Gymnema sylvestre |
| Haematoxylum campechianum | Helianthus annuus |
| Holarrhena antidysenterica | Hura crepitans |
| Hydrocotyle javanica | Hygrophila auriculata |
| Ilex aquifolium | Illicium anise |
| Indigofera tinctoria | |
| Jacaranda acutifolia | Jatropha carcas |
| Juglans regia | Justicia rubrum |
| Lemna minor | Lepidium sativum |
| Leucas aspera | Linum usitatissimum |
| Lupulus humulus | Lycoperdon esculentum |
| Lycopodium spp. | |
| Magnolia grandiflora | Mahonia leschenaultiana |
| Melandrium indicum | Mangifera indica |
| Medicago sativa | Melilotus indica |
| Mentha piperita | Momordica charantia |
| Myristica fragrans | |
| Nerium odorum | Nicotiana tabacum |
| Nyctanthes arbortristis | |
| Ocimum canum | Ocimum sanctum |
| Oldenlandia herbacea | Opuntia dillinii |
| Papaver somniferum | Passiflora incarnata |
| Physalis indica | Phytolacca americana |
| Pinus sylvestris | Piper cubeba |
| Piper nigrum | Plantago major |
| Primula veris | Punica granatum |
| Plumbago zeylanica | |
| Rauvolfia serpentina | Ricinus communis |
| Ruta graveolens | |
| Saccharum officinarum | Sambucus nigra |
| Santalum album | Saraca asoca |
| Semicarpus anacardium | Smilax zeylanica |
| Solanum nigrum | Solanum xanthocarpum |
| Solidago virga-auria | Stellaria media |
| Strychnos nux-vomica | Syzygium jambolanum |
| Taraxacum officinale | Taxus baccata |
| Terminalia arjuna | Terminalia chebula |
| Thymus serpyllum | Tinospora cordifolia |
| Tribulus terrestris | Triticum aestivum |
| Usnea barbata | Ustilago maydis |
| Valeriana jatamansi | Vanilla planifolia |
| Vernonia anthelmintica | Viscum album |
| Xanthophyllum rhetsa | |
| Zea mays | Zingiber officinale |
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