Medicinal Plants   : Vrikshayurveda

      The Journal of Research & education in Indian Medicine (JREIM) is a quarterly peer-reviewed international journal. JREIM has been established and launched in 1982 by a group of dedicated academicians and researchers of Ayurveda and allied disciplines under the dynamic leadership of Padamshree Prof. K. N. Udupa, the than Director, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (India).            

JREIM was aimed  to aid the dissemination of important researches and theoretical works in different areas of common interest to the educators, researchers, specialized and general therapists of Indian Medicine, which includes Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Sidhha, Homeopathy (AYUSH), CAM, Integrative Medicine, and other Traditional / Alternative / Oriental Systems of Medicine in general and Clinical research, researches on Medicinal Plants / Herbs, Spices and Pharmaceutical Sciences in particular.

The inaugural issue (Jan.-March 1982) of JREIM was released by Dr. Sombhong Kutranon, Regional Director, W.H.O. during International conference on “Role of Practitioners of Indian Medicines in Primary Health Care” at Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 20-22 February’ 1982.

Aims' and Scope

The Journal of Research and Education in Indian Medicine ( Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Unani, Sidhha, Homeopathy (AYUSH) and other Traditional / Alternative / Oriental Systems of Medicine in general and Clinical research, researches on Medicinal Plants/ Herbs and Spices and Pharmaceutical sciences in particular.

For proper regulation of plant food and herbal medicine supply, which constitutes major source of human medicine, plants were studied in scientific way based on principles of Ayurveda and finding were noted as Vrikshayurveda or Ancient Indian Plant Science.