In the modern medicine also plants occupy a very significant place as a raw
material for some important drugs although synthetic drugs and antibiotics
brought about a revolution in controlling different diseases. But these
synthetic drugs are out of reach of millions of people. Those who live in remote
places depend on traditional healers, whom they know and trust. Judicious use of
medicinal herbs can even cure deadly diseases that have long defined synthetic
drugs the relationship between man and tree has existed since time immemorial.
The usefulness of trees and their protection was emphasized in ancient
literature like Puranas and the ���?Bhagawat Gita���?. More than 100
medicinal