Western Appropriation of Indian Medicine

Essays

How the Navanītakaṁ Supplied the Raw Material to Western Medicinal Research in Garlic

How the Navanītakaṁ Supplied the Raw Material to Western Medicinal Research in Garlic

Navanītakaṁ or the so-called Bower Manuscript contains a detailed exposition of garlic as a dietary item and as medicine. After its discovery, the Western medical community appropriated this information into its own research.