Ayurveda is an ancient system of medicine practiced in India and has its roots in the Vedic times, approximately 5000 years ago.
The main constituents of ayurvedic medicines are plant leaves and other parts of plants like root, bark etc. More than 8000 plants of
Indian origin have been found to be of medicinal value. Combinations of a small subset amounting to 1500 of these plants are used
in Herbal medicines of different systems of India. Specifically, commercial Ayurvedic preparations use 500 of these plants. Over
80% of plants used in ayurvedic formulations are collected from the forests and wastelands whereas the remaining are cultivated in
agricultural lands
