ABSTRACT
German Professor Rudolf Hansel wrote in the Preface of Rational Phytotherapy: Approximately two-thirds of phytomedicine prescriptions written by German doctors are for single-herb products. But 10 herbs accounted for approximately 80% of these prescriptions, and 20 herbs accounted for more than 90%. The drug or “Sacred Word” or “Doctor’s Word” or placebo will free the patient from acute stress or depression, and hyperacidity and irritable bowel syndrome will get cured on its own. Once Sanskrit names are replaced with botanical names, formulations of Ayurvedic Formulary should be subjected to experimental or clinical trials. A more caring approach from clinicians (“Doctor’s Word”) was found to enhance the placebo effect. Psychodynamic effect of Ayurvedic medicines works miraculously because medicine carries a divine aura.
