ABSTRACT
Thewordbhe~ajti,'medicine,''remedy,'isderivedfrombhi~tij,'healer,'andsignifiesthatwhichbelongstothebhi~tij.Inotherwords,it referstothatwhichthehealerusesinordertocureorheal.
Throughoutourdiscussionoftheinternalandexternaldiseaseswhich plaguedtheVedicIndiansnumerousmedicinesorremedieswereencountered.Mostofthem,however,wereeitherofawaterynatureorofavegetal origin.Ourexaminationofmedicinesthereforewillbedividedintothree chapters:1.Waters;2.jtilii~ti;3.MedicinalHerbs.
