A Miniature Sheet consisting of 4 nos. of postage stamp on the Medicinal Plants of India

Continuing with the series that began on 28.10.1997, the Department of Posts now brings out another set of four stamps on the medicinal plants of India.

The Rs5.00 stamps featured in this set are about:

Guggulu (Commiphora wightii),

Brahmi (Bacopa monnieri),

Aswagandha (Withania somnifera) and,

Amla (Emblica officinalis).

Arya Vaidyasala, Kottakkal 12.10.2002

Arya Vaidya Sala, popularly known as Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala, is a healthcare centre located in Kottakkal, in the South Indian state of Kerala, known for its heritage and expertise in the Indian traditional medicine system of Ayurveda.

Indian Medicinal Plants 28.10.1997

150 Years of Anaesthesia 27.12.1996

In the practice of medicine, especially surgery, and dentistry, anesthesia (or anaesthesia) is an induced, temporary state with one or more of the following characteristics: analgesia (relief from or prevention of pain), paralysis (extreme muscle relaxation), amnesia (loss of memory), and unconsciousness.  Anesthesia enables the painless performance of medical procedures that would cause severe or intolerable pain to an unanesthetized patient.  

Hakim Ajmal Khan 13.21987

Hakim Ajmal Khan, born in 1864, is generally acknowledged to be the most significant name among the twentieth century Indian scholars and physicians of the Unani system of medicine. He was also a Muslim nationalist politician and freedom fighter. Through his founding of the Tibbia College in Delhi, he is credited with the revival of Unani medicine in early 20th century India. Khan also recognised the talents of chemist Dr. Salimuzzaman Siddiqui, whose subsequent research into important medicinal plants used in the field gave it a new direction. A close associate of Gandhi, he participated in the Non-co-operation movement(Satyagraha), led the Khilafat Movement, and became the fifth Muslim President of the Indian National Congress during the 1921 session held in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

Hakim Ajmal Khan was one of the founders of the Jamia Millia Islamia University, becoming its first chancellor in 1920 and remaining in office until his death in 1927.