Ayurveda out of balance: 93 percent of medicinal plants threatened with extinction

Monday, April 5, 2010 - 16:35 in Biology & Nature

Traditional Ayurvedic medicine could face an uncertain future as 93 percent of the wild plants used in the practice are threatened with extinction due to overexploitation, the Times of India reports.

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