and Perr), Tinisha ( Ougeinia dalbergiodes Linn), Shallakki ( Boswellia serrata Triana and Planch), Saala ( Shorea robusta Roth), Badari ( Ziziphus mauritiana Lam.), Tinduka ( Diospyros melanoxylon Roxb), Ashwatha ( Ficus religiosa L.), Vata ( Ficus bengalensis L.), Amalaki ( Phyllanthus emblica L.), Shami ( Prosopis cineraria Druce), Kakubha ( Terminalia arjuna Wight and Arn.), Shimshapa ( Dalbergia sissoo Roxb.) and birds include Lava, Tittira, Chakora, etc. Jangala Desha is predominant in Akasha Mahabhoota, and has vegetation that includes trees like Kadara ( Acacia polycantha Willd.), Khadira ( Acachia catechu L.), Asana ( Bridella retusa Spreng.), Ashwakarna ( Dipterocarpus turbinatus Gaertn.), Dhava ( Anogeissus latifolia Wall. Though attempts were made in past to compile and interpret the geographical aspects of Charaka Samhita, this article attempts to analyze it from the perspective of medical geography. Though the text gives a vast outline of geography in terms of Jangala, Aanoopa, and Sadharana it also mentions about various places of the then India. However, Charaka Samhita which was written centuries before Hippocrates elaborately speaks about medical geography. Medical geography which is gaining significance in contemporary medicine has its origin from Hippocrates. Desha is one of the factors which have to be assessed in ascertaining the Hetu (etiological factors) and also in deciding the treatment.
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