Encompassing an up-to-date multi-disciplinary account of the current state of information on 1,000 promising herbal resources of India and Nepal for tonic, memory boosting and mood swing purposes, the present exhaustive database, the only of its kind available, is timely and comprehends valuable information on updated nomenclature, synonyms, family, English, Hindi and Sanskrit names, distribution, reproductive cycle, part/s used, folk use(s), active constituents and original source of information to different stakeholders. Over 72 photographs, 8 histograms, 1 pie chart, 9 tables and 9 appendices have been included so as to enhance the value of the compilation significantly. Presented in a jargon free style, it aims to stimulate cross fertilization of ideas that will span the disciplines, and would help researchers and the medicinal plant industry in general to evolve economically feasible, safe and reliable novel herbal tonics and memory boosters for the masses in highly competitive and stressful world as well would prove to be a signpost for other researchers leading to overall welfare of the mankind.

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Psychoactive, memory boosters and tonic. 3. Plants of economic significance. 4. Conclusion and prospects. 5. Literature cited. Appendices.