Pandit Shriram Sharma Acharya, a pioneer of spiritual renaissance was born on 20th September 1911, in Anwalkheda, Agra District. He met his Guru, a great Himalyan Yogi, when he was only 15 years of age and scrupulously carried out his biddings throughout his life.

He took part in the struggle for independence as a volunteer, went to jail a number of times and embarked upon the task of social and moral upliftment through spiritual means in 1935 with the blessings of Mahantma Gandhi.

A sage, a visionary and a reformer, the Acharya initiated 100 points Yug Nirman Yojna, lived a discriplined life of devout austerity, visited the Himlayas several times and attained spiritual eminence.

The Gayatri Pariwar fraternity; Shantikunj Ashram—an academy for moral and spiritual awakening; Brahmavarches Research Institute—which strives to synthesize science with spirituality and over 3000 social reform centres (Shakti-peeths) are his greatest contributions to the modern worlds.

The Acharya, Great devotee of Gayatri lived an ideal life for 80 years and voluntarily shed his physical sheath on Gayatri Jayanti, 2nd June 1990.

Yoga and Herbal Therapy have become subject matters of common curiosity and pursuit for those caring for sustenance of good health by inexpensive and natural means and also for those who have suffered side-effects of antibiotics or in general, the lacunae of modern science of medicine. While a lot of training courses and dedicated schools on yoga are helping people across the globe, the scientific testing and implementation of herbal therapies are still confined to research labs and few pharmaceutical companies. Ayurveda is known to be the origin of herbal therapeutic science. Most importantly, the fact that its prescription is risk-free and does not generate any negative or suppressive effects on other kinds of medicaments or modes of treatments that might be used simultaneously makes it an excellent complementary mode of healing.

More and more people are getting interested these days in knowing about easy but effective modes of herbal remedies. Our major objective in presenting this new book on herbal remedies is to provide useful, authentic and innovative information in this direction. The main focus is laid on the use of Himalayan herbal medicines based on first of its kind research carried out at the Brahmvarchas Research Centre, Shantikunj, Hardwar (India). Thousands of people have been benefited from this therapy and got rid of diseases of different types and severity. Rare knowledge from the scriptures will be presented here.