Books by Abdul Ghani

The Book, Medicinal Plants: Chemical Constituents and Uses of the Medicinal Plants of Bangladesh, authored by Professor Dr. Abdul Ghani, includes articles on history, cultivation, economic importance, uses, contributions to modern medicine, social & economic aspects of cultivation of medicinal plants & development of modern drugs from them. It gives information on the habit, distribution, chemical constituents & medicinal uses of 455 naturally grown and cultivated medicinal plants of Bangladesh. Other items include chapters on methods of collection, processing and phytochemical screening of medicinal plants, a list of medicinal plants arranged according to diseases & a Glossary of some medical terms. It offers an unprecedented collection of vital scientific information for herbal medicine practitioners, pharmacologists, drug developers, medical chemists, phytochemists, toxicologists and pharmaceutical researchers involved in developing medical, pharmaceutical & cosmetic products from plants. The Book will serve as a Guidebook for the researchers, teachers and students of botany, pharmacy, chemistry, biochemistry and those of modern and traditional medicine.

In this book, Dr. Abdul Ghani has made a comparative study of Reiki & Sufi healing,on the premise that Reiki,being a legacy of the Prophets,is compatible with all the religions and spiritual systems of the world.It has also been observed that with regard to Reiki & Islam, there is a bi-pronged fear: 1. Since Reiki is practiced & promulgated mostly by the Buddhists,Christians,Jews, & also by atheists, there is a fear among the orthodox Muslims that it might be a heresy to practice Reiki. 2. On the other hand, there is an outbreak of Islamo-phobia throughout the world due to an anti- Islamic propaganda, launched by some extremists. Peoples living in the areas where Islam has not been properly introduced, seem to have developed a feeling that it is only a ¿might is right'' type of religion, with no proper spiritual discipline. The author has kept both these aspects in his mind, and by adopting an unbiased & purely academic approach, he has successfully elucidated that both of these fears are baseless.This book is likely to be a new dawn in the world of spiritual healing and an unprecedented gift to mankind from the blissful world of the Sufi.