The book, ‘Medical Anthropology’, is an outcome of scholarly hard labour devoted in covering health, disease and treatment cultures of communities in India by the author. India is such a country where plural medical systems are available for the people. They are Ayurveda, Yoga, Siddha, Unani, Homoeopathy and Naturopathy. Besides these medical systems, communities follow magical, religious and scientific concepts of health behaviour and wellness. Folk medicines are prepared and used to cure diseases. They are available in and around village environment or in forest.