Ayurveda has been around for thousands of years, and was considered as one of the best ways to treat diseases and lead a healthy lifestyle in ancient India. Owing to the significance in maintaining good health, ayurvedic medicament is based on indigenous herbals. Operculina turpethum (L.) Silva Manso of family Convolvulaceae, is a potent medicinal plant used in Ayurvedic systems of medicine. Book on Ayurvedic herb Operculina turpenthum and its analgesic activity gives the information regarding the importance of this plant as analgesics.