Essays About Herbal Medicine

The use of medicinal plants for curing ailments has been in practice since ancient times (Aslam and Afridi, 2018). The selection of plants for drug development is in tradition from historic time as they contain bioactive and medicinally useful compounds, such as alkaloids and terpenoids,...

Man uses medicinal plants in many ways to meet his basic need that is food, clothing and shelter since ancient times. As per World Health Organization (WHO) 80% of the world population still depend on medicinal plants. Medicinal plants have been utilized for a large...

The topical application or the consumption of some herbal remedies can be of great help when it comes to fighting both stress and adverse moods. If we need to say goodbye to stress we can resort to natural remedies before suffering more serious and permanent...

Bintangor laut (Calophyllum inophyllum) Habit: A large tree growing to about 30 m tall. Uses: The produce rounds fruits each with a single seed that can be used to produce seed oil and applied to body parts to treat rheumatism, skin eruptions and to relieve...

Ocimum basilicum L. (Lamiaceae) also known as sweet basil or basil is commonly used as a spice and a typical ingredient of the healthy diet. It is cultivated in several regions Asia, Africa, South America, and the Mediterranean. The essential oils of this herb are...

Medicinal Uses (Traditional/Folklore): Whole plant is used as diuretic and astringent and is useful in tumors, neuralgia, splenopathy and treatment of leucorrhea. Leaf, root and seeds are used as poultice to ulcers and boils. Fomentation of hot decoction of leaves and root is used as...

One of the things I love about my job is that I don’t have to work outside in the heat or freezing cold. When I’m not busy, I can surf the internet or catch up on emails. Working inside at a desk job absolutely has...

Herbal formulations have been used for decades due to its enhanced activity and lesser side effects. India has a very long history of safe and continuous usage of many herbal drugs in the alternative system of health like ayurvedha, yoga, unani, siddha, homeopathy and naturopathy....

Celery, the scientific names is apium graveolens and it is medicinal plants that widely used in modern society nowadays. Celery is commercial as celery seed, celery flaks, and vegetable and celery seed oleoresin. Celery is herbaceous plant that growing to a height of 60-90 centimeter....

A medicinal plant is used by people for medicinal purposes and to build or maintain health. Traditions of healthcare must always been features of human societies and from the available evidences it is found that plants are playing a lead role in the therapy (Srivastava,...

Bowers et al. (1995) tested with organosoluble extracts from 55 indigenous Turkish medicinal plants to observe larvicidal activity against 3rd instar larvae of Aedes aegypti and Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes. Eight extracts showed significant larvicidal activity. Anopheles gambiae being more susceptible than Aedes aegypti in all...

One of reasons why Singapore withholds psychedelic drug therapy could be due to its potential deleterious effects on individuals and society alike. However, it has been shown that majority of the safety concerns have been fallacious. A population study comprising of 130,000 individuals found no...

Antioxidants are any substance that prevents or protects oxidation of other compounds. Biological antioxidants act as a defence system against harmfull free radicals produced in our body. The free radicals are atoms or molecules having unpaired valance electrons which make it very reactive. The free...

ABSTRAST Andrographis paniculata (Burm. F) Nees, generally known as “king of bitters,” is an herbaceous plant belonging to the family Acanthaceae. .It is one of the most popular medicinal plants. This plant has been widely used for treating sore throat, flu, upper respiratory tract infections,...

Karen Willis and Shandell Elmer (2007), introduced the understanding of associating Society, Culture and Health as a way of analyzing the importance of each individuals’ and groups’ well-being. For one to actively participate within the society, one must live up to a certain culture which...

Herbs were been used by the healers as “traditional system of medicine” since prehistoric civilization intended for treating ailments applied for both humans as well as animals. A large part of growing countries rely on conventional practices of herbal medicines to meet up their health...

Alpinia galanga (L.) also known as greater galangal is a traditional medicinal herb found in the tropical regions of Asia (Verma et al. 2011). It belongs to Zingiberaceae family and extensively used in food flavouring, cosmetics, dietary intake and also used as medicine by tribal...

ABSTRACT Phytochemical screening of plants has revealed the presence of diverse chemicals together consisting alkaloids, tannins, flavonoids, steroids, glycosides, saponins. Several plants extracts and phytochemicals show antioxidant free radical scavenging properties. Secondary metabolites of plants function as unconscious process against predation by several microorganisms, insects...

DISCUSSION: Periodontal diseases encompass multifactorial diseases involving bacterial biofilms and the generation of an inflammatory response, including the production of cytokines, eicosanoids, and matrix metalloproteinase. Bacterial biofilms have been shown to be the primary etiological factor in the initiation of gingival inflammation and subsequent destruction...