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,...

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....

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...

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...

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...

Summary: Both eyes and head are connected with each another, and so are their health issues. Read the blog and know about traditional Ayurveda herbs for eye and head treatment. Many of times headaches indicates towards eye issues, especially associated with the eye sight. And...

Medicinal plants are considered as a rich resources of ingredients which can be used in drug development either pharmacopoeial, non- pharmacopoeial or synthetic drugs. A part from that, these plants play a critical role in the development of human cultures around the whole world. Moreover,...

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...

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....

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...

Literature Review: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine disorder in women of reproductive age, affecting 6%–10% of women worldwide (Kumarnarendran et al 2018). The PCOS represents a major health burden for women with economic costs in America estimated at $US4.36 billion per...

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,...