Medicinal plants are one of the precious gifts of nature which are in use for the treatment of a number of diseases from primitive times. Even today, approximately 75% of population of our country which lives in rural and remote areas is very much dependent on medicinal plants. These medicinal plants are rich source of important bioactive compounds which cure and protect us from various diseases. Our traditional system of medicine like Ayurvedic and Unani system of medicine are totally based on medicinal
for the treatment of various diseases throughout human history. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) statistics, 70–80% of the world’s population appeals to plant-derived traditional treatment methods for the solution of health problems (I. Ahmad et al., 2006).However, it is well known that consumption of plants and plant products, of which the content and the toxicity profile and safe dose were not determined, by humans and animals may cause severe toxicity problems (A. Shirwaikar et al
Herbal Medicine is defined as a branch of science in which plant based therapies are used to cure diseases. Herbal medicine was supposed to be primary healthcare system in the early twentieth century as at that time antibiotics or analgesics were not discovered. But herbal medicine gradually lose its popularity (Singh, 2007), with the advent of allopathic system of medicine, based on the quick and sharp therapeutic actions of synthetic drugs. Now there has been revert in universal trend from synthetic
resulted at an estimated rate of more than 1, 00,000 people worldwide. Medicinal plants are present all over the world that can be used as a medicine even in the treatment of snake bite. Plants consist of various phytochemical compounds present in different parts of the plant that can act against venom. Snake bite causes a severe health problems finally leading to death. The use of compounds from medicinal plants is used as medicinal treatment for snake bite. Methods: In view of the current situation
1.2. Herbal Drug Substitution The drug which is used as a substitute of the original drug in its absence is referred as Abhava Pratinidhi Dravya in classical texts. This concept about the usage of a substitute drug was well mentioned by Acharya Bhavamishra in his classical work Bhavaprakasha. Bhavaprakasha is an important treatise on Ayurveda being counted as one of the LaghuTrayi (Three minor treatises), others being Madhav Nidan and Sharangdhar Samhita. It is comprehensive in nature containing
Although we have many drugs of mineral and animal origin form nature, semi synthetic and synthetic substances, plants of various species are almost the major exclusive source of natural drugs for the majority of the global population now a days. Inspite, of vigor’s and overwhelming influence of modernized medicine and tremendous advances made in the field of production
“With the loss of native cultures, there is also disappearing the vital and important knowledge of a way of living in balance with the earth.” Resource management, landscape knowledge and the rhetoric of medicinal plants are three examples Brosius uses to show the transformation of indigenous knowledge that occurs in environmentalist texts. According to Brosius, the Penan exploit crops in a process that maintains its long-term availability and use a molong system
namely documentation of medicinal plants and knowledge of their use, traditional forest-related knowledge and conservation of natural resources. These attributes were broadly based on the ecosystem services identified in line with local and international policies, including the National Policy on Biological Diversity and CBD. The indigenous knowledge and practices on medicinal plants are of particular interest because there are more than 2,000 species of medicinal plants in Malaysia of which, about
Fidel Ramos signed the Republic Act 8423 or the Traditional and Alternative Medicine Act (TAMA) further promoting the active practice of the said health care modality. At present, the Philippine Department of Health - DOH has recommended ten medicinal plants through the “Traditional Health Program” that are “Akapulko/Cassia alata, Ampalaya/Momordica charantia, Bawang/Allium sativum, Bayabas/Psidium guajava, Lagundi/Vitex negundo, Niyog-niyogan/Quisqualis indica, Sambong/Blumea balsamifera, Tsaang
systems, cultural practices and other complex networks of variables account for actual behaviors. Every medical system is a cultural system and the knowledge on medical is available to all members of a cultural group, it is crucial to give cultural importance to the insiders perspective. People create meanings to their lives by