Notes On Medicinal Properties Of Ayurvedic Medicines With Beejak

In personal health, there is a big lifetime decision to be made. Presented with two basic options, pharmaceutical medicines and herbal medicines, the choice must be made when the situation of illness arrives, which form of medication will be taken? First, the differences between the two types of medicines must be studies and understood by the user. According to the U.S Food and Drug Administration, a drug is defined as, “A substance (other than food) intended to affect the structure or any function of the body” (Center…). With this in mind, both herbs and scientifically produced medications are to be considered ‘drugs’.

“Traditional pharmacologic therapies although widely used must be assessed for a favorable risk-benefit ratio. One such plant that has

Located in the sunny areas of South Asia is a plant in the family of ginger called turmeric. Raw or powdered, turmeric can be utilized in many different ways. Making curry, dyeing as well as a remedy are a few of the uses of turmeric. In Europe, it is actually known as Indian saffron as it resembles the more pricey spice.

Also in traditional medicine, it is considered to be a diuretic, uterine stimulant, sedative, emollient, and anti-parasitic agent, and it is commonly employed for the treatment of chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma, and dyspepsia. Its leaves and stems are indicated in the cases of menstrual problems, cystitis, edema, kidney stones, prostatitis, cramps, indigestion, anorexia, arthritis, and rheumatism.(29),(30),

Aside from these, an herbal supplement or two belong to the nightshade family. Specifically, ashwagandha, a common adaptogenic supplement used for mental clarity, anxiety, and adrenal support.

pure natural herbal medicines for the treatment and prevention of serious diseases. C1 intends to

Herbal medicines are great alternative for commercially manufactured medicines available in the market. The major reason why herbal medicine differ from modern medicine is because they are produced with 100% natural content. Therefore the plant extract has all the medicinal values that are as effective as modern medicine. Commercially prepared drugs show results quickly but have numerous side effects. However herbal medicines don’t show any side

Punarnava (Boerhaavia diffusa L.) is a promising drug to rejuvenate new cells in body. It is well known in Ayurvedic medicine and locally called Tambadivasu. Superficially it is similar to other species of Boerhaavia and species of Trianthema and Sesuvium. Due to the minute morphological differences, above plants are erroneously used in medicine as Punarnava, and at times on purpose as an adulterant. Therefore, it is necessary to highlight the anatomical features of Punarnava for proper identification of the medicinal plant species for local people and for scientific research. Due to the ambiguity in local names and similar apparent appearance, market samples of Punarnava are often adulterated with various species of Trianthema and Sesuvium. These adulterated samples contain neither the Punarnavine alkaloid, nor does it possess anisocytic stomata. Comparative study of stem anatomy showed two main characteristic differences. First, plenty of starch grains can be seen in both the ground tissues and xylem parenchyma of Punarnava which is not observed in species of Trianthema, and second, the phloem around the xylem of Punarnava root has semi-circular or

arjuna is anti-dysentric, antipyretic, astringent, cardiotonic, lithotriptic and tonic wheras its bark power possesses diuretic in cirrhosis of liver, prostaglandin enhancing and coronary risk factor modulating properties (Chatterjee,

It is an ayurvedic process that stimulates the vomiting sensation of the affected person to eliminate excess mucus and kapha, which is the root cause of diseases like asthma, bronchitis, cold, cough and sinusitis. It is also recommended in treating various skin diseases like eczema, psoriasis and urticaria.

The pericarp of the fruit is also considered to have a good amount of tannin [3]. The shell of the fruit contains 7-13% tannin and approximately 3% oil is contained in seeds [4]. The edible part i.e. aril is reported to contain mainly sugars like saccharose, dextrose and kerrelose [5]. The rind of the fruit is rich in pectin and the seeds contain Vitamin-C [6]. The fruit is reported to have antifungal, antibacterial, anti- inflammatory, antioxidant, cosmetic, medical and pharmacy use [1]. For many years, the fruit has been used as a medicine for treatment of skin infections, diarrhoea and wounds

It is estimated that 35,000 to 70,000 species have, at one time or another, been used in some cultures for medicinal purposes. Herbal medicines have long earned reputation as the people's medicines because of their easy accessibility, low cost and the ease with which they can be prepared (Ghani, 2013). These medicines are cheaper, exhibit a remarkable efficacy in the treatment of various ailments and are much safer with least side effects as compared to allopathic medicines (Idu et al., 2007; Mann et al., 2008; Ammara et al., 2009). Herbal medicine is now gradually scorning a more mainstream method of treatment in many countries of the world because of improvements in the methods of analysis and quality control of herbs and herbal drugs along with advances in clinical research. Their efficacy and safety are continuously bringing light and value to herbal medicines in the prevention and treatment of

Traditionally this plant extract is used in Ayurvedic medicine to treat a variety of conditions and disorders including, but not limited to the following.

This study will provide a better underatanding on Averrhoa Bilimbi as herbal medicine. It is important to notice kamias as a herbal medicine to let people knoe that it cqan be used as a cure to some diseases because some people now a days don’t know what to do if some ailments mentioned above happened. It can also help people lessen the use of their money dust to buy expensive medicine. And besides, kamias came from the nature and this can assure you that it is safe trhat the medicine that is mix with different chemicals. Kamias is easy to found in nature. Some people ignore it because they don’t know its used but this review will made them understand its important. Kamias is one of the medicine used by our ancestors to cure certain disease because in their time there’s no readymade medicine so they need to prepare it first before it applied.

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