Preliminary Phytochemical and Pharmacological investigation of traditional Medicines

Abstract

Ayurveda is an ancient system of medicine of Indian subcontinent. Today in India, Nepal and Srilanka, Ayurveda is used by a number of people and is also gaining popularity in the west. Now it has become an integral part of Indian traditional system of medicine. Using plant sources for illness has been a practice as old as mankind. But the major lacuna for all these medical systems is lack of proper scientific evidence. Hence the present study was aimed as a small step towards explaining of particular selected plants. Plants were selected for three chronic problems namely Ulcer, hepatotoxicity and cognitive problems for establishing their efficacy in accordance with modern scientific system namely, allopathy. newline