Medicinal Herbs of Punjab (India)

Author: Ajaypal Singh and Renuka Rani and Manjul Sharma

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Abstract

Herb in botanical sense is a plant lacking a permanent woody stem that produces seeds and flowers that dies after its growing season. In traditional medicine sense herb is small, non woody plant valued for its medicinal, savory or aromatic compounds. It is estimated that about 25% of all modern medicines are directly or indirectly from higher plants and according to World Health Organization, 80% of the people worldwide rely on herbal medicine. However, usage of traditional remedies increases when conventional medicine is ineffective in the treatment of disease, such as in advanced cancer and in the face of new infectious diseases. Villagers chiefly depend on the herbs for all diseases. Herbs are natural or having no or low probability of side effects. These are holistic and oldest and most widely used form of medicine. Herbs are used from ancient time and now are popular among people of both urban and rural areas for cure of different ailments. Herbal medicine offers safe, gentle and

Keywords

Herbs, Medicinal Properties of Herbs.

Conclusion

The people have been using numerous herbs for treating various ailments since immemorial. The herbs are holistic and oldest and most widely used form of medicine. In fact the villagers chiefly depend on them as they are familiar with their use for different ailments like asthma, dysentery, skin diseases, diabetes, rheumatism, jaundice etc. The herbs also contains anti-cancerous property. Different herbs act on different systems of body. These are natural or having no or low probability of side effects but for their effective results one should be aware of the way to use them for the respective disease or it is advisable not to use them without consulting an experienced ayurvedic physician. For their use for the therapeutic purpose or getting benefits from them, they should be taken care of, conserved and cultivated.

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How to cite this article

Ajaypal Singh and Renuka Rani (2018). Medicinal Herbs of Punjab (India). Biological Forum – An International Journal, 10(2): 10-27(2018).