Traditional herbal plant useful for treatment of inflammatory bowel disease

Anju Balkrishna Bhandole * and Harish N. Kakrani

Department of Pharmacology, Shivam pharmaceutical studies and research Centre Valasan, Gujarat, India.
 
Research Article
World Journal of Biology Pharmacy and Health Sciences, 2022, 12(03), 281-290.
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjbphs.2022.12.3.0236
Publication history: 
Received on 31 October 2022; revised on 06 December 2022; accepted on 09 December 2022
 
Abstract: 
As per WHO Traditional medicine is the sum total of the knowledge, skill, and practices based on the theories, beliefs, and experiences, used in the maintenance of health as well as in the prevention, diagnosis, improvement or treatment of illness. World Health Organization define Traditional herbal medicines as naturally occurring, plant-derived substances with minimal or no industrial processing that have been used to treat illness within local or regional healing practices. Meyna is a genus of shrub and the plant is Small or medium size tree, Bark light black, smooth. Leaves opposite or whorled distributed in tropical and subtropical region. Earlier Vangueria spinosa covers a group of plants from Meyna genus recently the plants has been separated and classified into eleven different species of Meyna with the help of molecular phylogenetics The plant was reported to be used for treatment of diseases of digestive system, anti- inflammatory ,antioxidant, anti-dysentery and constipation .It also exhibits anti-fungal and anti-bacterial activities which indicate its usefulness as a promising drug in treatment of IBD.
 
Keywords: 
Anti-inflammatory; Dysentery; IBD; Meyna laxiflora; Constipation
 
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