By-Sidharth Anand9582321735

WHAT IS HERB?WHAT IS HERB?

Any plant with leaves, seeds, or flowers used for flavouring, food, medicine, or perfume.

HOW TO IDENTIFY HERBSON THE BASIS OF COLOUR OF ITS FLOWER- Yellow flower-it can be for

liver,gallbladder,urinary problems. Reddish –antibiotics,skin disorders. Purple-stress,blood purifier,treating

muscles.

ON THE BASIS OF GROWING CONDITION- Grow in gravel-Works as a stone breaker in

body parts like kidney ,gallbladder..

Grow in wet soil-Works in respiratory problems etc..

Grow near fast moving water-clean the toxins and wastes in body system…

ONE THE BASIS OF TEXTURE-Soft texture-for colds and chest disorders.Thorny herbs-for sharp pain,hair…Climbing herbs-for blood system and

nervous system..ON THE BASIS OF ROOT SYSTEM-Vein like roots- For blood and nerve

disorders.Thread like roots- Veins in the skin….ETC…..ETC……..ETC……..ETC…….

HERBAL MEDICINEMEDICINE EXCLUSIVELY MADE FROM PLANTS.

It is the oldest still the most widely used systemm of medicine in the world today.

6000 plants have medicinal applications

25% of “modern” prescription drugs have botanical origins

WHY HERBAL MEDICINEIt is being used by about 80% of the world

population primarily in the developing countries for primary health care.

SAFETY,EFFICACY, CULTURAL ACCEPTABILITY AND LESSER SIDE EFFECTS.

Ancient literature also mentions herbal medicines for age-related diseases namely Memory Loss, Osteoporosis, Diabetic Wounds, Immune And Liver Disorders, etc. for which no modern medicine or only palliative therapy is available.

WHY DO PEOPLE USE HERBAL MEDICINES?

Because it is natural and everybody believe that nature provides solution to good health.

Unlike synthetic pharmaceutical medicine herbs are easily absorbed in body and blood stream leaving minimal residual and side effects.

In most cases it is based on the recommedation.

PERCEPTION OF NATURAL = SAFE

Used in developing countries where cost of drugs is prohibitive, poor accessibility to drugs in rural areas, shortage of physicians.

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Plant B

Plant C

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Plant E

Plant F

Plant G

Plant H

Pain, CartilageInflammation Oxidative stress Osteoporosis Anabolic CNS ImmunomodulatoAntistressBioavailabilityLubricant

MULTIPLE TARGETS NEED A COMBO

TRADITIONAL MEDICINEHISTORICAL BACKGROUND

Earliest recorded use of a medicinal plant has been mentioned in ‘Rigveda’

one mentioned in the modern texts is that of the herb called “Ma huang” a species of Ephedra used medicinally in China for over 5000 years

Cinchona was used by local south American tribes long before before the isolation of quinine for treating malaria

Source of aspirin was used as pain killer for long time before being identified

TRADITIONAL MEDICINESMiddle of 19th century, 80% of all

medicines were herbalEven today 25% of drugs are derived

from plant sourceMost of these drugs came from

traditional lead, folk knowledge etc.Some of these still could not substituted

despite the enormous advancement in synthetic chemistry eg. Reserpine, taxol, vincristine etc.

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HERBAL DRUGS IN INDIAMore than 70% of INDIA’S 1.1 billion

population is still using non-alopathic .In India,nearly 9,500 registered herbal

industries and a multitude of unregistered cottage-level herbal units depend upon the continuous supply of medicinal plants for manufacture of herbal medical formulations based on Indian Systems of Medicine.

It is estimated that more than 6,000 plant species forming about 40% of the plant diversity of the country are used in its codified and folk healthcare traditions.

POPULARITYMore than 95 % of the population in the

least developing countries use herbs for health and other purposes.

More than one third of Americans and Europeans use herbs for health purposes, spending over 7.0 billion annually.

More than 25 % of modern pharmaceutical drugs have botanical origins.

HOW DO HERBS AND DRUGS DIFFER?

PotencySide effectsCostTarget

HERBAL ALLOPATHYHolistic healing science,

comprises of two words, Ayu and Veda. Ayu means life and Veda means knowledge or science. So the literal meaning of the word Ayurveda is the science of life. Ayurveda is a science dealing not only with treatment of some diseases but is a complete way of life.

Ayurveda aims at making a happy, healthy and peaceful society. The two most important aims of Ayurveda are: 1.to maintain the health of healthy people

2.to cure the diseases of sick people.

System of medical practice , treats disease by the use of remedies which produce effects different from those produced by the disease under treatment.

The term ‘allopathy’ was coined in 1842 by C.F.S. Hahnemann to designate the usual practice of medicine (allopathy) as opposed to homeopathy, the system of therapy that he founded based on the concept that disease can be treated with drugs (in minute doses) thought capable of producing the same symptoms in healthy people as the disease itself.

ALLOPATHY OR MODERN MEDICINE

Glamorized disciplinePursued by most (influenced and so called

‘Literate’) in India and, in western countriesBacked by TECHNOLOGICAL advances -

investigationsBased on SOUND scientific reasoning –

EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; not anecdotalThus, Modern Medicine is an EVIDENCE-

BASED, techno-savvy science that seems to provide ultimate care to sick patients

ALLOPATHY BUT????The treatment is often SYMPTOMATIC, COSTLY, OUT OF REACH of most in developing countries

Exception for incurable diseases, they do not have much to offer except palliation

Treatment of CHRONIC LIFESTYLE DISORDERS like NEURODEGENERATIVE disorders is often very disappointing and limited by adverse events

It treats the Disease NOT THE PATIENT ‘AS A WHOLE’ (Holistic approach).

•DELAY IN EFFECTIVE TREATMENT for serious condition. •Interference with vital treatment•Overloading patient with multiple medications•Unexpected rare but serious liver toxicity •Toxic plants used •Interactions with other medicines •Contamination during manufacturing process•Confusion over standards•Weak or missing information

BE WARERule of thumb…Avoid using herbs in infants, children, pregnant women,nursing mothers, patients,daisy allergies, patients on multiple medications

Medicines should be prescribed only when they are necessary, and in all cases the benefit of administering the medicine should be considered in relation to the risk involved

QUESTIONS?

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