WOUNDHEALING POTENTIAL OF INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS
Journal Title: Int J of Pharm Rev& Res - Year 2012, Vol 2, Issue 2
Abstract
Wound is delineated as disruption of structural and physiological continuity of a living tissue. It may be produced by physical, chemical, thermal, microbial, or immunological damage to the tissue. Healing of wounds is one of the important areas of clinical medicines explained in many Ayurvedic texts. The Indian traditional system of medicine, Ayurveda is based on empirical knowledge of the observations and the experience over millennia. In different classical ayurvedic texts, more than 1200 diseases are mentioned. More than 1000 medicinal plants (89.93%); 58 minerals, metals or ores (5.24%); and 54 animal and marine products (4.86%) to heal wounds. Plants have the immense potential for the management and treatment of wounds. In most of the countries, a large number of plants are used by tribal and folklore for the treatment of wounds and burns. These natural agents induce healing and regeneration of the lost tissue by various mechanisms. These phytomedicine are not only cheap and affordable but are also safe. The presence of wide range of life-sustaining constituents in plants has urged scientists to examine these plants with a view to determine potential wound healing properties. Numerous pharmacological reports are available on number of plants employing different wound healing models and its underlying molecular mechanism for the validation of their traditional claims and development of potent, safe and effective and globally accepted herbal drugs for wounds.
Authors and Affiliations
G. Avinash Kumar Reddy , B. Priyanka, , Ch. Sai Saranya , C. K. Ashok Kumar
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