History of Herbal Medicines for Women

2010 ◽  
pp. 8-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aviva Romm ◽  
David Winston
Keyword(s):  
Herbal Medicines ◽  
History Of

Herbal Medicine: Clinical Perspective & Regulatory Status

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Abul Barkat ◽  
Anjali Goyal ◽  
Harshita Abul Barkat ◽  
Mohammad Salauddin ◽  
Faheem Hyder Pottoo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Herbal Medicine ◽  
Herbal Medicines ◽  
New Drugs ◽  
Herbal Drugs ◽  
Clinical Perspective ◽  
Regulatory Status ◽  
Novel Drugs ◽  
History Of ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
Health Complications

Abstract:: Herbal medicines pays an important in treating the vaious diseases mainly due to the their potentially high therapeutic values and also due to the better acceptance of vaioruspatient under different health complications. The herbal medicine practice involves use of part of plant, entire plant or the selectctive isolated phytomedicineand the use and practices based on these has its pros and cons and has been greatly affected during the dawn. The search of new drugs during scientific era revives the interest in discovery of herbal drugs from different natural resources during 20th century. The present modern healthcare system invovlves utilization drugs and 50% of them are of ofnaural origin. Herbal drug disocovery found to be highly costly affair with low success rate and it hinders the further progress in utilizting the phytomedicine in treating the various deseases. But in recent years there is an increase in the search interest of herbal drugs mainly by the pharmaceutical industry and those invoves in the search of novel drugs from the herbs. Discovery of such new novel phytomedicines has to overcomes various challenges in indentification of active extracts and their toxicity, advereffects, herb drug interaction and importantly their regulatory requirments. The present review mainly focused on the history of herbal medicine, current clinical perspective, pharmaceutical, and regulatory challenges as well as its clinical presentation. Moreover, problems encountered in drug discovery from herbal resources and its possible solutions are delineated.

scholarly journals HELICHRYSUM LONGIFOLIUM AND HELICHRYSUM PEDUNCULATUM: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THEIR MEDICINAL USES, CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES

2019 ◽  
pp. 41-46
Author(s):  
ALFRED MAROYI
Keyword(s):  
Biological Activities ◽  
Herbal Medicines ◽  
Pharmaceutical Products ◽  
Medicinal Uses ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Medicinal Use ◽  
Need To Evaluate ◽  
History Of ◽  
Cytotoxicity Activities ◽  
The University

Helichrysum longifolium and Helichrysum pedunculatum have a long history of medicinal use, particularly managing wounds acquired during male circumcision rites in South Africa. There is a need to evaluate the existence of any correlation between the ethnomedicinal applications, the phytochemistry and pharmacological properties of the species. Therefore, in this review, analyses of the botanical, medicinal, and chemical and biological activities of H. longifolium and H. pedunculatum are presented as well as exploring the potential of the two species as important sources of health and pharmaceutical products. Information on the botany, medicinal uses, and phytochemistry and biological activities of H. longifolium and H. pedunculatum was assembled from several internet sources which included Scopus, Google Scholar, Elsevier, Science Direct, Web of Science, PubMed, SciFinder, and BMC. Additional information was sourced from journal articles, scientific reports, theses, books, and book chapters obtained from the University library. This study showed that alkaloids, flavonoids, linoleic acid, oleic acid, phenol, proanthocyanidin, saponins, and tannins have been identified from the leaves of H. longifolium and H. pedunculatum. The pharmacological research showed that H. longifolium and H. pedunculatum extracts and compounds isolated from the species have antibacterial, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antiplasmodial, antiprotozoal, and cytotoxicity activities. For local communities to use H. longifolium and H. pedunculatum extracts with confidence as herbal medicines, there is a need for extensive phytochemical and pharmacological studies. Further research is required to establish the safety profiles of different H. longifolium and H. pedunculatum preparations.

scholarly journals HERBS USED TO TREAT SKIN DISEASES

2020 ◽  
Vol 05 (03) ◽  
pp. 04-05
Author(s):  
Maia Matoshvili ◽  
Davit Tophuria
Keyword(s):  
Skin Diseases ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Herbal Medicines ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Wild Plants ◽  
Natural Treatment ◽  
History Of ◽  
Natural Drugs ◽  
History Of Use

Skin diseases are numerous and a frequently occurring health problem affecting all ages from the neonates to the elderly and cause harm in number of ways. Maintaining healthy skin is important for a healthy body. Many people may develop skin diseases that affect the skin, including cancer, herpes and cellulitis. Some wild plants and their parts are frequently used to treat these diseases. The use of plants is as old as the mankind. Natural treatment is cheap and claimed to be safe. It is also suitable raw material for production of new synthetic agents. A review of some plants for the treatment of skin diseases is provided that summarizes the recent studies. Natural drugs from the plants are gaining popularity because of several advantages such as often having fewer side-effects, better patient tolerance, being relatively less expensive and acceptable due to a long history of use. Besides herbal medicines provide rational means for the treatment of many diseases that are obstinate and incurable in other systems of medicine. For these reasons several plants have been investigated for treatment of skin diseases ranging from itching to skin cancer. So far 31 plants have been reported to be effective in various skin diseases during the past 17 years (1995-2012) of research work, which are mentioned below.

scholarly journals Administrative and legal characteristics of the primary historical stages of origin, formation and deve - lopment of medical care

2020 ◽  
pp. 197-201
Author(s):  
Viktoriya Kravets
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
History Of Medicine ◽  
Human Body ◽  
Folk Medicine ◽  
Herbal Medicines ◽  
Practical Skills ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
History Of ◽  
Xix Century

This article is devoted to the doctrinal study of the genesis of the origin, formation and development of health care, resulting ina study of traditions, customs that have been passed down from generation to generation.The periodization of the history of medicine in Ukraine is formed, which is expediently presented in the form of its systematizationand to formulate its stages, namely: the initial stage (600 million years ago to the XII-VI millennium BC); stage of Kievan Rus(IX century to XIII century); Polish-Lithuanian stage (including Cossack statehood) (XIV to the first half of the XVII cen tury); Theimperial stage (includes the reigns of Peter I, Catherine II and Nicholas II) (XVIII – to the XIX century), the Soviet stage (XX century),the stage of Ukrainian independence (second half of the XX century), the stage of Modern Ukraine (early XXI cen tury – to this day).Also, it was concluded that the main features of the “Initial stage” of the formation and development of medical care are:1) begins to be used in the provision of medical care herbal medicines; 2) there is a use of drugs that determine the mechanism of actionon the human body, namely: narcotic effects, stimulant effects, tonic effects, etc.; 3) the use of magic in the provision of medical care,which arose as a result of empirical research. Accordingly, the main features of the “stage of Kievan Rus” formation and developmentof medical care are: 1) the development of pagan treatment; 2) active development and implementation of the monastic direction oftreatment; 3) the use of folk medicine in the treatment of patients; 4) dissemination of knowledge and practical skills by monks of theKiev-Pechersk Lavra to neighboring lands; 5) the introduction of monastic hospitals, where monks were so humane to the sick to thepoint of self-sacrifice; 6) monasteries became centers of culture and education; 7) there was a separation of such areas of medical careas surgical, orthopedic and therapeutic, etc.

scholarly journals Medications and their use in the Graeco-Roman era

2007 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-25
Author(s):  
François Retief ◽  
Louise Cilliers
Keyword(s):  
Placebo Effect ◽  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Herbal Medicines ◽  
Materia Medica ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
Corpus Hippocraticum ◽  
History Of ◽  
Hippocratic Medicine ◽  
Positive Results

As from the 6th century BC Graeco-Roman medical therapy comprised three components, viz. diet and healthy lifestyle (regimen), surgery and medicaments (pharmacotherapy), of which the latter was the oldest. Although the Corpus Hippocraticum (5th century BC), with minor Egyptian influence, contained no text of medicines as such, and seemed to prefer regimen to medicaments, it nevertheless laid the foundation for the empirical use of pharmacotherapy (free of superstition and magic) for the next millennium. The first Greek herbal was produced by Diocles in the 4th century BC, when the botanist Theophrastus also wrote his classic works on plants which contained a significant contribution on herbal medicines. The Alexandrian Medical School systematized and expanded Hippocratic medicine, and Herophilus introduced compound preparations. The concept that medicaments cure illness by restoring the bodily balance of humours and primary properties was largely perpetuated, but new views on physiology were gradually emerging. Unfortunately the bulk of original contributions from Hellenistic doctors are lost to posterity and only known to us through the writings of for example Celsus and Galen in Roman times. The interesting history of theriac, the so-called universal antidote, is reviewed. In the 1st century Dioscorides produced his Materia Medica which remained an authoritative pharmacopoeia up to modern times. Galen’s empiric views on pharmacotherapy (2nd century), still largely based on Hippocrates, became dogma in Medieval times, but mysticism and superstition gradually swept back into medicine. Retrospectively it is clear that with the exception of certain analgesics and narcotics like opium, Graeco-Roman medicaments were pharmacologically inert (even toxic) and obtained positive results largely through a placebo effect.

scholarly journals Description of Ventricular Arrhythmia after Taking Herbal Medicines in Middle-Aged Couples

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Mohammad Ali Zakeri ◽  
Vahid Mohammadi ◽  
Gholamreza Bazmandegan ◽  
Maryam Zakeri
Keyword(s):  
Cardiac Arrest ◽  
Heart Disease ◽  
Ventricular Tachycardia ◽  
Sudden Cardiac Death ◽  
Ventricular Arrhythmia ◽  
Cardiac Death ◽  
Ventricular Arrhythmias ◽  
Herbal Medicines ◽  
Medicinal Herbs ◽  
History Of

Medicinal herbs and some derivatives have been used in the treatment of heart disease which is rarely responsible for ventricular arrhythmias and cardiac arrest. Ventricular tachycardia (VT) increases the risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD). However, only a few reports are available about the cardiac ventricular arrhythmia followed by taking herbal medicines. We present two patients (a couple) without a history of heart disease who referred to the hospital with ventricular arrhythmia.

scholarly journals Newly Generated Atractylon Derivatives in Processed Rhizomes of Atractylodes macrocephala Koidz

Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (24) ◽  
pp. 5904
Author(s):  
Chunmei Zhai ◽  
Jianping Zhao ◽  
Amar G. Chittiboyina ◽  
Yonghai Meng ◽  
Mei Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Herbal Medicines ◽  
Cytotoxic Effects ◽  
Thermally Induced ◽  
Chemical Structures ◽  
Thermally Processed ◽  
New Chemical Entities ◽  
History Of ◽  
Atractylodes Macrocephala ◽  
History Of Use ◽  
First Time

Thermally processed rhizomes of Atractylodes macrocephala (RAM) have a long history of use in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for treating various disorders, and have been an integral part of various traditional drugs and healthcare products. In TCM, herbal medicines are, in most cases, uniquely processed. Although it is thought that processing can alter the properties of herbal medicines so as to achieve desired functions, increase potency, and/or reduce side effects, the underlying chemical changes remain unclear for most thermally processed Chinese herbal medicines. In an attempt to shed some light on the scientific rationale behind the processes involved in traditional medicine, the RAM processed by stir-frying with wheat bran was investigated for the change of chemical composition. As a result, for the first time, five new chemical entities, along with ten known compounds, were isolated. Their chemical structures were determined by spectroscopic and spectrometric analyses. The possible synthetic pathway for the generation of such thermally-induced chemical entities was also proposed. Furthermore, biological activity evaluation showed that none of the compounds possessed cytotoxic effects against the tested mammalian cancer and noncancer cell lines. In addition, all compounds were ineffective at inhibiting the growth of the pathogenic microorganisms.

scholarly journals The Antihyperglycemic Effects of Rhizoma Coptidis and Mechanism of Actions: A Review of Systematic Reviews and Pharmacological Research

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Wang ◽  
Wei Mu ◽  
Hongcai Shang ◽  
Jia Lin ◽  
Xiang Lei
Keyword(s):  
Animal Experiments ◽  
Herbal Medicines ◽  
Current Evidence ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Rhizoma Coptidis ◽  
History Of ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Main Component ◽  
Antidiabetic Effects

Rhizoma Coptidis (Huang Lian in Chinese pinyin) is among the most widely used traditional Chinese herbal medicines and has a profound history of more than 2000 years of being used as a therapeutic herb. The antidiabetic effects of Rhizoma Coptidis have been extensively investigated in animal experiments and clinical trials and its efficacy as a promising antihyperglycemic agent has been widely discussed. In the meantime, findings from modern pharmacological studies have contributed the majority of its bioactivities to berberine, the isoquinoline alkaloids component of the herb, and a number of experiments testing the antidiabetic effects of berberine have been initiated. Therefore, we conducted a review of the current evidence profile of the antihyperglycemic effects of Rhizoma Coptidis as well as its main component berberine and the possible mechanism of actions, in order to summarize research evidence in this area and identify future research directions.

Psychosis among the Mayan people of Mexico

1996 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 119-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pat Gibbons
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Psychiatric Service ◽  
Herbal Medicines ◽  
Traditional Healers ◽  
Psychotic Illness ◽  
Profound Impact ◽  
Religious Rituals ◽  
The People ◽  
History Of ◽  
Concept Of Illness

AbstractThe Mayan people of Mexico have a radically different concept of illness than that of western countries. In the absence of any formal psychiatric service in their area, the people continue to rely on the interventions of the traditional healers, which include the use of herbal medicines, prayers and magico-religious rituals. A case history of a Mayan patient with a chronic psychotic illness is described, which illustrates the gulf in concepts of mental illness that exists between Western and folk cultures. These cultural differences may have a profound impact on the application of modern psychiatric interventions in developing countries.

scholarly journals New Perspectives on How to Discover Drugs from Herbal Medicines: CAM's Outstanding Contribution to Modern Therapeutics

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Si-Yuan Pan ◽  
Shu-Feng Zhou ◽  
Si-Hua Gao ◽  
Zhi-Ling Yu ◽  
Shuo-Feng Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drug Discovery ◽  
Success Rate ◽  
Capital Investment ◽  
Herbal Medicines ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
The Past ◽  
Daunting Task ◽  
History Of ◽  
Synthetic Drug ◽  
Herbal Medicinal

With tens of thousands of plant species on earth, we are endowed with an enormous wealth of medicinal remedies from Mother Nature. Natural products and their derivatives represent more than 50% of all the drugs in modern therapeutics. Because of the low success rate and huge capital investment need, the research and development of conventional drugs are very costly and difficult. Over the past few decades, researchers have focused on drug discovery from herbal medicines or botanical sources, an important group of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapy. With a long history of herbal usage for the clinical management of a variety of diseases in indigenous cultures, the success rate of developing a new drug from herbal medicinal preparations should, in theory, be higher than that from chemical synthesis. While the endeavor for drug discovery from herbal medicines is “experience driven,” the search for a therapeutically useful synthetic drug, like “looking for a needle in a haystack,” is a daunting task. In this paper, we first illustrated various approaches of drug discovery from herbal medicines. Typical examples of successful drug discovery from botanical sources were given. In addition, problems in drug discovery from herbal medicines were described and possible solutions were proposed. The prospect of drug discovery from herbal medicines in the postgenomic era was made with the provision of future directions in this area of drug development.

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