scholarly journals Historical Perspective of Traditional Indigenous Medical Practices: The Current Renaissance and Conservation of Herbal Resources

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Si-Yuan Pan ◽  
Gerhard Litscher ◽  
Si-Hua Gao ◽  
Shu-Feng Zhou ◽  
Zhi-Ling Yu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Herbal Medicines ◽  
World Health ◽  
Pharmaceutical Drugs ◽  
Plant Resources ◽  
Healthcare Needs ◽  
Traditional Remedies ◽  
The World ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Aging Societies

In recent years, increasing numbers of people have been choosing herbal medicines or products to improve their health conditions, either alone or in combination with others. Herbs are staging a comeback and herbal “renaissance” occurs all over the world. According to the World Health Organization, 75% of the world’s populations are using herbs for basic healthcare needs. Since the dawn of mankind, in fact, the use of herbs/plants has offered an effective medicine for the treatment of illnesses. Moreover, many conventional/pharmaceutical drugs are derived directly from both nature and traditional remedies distributed around the world. Up to now, the practice of herbal medicine entails the use of more than 53,000 species, and a number of these are facing the threat of extinction due to overexploitation. This paper aims to provide a review of the history andstatus quoof Chinese, Indian, and Arabic herbal medicines in terms of their significant contribution to the health promotion in present-day over-populated and aging societies. Attention will be focused on the depletion of plant resources on earth in meeting the increasing demand for herbs.

Bioactive Natural Medicinal Plants in South Indian Western Ghats and Their Pharmacological Importance

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 62-69
Author(s):  
M. Tamizharasi ◽  
R. Rajila ◽  
D. Beula Shiny ◽  
J. Vijila Jasmin ◽  
T. Kumaran
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
New Drugs ◽  
World Health ◽  
Plant Resources ◽  
Medical Products ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
South Indian ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

Awareness of traditional knowledge and medicinal plants can play a key role in the utilization and discovery of natural plant resources. Plants became the basis of medicine system throughout the world for thousands of years and continue to provide mankind with new remedies. Researchers generally agree that natural products from plants and other organisms have been the most consistently successful source for ideas for new drugs. The world health organization estimates that 80% of the population living in the developing countries relies exclusively on traditional medicine for their primary health care. More than half of the world's population still relies entirely on plants for medicines, and plants supply the active ingredients of most traditional medical products. The review shows the south Indian medicinal plant products has been used by people to treat various health ailments.

End-of-Life Care in Turkey

2003 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 279-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. YASEMIN OGUZ ◽  
STEVEN H. MILES ◽  
NUKET BUKEN ◽  
MURAT CIVANER
Keyword(s):  
End Of Life ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
End Of Life Care ◽  
Premature Death ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
World Health ◽  
Life Care ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Aging Societies

Most physicians confront the moral and technical challenges of treating persons who are coming to the natural end of their lives. At the level of the health system, this issue becomes a more pressing area for reform as premature death decreases and more people live a full life span. Well-developed countries and international organizations such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) have made recommendations for improving healthcare problems in aging societies. Turkey belongs to the WHO and the OECD. This article describes end-of-life healthcare in Turkey, the design of the healthcare system to meet this need, challenges that should be addressed, and solutions that would be appropriate to Turkish culture and resources.

scholarly journals Anthelmintic Activity of Methanolic Extract of Eucalyptus globulus Bark

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-15
Author(s):  
Baqer Hassan ◽  
Zainab Fadhil Abbas
Keyword(s):  
Herbal Medicines ◽  
Anthelmintic Activity ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
World Health ◽  
Traditional Medicines ◽  
Current Review ◽  
The World ◽  
Adults And Children ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Developing And Developed Countries

In the last few years there has been an exponential growth in the field of herbal medicine and these drugs are gaining popularity both in developing and developed countries because of their natural origin and less side effects. Many traditional medicines in use are derived from medicinal plants, minerals and organic matter .The World Health Organization (WHO) has listed 21,000 plants, which are used for medicinal purposes around the world. .The current review focuses on herbal drug preparations and plants used in the treatment of different chronic dieses in the world. The use of Ayurvedic medicines is common in both adults and children and is increasing in many areas of the world. This paper will discuss the benefits with use of herbal medicines as Antipyretic, Antiulcer, Anti-diabetic and Anti-cancerous activity.

scholarly journals Impact of Covid-19 on Ginger Export, a Root Crop as Traditional Remedy for Covid-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Ayipey
Keyword(s):  
Immune System ◽  
Global Health ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
World Health ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Root Crop ◽  
Traditional Remedies ◽  
Traditional Remedy ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

The World Health Organization (WHO) since its foundation in 1946 has worked for the improvement of global health and the fight against infectious diseases by bringing out preventive measures to curb the spread of viruses whiles working on approved medicines and vaccines to help heal infected people. The novel Covid-19 pandemic has currently affected almost every country in the world, and it has greatly caused an effect on the global economy at large. Whiles the World Health Organization is bringing out the specific initiative to address this targeted global health problem, many individuals are also relying on traditional methods to immune their systems as well as protect themselves from contracting the Covid-19 virus. Although, the WHO has declared that these traditional remedies are not certified and approved by the organization, the uncertainties and spontaneous reaction of people not to become victims of the Covid-19 virus employs these traditional remedies, although they are not certain about its effectiveness. This study explores the increase demands for ginger as a root crop to help boost the immunity of the body against the Covid-19 virus, as well as reveal the impact of the Covid-19 on the global economic export of ginger in the global market. The increase in the prices and demand of ginger in some countries in the world can fundamentally be credited to two fundamental factors. The first being the effect of the novel Covid-19 pandemic on international ginger trade, whereby there was an increase in the logistics costs since most borders and countries were under lockdown, and workers were self-isolating themselves from contracting the virus which in the long term resulted to the limited supply of goods for export. The second factor is attributed to the hearsay and tittle-tattle in some countries that ginger can be used as a therapeutic for the novel Covid-19 virus. This article has revealed that the Covid-19 pandemic has affected the export of ginger from China. China which happens to the largest international export country to export ginger globally experienced a decrease in the quantity of ginger exportation during the first quarter of 2020. However, the inability of China to export enough ginger has paved way for other countries such as Peru, Indonesia and Germany, Spain, and Turkey to increase in the export of their ginger to other countries. The increase in demand of ginger in this Covid-19 season is attributed to the ideology of consuming such root crop to boost the immune system of people. This paper argues that irrespective of the WHO unapproved use of ginger as a traditional remedy to cure the virus, people are still using this indigenous skill of herbal healing to boost their immune system. This provides reassurance and safety to people’s health. This assurance of the benefits derived from ginger consumption has led to an increase in demand for it, which has also increased in the global economic impact on ginger export.

scholarly journals A DETAILED OVERVIEW OF MEDICINAL PLANTS HAVING HYPOGLYCEMIC ACTIVITY

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Celine ◽  
Shawn Tomy ◽  
Ujwala TK ◽  
Sam Johnson Udaya Chander
Keyword(s):  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Herbal Medicine ◽  
Chemical Constituents ◽  
Herbal Medicines ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Cerebrovascular Diseases ◽  
World Health ◽  
The World ◽  
After Cancer ◽  
Health Organization

Diabetes mellitus represents a spectrum of metabolic disorder, which has become one of the major public health concerns worldwide. Diabetes mellitus has emerged as a third leading killer after cancer and cardiovascular/cerebrovascular diseases and India has a distinction of having largest number of diabetics in world second to China. Herbal medicine for treating chronic diseases, especially diabetes has gained an exponential growth in the last few years and both developing and developed countries are adopting herbal drugs for treatment of diabetes mellitus. The World Health Organization (WHO) has listed 21,000 plants, which are used for medicinal purposes around the world. The WHO has defined herbal medicines as finished labelled medicinal products that contain aerial or underground parts of the plants or other plant material or combination thereof as active ingredients, whether in crude state or as plant preparations. This review attempts to present the profiles of plants with hypoglycemic properties, reported in the literature with proper categorization according to the botanical name, family, parts used, chemical constituents, and its other uses. Relevant medical databases and websites were searched. To qualify for inclusion, the herbs should have confirmed hypoglycemic potential. Other criteria for inclusion are: published in English and peer-reviewed journals. We also used related keywords like diabetes mellitus, plant, herb, glycemic control, natural or herbal medicine, Ayurvedic plants, and hypoglycemic plants, as keywords or combination of them. A total of 151 herbs belonging to 72 families were outlined in this review.

scholarly journals How Internet of Things responds to the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. e776
Author(s):  
Taher A. Ghaleb ◽  
Rasha A. Bin-Thalab ◽  
Ghadir AbdulhakimAbdo Abdullah Alselwi
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
World Health ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
The World ◽  
The Common ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
The Internet Of Things ◽  
Safety Guidelines

The cornovirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has had a severe impact on our daily lives. As a result, there has been an increasing demand for technological solutions to overcome such challenges. The Internet of Things (IoT) has recently emerged to improve many aspects of human’s day-to-day activities and routines. IoT makes it easier to follow the safety guidelines and precautions provided by the World Health Organization (WHO). Prior reports have shown that the world nowadays may need more IoT facilities than ever before. However, little is known about the reaction of the IoT community towards defeating the COVID-19 pandemic, technologies being used, solutions being provided, and how our societies perceive the IoT means available to them. In this paper, we conduct an empirical study to investigate the IoT response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, we study the characteristics of the IoT solutions hosted on a large online IoT community (i.e., Hackster.io) throughout the year of 2020. The study: (a) explores the proportion, types, and nations of IoT solutions/engineers that contributed to defeating COVID-19, (b) characterizes the complexity of COVID-19 IoT solutions, and (c) identifies how IoT solutions are perceived by the surrounding community. Our results indicate that IoT engineers have been actively working towards providing solutions to help their societies, especially in the most affected nations. Our findings (i) provide insights into the aspects IoT practitioners need to pay more attention to when developing IoT solutions for COVID-19 and to (ii) outlines the common IoT solutions and technologies available to humans to deal with the current challenges.

scholarly journals Penyuluhan Pemanfaatan Obat Tradisional dan Pembuatan Hand Sanitizer dalam Pencegahan Covid-19 di Masyarakat Pulau Hiri

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 291-296
Author(s):  
Amran Nur Amran ◽  
Ismail Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Herbal Medicines ◽  
World Health ◽  
The Public ◽  
Hand Sanitizer ◽  
The North ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Direct Distribution

Hiri Island is located in the north of Ternate Island, internet access on the island is still lacking. This has an impact on the lack of information obtained by the people on Hiri Island, including information about the Covid-19 outbreak. the world health organization (WHO) stated that on January 30, 2020, the world had a Corona Virus Pandemic (Covid-19). Hiri Island has a variety of plants, so it is necessary to provide counseling to the community in the area regarding the use of natural ingredients as a traditional medicine in preventing transmission of the coronavirus, as well as providing information about the process of transmission of the virus, one of which transmission media is through hands. So it is necessary to make a handwashing product (hand sanitizer) to prevent transmission of the virus through hand media. In the implementation of the service, there was a change in the method, which initially socialization by gathering the community was changed to direct distribution of hand sanitizers as well as a short explanation to the public about the importance of hand hygiene and the importance of maintaining health by utilizing herbal medicines around the community.

scholarly journals CRIMES IN THE TIME OF COVID‎

2021 ◽  
Vol 03 (08) ◽  
pp. 94-103
Author(s):  
Faiza DJADI
Keyword(s):  
Security Policy ◽  
Social Situation ◽  
World Health ◽  
Security Services ◽  
The Core ◽  
The World ◽  
New Type ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Legislative Measures

The spread of the Corona epidemic around the world has resulted in a deterioration in the economic and social situation and the imposition of restrictions on citizens, such as wandering and domestic isolation, as this epidemic has not only changed how people live, but also how crime occurs. Where it showed the spread of a new type of crime represented in domestic violence and fraud via the Internet, and a new type of theft appeared in the form of face masks, medical equipment and oxygen, which became more attractive targets for theft, and in this context the importance of the intervention of the penal legislator appears in the difficult moments that citizens are going through as a result of This is a dangerous epidemic to bring the concept of public order into the core of its primary concerns through criminalization and punishment. And when the World Health Organization announced the transformation of the Corona virus into a pandemic, the features of the criminal phenomenon changed on several levels, as traditional criminal activities became almost non-existent and new criminal activities appeared, especially at the level of electronic crimes, so the state quickly changed its legal arsenal by taking new legislative measures and approaches by reducing this phenomenon and knowing the most important causes and factors causing it, such as the increasing demand for resorting to e-commerce markets and the intense resort to digital handling of money and financial and banking balances, which contributed to the spread of fraud and fraud, in addition to the spread of anxiety, fear and isolation among people, which led to easy Their exploitation and exposure to fraud and fraud, all these factors led to the difficulties faced by the security services, forcing them to re-equip themselves to face a new security policy in order to reduce crime‎‎. Keywords: Coronavirus, Crime, Theft, Health Law, Penal Code.

scholarly journals Traditional Herbal Medicines, Bioactive Metabolites, and Plant Products Against COVID-19: Update on Clinical Trials and Mechanism of Actions

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Safaet Alam ◽  
Md. Moklesur Rahman Sarker ◽  
Sadia Afrin ◽  
Fahmida Tasnim Richi ◽  
Chao Zhao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Trials ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Herbal Medicines ◽  
World Health ◽  
Bioactive Metabolites ◽  
High Morbidity ◽  
Global Public Health ◽  
Traditional Medicines ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

SARS-CoV-2 is the latest worldwide pandemic declared by the World Health Organization and there is no established anti-COVID-19 drug to combat this notorious situation except some recently approved vaccines. By affecting the global public health sector, this viral infection has created a disastrous situation associated with high morbidity and mortality rates along with remarkable cases of hospitalization because of its tendency to be high infective. These challenges forced researchers and leading pharmaceutical companies to find and develop cures for this novel strain of coronavirus. Besides, plants have a proven history of being notable wellsprings of potential drugs, including antiviral, antibacterial, and anticancer therapies. As a continuation of this approach, plant-based preparations and bioactive metabolites along with a notable number of traditional medicines, bioactive phytochemicals, traditional Chinese medicines, nutraceuticals, Ayurvedic preparations, and other plant-based products are being explored as possible therapeutics against COVID-19. Moreover, the unavailability of effective medicines against COVID-19 has driven researchers and members of the pharmaceutical, herbal, and related industries to conduct extensive investigations of plant-based products, especially those that have already shown antiviral properties. Even the recent invention of several vaccines has not eliminated doubts about safety and efficacy. As a consequence, many limited, unregulated clinical trials involving conventional mono- and poly-herbal therapies are being conducted in various areas of the world. Of the many clinical trials to establish such agents as credentialed sources of anti-COVID-19 medications, only a few have reached the landmark of completion. In this review, we have highlighted and focused on plant-based anti-COVID-19 clinical trials found in several scientific and authenticated databases. The aim is to allow researchers and innovators to identify promising and prospective anti-COVID-19 agents in clinical trials (either completed or recruiting) to establish them as novel therapies to address this unwanted pandemic.

Indigenous Plants Used for Primary Healthcare by the Members of a Rural Community in Limpopo Province, South Africa

2022 ◽  
pp. 100-111
Author(s):  
Agnes Sejabaledi Rankoana
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Primary Healthcare ◽  
Limpopo Province ◽  
World Health ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Healthcare Needs ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

Reliance on traditional plant-derived medicine motivated the World Health Organization recommendation to improve, regulate, and integrate it into the primary healthcare model to offer affordable, reliable, and community-specific primary healthcare. The objective of this chapter was to describe the uses of medicinal plants in traditional medicine to meet the healthcare needs of the members of a rural community in Limpopo Province, South Africa. Structured interviews conducted with 164 participants give evidence of the use of indigenous plant-derived medicine to meet the healthcare needs. This type of healthcare correlates with the World Health Organization primary healthcare, which emphasizes health promotion through curative and preventive care. The study results also present evidence of indigenous knowledge of medicinal plant conservation practices, which embrace observance of cultural taboos and following the prescribed methods of harvesting the plant materials.

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