Traditional Medicine: Blessing of Nature for Human Being

Authors:

Azmi L^{1 , 2}*, Shukla I¹, Kant P² and Rao VCh¹

DOI: 10.23880/beba-16000112

Volume 1, Issue 2

Abstract

Our earth which is one of the unique planets of universe has been a source of medicinal agents for thousands of years and an impressive number of modern drugs have been isolated from natural sources, many based on their use in traditional medicine. Out of 2, 97,000-5, 10,000 plant species distributed throughout the world, 35,000-70,000 plants have medicinal properties. The estimated number of medicinal plants used worldwide includes 10,000-11,250 in China, 7,500 in India, 2,237 in Mexico and 2,572 in North America. In India, a remarkable achievement has been made in the field of drug development to develop a new leads of therapeutic interest. This review article determine how these traditional medicines are very impotent in health system of human.

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