Herbs that heal: Nature’s pharmacy endowed remedies for better health
Nupur Mehrotra
Abstract
Today, humans have incorporated the indiscriminate use of chemicals in their daily routine. This includes the inhalation of undesired pollutants, consumption of food adulterants, synthetic insecticides and pesticides used for increasing yield and the medicines consumed for health/therapy. The allopathic medicines contain besides the active pharmaceutical ingredient, many more excipients like binders, fillers, disintegrators, flavors, colors, and preservatives. All these are known to cause adverse side effects, and thus the healer components themselves are fast transforming into causative agents for disorders.
Topics & Concepts
Traditional medicineMedicinePopulationPharmacyAlternative medicineCuminumToxicologyBiotechnologyEnvironmental healthBiologyFamily medicineFood sciencePathologyEssential oilComplementary and Alternative Medicine Studies