The bitter tasting bark is used for a variety of medical purposes. An extract of the bark of Khaya senegalensis is commonly used in African traditional medicine for pain and inflammation, against fever caused by malaria, stomach complaints and headaches. It is widely used in the treatment of fever, malaria, to cure skin rashes, wounds, mucous diarrhea, as an anti-microbial agent in venereal dis...

Dried flowers of Daphne genkwa Sieb. et Zucc. (Thymelaeaceae) are a Chinese herbal medicine used as an abortifacient with purgative, diuretic and anti-inflammatory activities. However, the activity of this medicine against enteroviral infections has not been investigated. The water-extract of dried buds of D. genkwa Sieb. et Zucc. (DGFW) was examined against various strains of enterovirus 71 (E...

Costus speciosus Koen. (Keu, Crape ginger), an Indian ornamental plant, has long been medicinally used in traditional systems of medicine. The plant has been found to possess diverse number of pharmacological activities. The present article gives an account of updated information on its phytochemical and pharmacological properties. The review reveals that wide numbers of phytochemical constitue...

UNLABELLED Medicinal plants play an important role in health care. The use of medicinal plants for treatment is growing in view of cost and non-compliance of modern medicine as in case of non-communicable diseases. Plants such as Boswellia, ovalifoliolata, Cycas beddomei, Pimpinella tirupatiensis, Pterocarpus santalinus, Shorea thumbuggaia, Syzygium alternifolium, Terminalia pallida are endemic...

Aloe vera (Aloe barbadensis) is one of the herbal remedies with a longstanding history for its curative and therapeutic properties for various ailments. Till date more than 75 active components with medicinal value have been identified in Aloe vera and have been suggested to possess synergistic action in alleviating the diseased conditions (Scalbert and Williamson, 2000; Hamman, 2008; Nejatzade...

was given. The bowels moved slightly and he came home. Again he had the constipation, and the abdomen began to distend gradually. He consulted several local doctors, and every one gave him either purgative or carminative. A week after his arrival at home, I was called in and found his abdomen extremely distended and the man was restless. Suspecting it to be a case of obstruction, I hesitatingly...

BACKGROUND Alternate day fasting (ADF; ad libitum intake "feed day" alternated with 75% restriction "fast day"), is effective for weight loss, but the safety of the diet has been questioned. Accordingly, this study examined occurrences of adverse events and eating disorder symptoms during ADF. FINDINGS Obese subjects (n = 59) participated in an 8-week ADF protocol where food was provided on t...

sometimes by diarrhoea (4 or 5 motions daily). He describes the pain as being of a griping character, but remembers nothing else about it. He had no other symptoms during those years. Six years ago he had a more severe attack lasting 15 days. He was then free until four years ago when he had another severe attack; the pain was localised in the umbilical region and was accompanied by vomiting, r...

Croton tiglium L. is a traditional medicinal plant grown in tropical and subtropical zone. The extract of seeds is generally used as medicine as they are rich in secondary metabolites, such as, alkaloids, flavonoids, terpenoids and saponins. Plant is used in the treatment of various ailments in developing countries such as wound healing, constipation, a purgative, traditional dyspepsia, dysente...

Tylophora indica is a climbing perennial plant indigenous to India, where it is grows wild in the southern and eastern region and has long-standing reputation as a remedy for asthma (hence the Tylophora asthmatica). The leaves of Tylophora indica are included in Bengal pharmacopeia since 1884. It is said to have laxative, expectorant, diaphoretic (Sweating), and purgative (Vomiting) properties....