The genus Phyllanthus consists of more than 1000 species, of which many are used as traditional medicines. The plant extracts have been used since ancient times, for treating hypertension, diabetes, hepatic, urinary, and sexual disorders, and other common ailments. Modern day scientific investigations have now confirmed pharmacognostic properties of Phyllanthus herbs. The phytochemicals attribu...

Echium Amoenum (Boraginaceae) is one of the important medicinal herbs in traditional medicine. It has known for its variety effects such as demulcent, anti-inflammatory and analgesic, especially for common cold, anxiolytic and sedative, this plant contains small quantities of pyrrolizidine alkaloids that are toxic and chronic consumption may have adverse effects on the body's organs. in th...

identification, authentication and quality control are essential to ensure safety, therapeutic potency, efficacy and reproducible quality of herbal medicines. the aim of this study is to use taxonomic method for authentication of traditional herbal drugs which are commonly sold in herbal shops in iran. in this regard, twenty-seven cases of herbal drugs suspected to be adulterated were investiga...

background & aim: the essential oils are the most important secondary aromatic biochemical compounds in plants and even in some animals. they are of great importance because of their aromatic, flavoring and preventing properties from deterioration in food industries. according to ethnobotany study of aerial parts of bakhtiari celery or kelus (kelussia odoratissma  mozaffarian) in dairy such...

Studies prove that using aromatherapy with lavender oil generates reduction of anxiety, sedative, antidepressant, soothing, antispasmodic, analgesic and healing effects. A fact occurs due to the inhibitory action on hypothalamic-hypophysis-adrenal axis, which results in release cortisol, stress hormone. Promoting, other hand, serotonin, generating a feeling pleasure well-being. Thus, present st...

BACKGROUND Liver injury or dysfunction is considered as a serious health problem. The available synthetic drugs to treat liver disorders are expensive and cause further damage. Hence, hepatoprotective effects of some herbal drugs have been investigated, and one of the methods to choose herbs in order to study their biological effects is to search in ancient medical texts. Avicenna who is known ...

- Finding the most important medicinal herbs in Semirom. - Determination of major diseases in Semirom. - Determination of medicinal herb successes on diseases treatment. This study was a measuremental study in 2002 based on filled questionnaire distributed among the Semirom people. - 30 regional species of medicinal herbs have been found for remediation of diseases. - More than 80 percent of Se...

OBJECTIVE To examine the patterns of herbal therapy use among adults in the United States and to describe factors associated with herb use. DESIGN We examined the use of natural herbs from the 2002 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). We analyzed factors associated with herb use and reasons for herb use with logistic regression. RESULTS Factors associated with herb use include the follo...

In a randomised single blind trial the Chinese herbs Shuang Huang Lian were evaluated for the treatment of acute bronchiolitis. Children with acute bronchiolitis and serological evidence of recent respiratory syncytial virus infection were studied in a tertiary hospital in Harbin, China. The 96 children were randomised into three treatment groups: herbs, herbs with antibiotics, and antibiotics ...