BACKGROUND Uses of polyherbal formulations have played a major role in traditional medicine. The present study is focused on the formulations used in traditional Thai folkloric medicine as tonics or bracers. Twenty documented polyherbal mixtures, used as nourishing tonics by the folk healers in Phatthalung and Songkhla provinces in southern Thailand, are targeted. Despite traditional health cla...

Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder and the management is an important criterion for pharmacotherapy. The medicinal plants play very important role in preventing the progress of the disease. Present study deals with screening of polyherbal extracts using in-vitro techniques for its antidiabetic activity. The plants used in the study are Eugenia jambolana and Cinnamomum zeylenicum. The pol...

This study was carried out to evaluate the protective effects of polyherbal extract against gentamicin induced renal injury in rats. 36 male Wistar rats were divided into six groups. Gentamicin administered (100 mg/kg, intraperitoneally for 10 d) all groups except normal control group. Polyherbal three (gentamicin+polyherbal 100 gentamicin+polyherbal 200 mg/kg and 300 mg/kg) at 100, body weight...

Hypertension is a major factor causing atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, heart failure, stroke, and kidney failure. Polyherbal preparations containing garlic (Aliium sativum), temu ireng (Curcumae aeruginosae) cardamom (Amomi fructus) have been widely used to treat hypertension. Despite in community, its safety has not evaluated. This study aimed evaluate the single dose oral of polyherba...

Aim: A polyherbal galactogogue based on indigenous knowledge of tribles (Bhagats) belonging to Patalkot (Madhya Pradesh), Dangs (Gujarat) and Aravallis (Rajasthan) was evaluated on lactating Surti buffaloes (medium sized buffalo breed of South Gujarat which is best suitable for small and marginal farmers as well as landless labourers/tribal with less input resources). Materials and Methods: A t...

BACKGROUND Herbology is the prevailing system among the nationally-accepted alternative or complementary systems of medicine. The system is due to its general and patient-oriented methodology, is widely used in the general population exposing them to the risk of the side effects of the herbal medicines. METHOD The aim of study was to assess the acute and sub-acute toxicity of the polyherbal f...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Painful diabetic neuropathy is a common complication of diabetes and can severely limit patients' daily functions. The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate the safety and effect of using a polyherbal formulation in reducing the symptoms of diabetic neuropathic pain in comparison with placebo among patients with type 2 diabetes. METHODS A total of 50 (M:F = 33:17) co...

overcrowding of broiler chicks due to lack of space induces harmful effects which act as predisposing factor in the reduction of production and performance in poultry. supplementation of antistressor products can ameliorate adverse effect of various stressors in poultry. an experiment was designed by inducing overcrowding stress and its management by supplementation of polyherbal antistressor, ...

Cosmetics made from either natural or synthetic components are almost in regular use universally many different forms for enhancing the beauty. Azadirachta indica and Nyctanthes arbor-tristis medicinal plants; these plants used traditionally ancient years various herbal systems such as Ayurvedic, Homeopathic Siddha. The dried leaves of have antibacterial, anti-inflammatory analgesic activity. p...

The formulation of polyherbal hair care powders was attempted in our laboratories. There formulation (A-C) were found to be ideal and evaluation of these formulations is reported here.