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- Title
Investigation of analgesic activity of polyherbal preparation (Topical Gel) containing herbal extract.
- Authors
Gehlot, Suman; Dwivedi, Sumeet; Dwivedi, Abhishek; Dwivedi, S. N.
- Abstract
Available synthetic analgesic drugs have several side effects viz., gastritis, gastric ulcer, kidney disorders and cardiac arrhythmias. Therefore, the use herbs are an important and growing part of the paincontrol and new discoveries are made practically every year. Many of these drugs commit the side effects like Morphine is responsible do work against heavy sedation and may elevate mood in distressed patients as do the antidepressants. Caffeine, release the histamine in more amounts, also have stimulation. And the use of cannabis like a medicine remains a debated issue. Analgesic herbs are the therapeutic herbs with analgesic effect that are commonly known as pain relief herbs or simply the pain herbs. Analgesic herbs are natural pain reliever that reduce or eliminate pain. These pain relief herbs are available in the market in analgesic topical forms like essential oil and analgesic cream- that can be directly applied at the pain sites- as well as in form of capsules, tea and tinctures for pain relief. The present paper deals with the formulation and evaluation of polyherbal preparation containg herbal extract of Nigella sativa (Seeds), Ocimum sanctum (Leaves), Plumeria alba (Leaves) and Michelia champaca (Stem). The topical gel was prepared and was further investigated for its analgesic activity using standard diclofenac gel.
- Subjects
TRADITIONAL medicine; ANALGESICS; KIDNEY diseases; ARRHYTHMIA; MORPHINE; DRUG therapy
- Publication
International Journal of Pharmacy & Life Sciences, 2017, Vol 8, Issue 11, p42
- ISSN
0976-7126
- Publication type
Article