Title

HEPATOPROTECTIVE HERBAL POTENTIALS OF AYURVEDA.

Authors

Kumari, Harshitha; Pushpan, Reshmi; Rahul Dutt, K.; Nishteswar, K.

Abstract

Liver disorders like viral hepatitis, cirrhosis, alcoholic liver disease, fatty liver, jaundice etc do not have specific treatment modalities in modern medicine even though they are the cause for death and secondary complications among the population of developed and developing countries. The traditional systems of medical practice in several parts of the world constitute several hepatoprotective herbs. Extensive researches have been carried out in different parts of the world on single herbal drugs and formulations delineated in Ayurvedic texts to explore the mode of protection of liver from causative factors like virus, alcohol and other toxins. Drugs like Andrographis paniculata, Boerhavia diffusa, Eclipta alba, Plumbago zeylanica, Swertia chirayita etc have studied extensively in this regard which has been reviewed in the present article. Research on Andrographis paniculata, Plumbago zeylanica etc has evidenced the Ayurvedic claim of protective and curative effect when drug is used as a whole.

Subjects

VIRAL hepatitis; CIRRHOSIS of the liver; ALCOHOLIC liver diseases; AYURVEDIC medicine; ASIAN medicine

Publication

Pharma Science Monitor, 2012, Vol 3, Issue 4, p3255

ISSN

0976-9242

Publication type

Academic Journal