Impact of herbal supplements nowadays: an overview

Impact of Herbal Medicines on Conventional Drugs: An Overview

People misinterpret “natural” with “safe”. Unaware of the fact that herbal medicine contains pharmacological active constituents in unknown quantities; people use herbal medicinal products (HMPs) carelessly. In the present scenario, people use conventional medicines with herbal medicines that are used as complementary. Impact of co-administration of complementary herbal products with convention...

Herbal supplements: cause for concern?

The efficacy of herbal medicine--an overview.

Herbal medicine has become a popular form of healthcare. Even though several differences exist between herbal and conventional pharmacological treatments, herbal medicine can be tested for efficacy using conventional trial methodology. Several specific herbal extracts have been demonstrated to be efficacious for specific conditions. Even though the public is often misled to believe that all nat...

Bioavailability enhancers of herbal origin: an overview.

Recently, the use of herbal medicines has been increased all over the world due to their therapeutic effects and fewer adverse effects as compared to the modern medicines. However, many herbal drugs and herbal extracts despite of their impressive in-vitro findings demonstrates less or negligible in-vivo activity due to their poor lipid solubility or improper molecular size, resulting in poor ab...

Alpinia Galanga: an Overview and Herbal Interactions

Medicinal plants and derived medicine are widely used in traditional cultures all over the world and they are becoming increasingly popular in modern society as natural alternatives to synthetic chemicals. Alpinia galanga willd. (familyzingiberaceae) commonly known as galanga, is an important cultivated medicinal crop of India. Herbal medicine consists active ingredients in crude form or as an ...