V.T. Kumar

Traditional medicine mainly comprises of Indian Ayurveda, Arabic Unaini medicine and traditional Chinese medicine. In Asia and Latin America, populations continue to use traditional medicine as a result of historical circumstances and cultural beliefs. Traditional medicine accounts for around 40% of all health care delivered in China. Up to 80%: Of the population in Africa uses traditional medicine to help meet their health care needsA;Though synthetic chemical compounds have replaced many Ayurvedic plant products, the quality, safety and efficacy of natural products could be find suitable match to health care management system, Sharma et.al, (2003). Herbal medicine has been widely practiced from time immemorial to the present day, all over much more attention then allopathic drugs because of their without side effects, adverse cost efficacies throughout the world. Herbal drugs obtained from plants are believed to be much safer in the treatment of various diseases (Ayyanar and Ignacimuthu, 2005). Traditional medicine especially the folk herbal medicines have recently been receiving heightened interests the world over. Such ageold health care systems have been developed in different corners of the world where they were living in close interaction with the nature. Information from ethic groups on indigenous traditional herbal medicines had always played a vital role in the discovery of novel chemotherapeutic agents form plants (Katewa and Abstract: