Swarna - Vanga, an Ayurvedic preparation, is used in the treatment mainly of Pramehas (genitor urinary and metabolic disorders), Sveta Pradara (Leucorrhoea), Kasa - Swasa (Respiratory disorders), etc. The drug contains tin and sulphur as major components along with traces of mercury, iron and aluminum. According to modern point of view certain metals have been claimed toxic to both human and an...

"FEMALE PILLS" or other internal medicines for "complaints peculiar to females" formed a small but distinct group among the medicines advertised in eighteenthcentury newspapers. There were, for instance, six such preparations found in a sample of Bath newspapers in the second half of the eighteenth century and one of them, Hooper's Female Pills, was the fourth most frequently advertised among t...

Arecacatechu, commonly known as supari, consists of dried ripe nuts that came under Arecaceae family, which is cultivated in the tropical region India and Southeast Asia. It a prevalent traditional herbal medicine chewed to separate collected fluid alimentary canal for killing worms. Areca catechu seed contains alkaloids (arecoline, arecaine, arecaidine, guvacoline, guvacine, choline), tannin, ...

Feminists have been heard to say that the late entry of women into the ranks of the medical profession has meant that, left to the tender mercies of mere men, the ills to which female flesh is heir have not been given the attention which they deserved. Our knowledge, for example, of the cause and prevention of mammary carcinoma seems to have made little advance since Ramazzini reported in 1713 ...

INTRODUCTION Plants have always played an important role for mankind especially as food and medicine. In the last few decades, there has been an exponential growth in the field of herbal medicine due to failure of modern medicine in providing effective treatment for chronic diseases and emergence of multidrugresistant bacteria. Various extracts from traditional medicinal plants with folklore re...

Ixora pavetta Andrews, (var.: I. Parviflora Vahl.) is a small tree or evergreen shrub belongs to the family Rubiaceae, and is used for many ailments, especially for the treatment of to treat chronic wounds, urinary diseases, skin infection, pulmonary troubles, liver disorder, hair tonic, sedative, diuretic, diarrhoea, dysentery, leucorrhoea and veneral diseases. Preliminary phytochemical screen...

Objectives: The objectives of this study were to: calculate the frequency urogenital trichomoniasis, describe socio-demographic characteristics and analyze biological samples. Methodology: This was a six (6) month cross-sectional prospective carried out in maternity ward (gynecological consultation) laboratory Prefectural Hospital Macenta. All women who came for gynecological consultation inclu...

The present ethnomedicinal exploration study presents the indigenous use of certain medicinal plants by local people Saharanpur district in Uttar Pradesh state India. survey was conducted during 2020-2022 order to access information about traditional knowledge on area and their conservation. is situated foothills Shiwalik that constitute outer Himalaya. This region forms northern most part Gang...

Triphala is a traditional herbal formulation consisting of dried fruits originating from three medicinal plants, namely Terminalia chebula, Terminalia bellirica and Phyllanthus embelica. It is used in folk medicine for the treatment of headaches, dyspepsia and leucorrhoea. There are some reports regarding Triphala"s pharmacological effects including its anti-cancer, radioprotective, hypocholest...