background and objectives: traditional polyherbal oils are still in use in persian traditional medicine (ptm). most of these formulations are prepared via traditional procedures such as maceration of herbs in oils or evaporating aqueous herbal extracts in boiling or heating oils as the vehicle. thus, their quality control, standardization and authentication are real challenges due to the lack o...

Patients with a polyherbal prescription are more likely to receive duplicate medications and thus suffer from adverse drug reactions. We conducted a population-based retrospective study to examine the items of Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) per prescription in the ambulatory care of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in Taiwan. We retrieved complete TCM ambulatory visit datasets for 2010 from th...

The nitric oxide (NO) scavenging activities of traditional polyherbal drugs like abana, chyavanaprasha, geriforte, septilin, mentat and triphala were examined using sodium nitroprusside as a NO donor in vitro. All the drugs tested demonstrated direct scavenging of NO and were superior to Gingko biloba, which was used as a positive control. The extracts of various polyherbal drugs exhibited dose...

The present investigation was an attempt to evaluate the anti-inflammatory effect of a polyherbal preparation (Sudarshanam Oil) on hematological parameters in Wistar rats. This polyherbal formula contains main ingredients of Tinaspora Cordifolia, Curcuma longa, Terminalia chebula, Emblica officinalis, Andrographis paniculata and Terminalia belerica. The active phytochemicals such as tannins, gl...

BACKGROUND Uses of polyherbal formulations have played a major role in traditional medicine. The present study is focused on the formulations used in traditional Thai folkloric medicine as tonics or bracers. Twenty documented polyherbal mixtures, used as nourishing tonics by the folk healers in Phatthalung and Songkhla provinces in southern Thailand, are targeted. Despite traditional health cla...

Polyherbal preparations are well known in certain Indian communities for malaria prophylaxis. However, quality control and quality assurance of these formulations still remain as challenges because of the high variability in combination of herbs and their phytochemical compositions. Quality control is an essential operation of the pharmaceutical process to ensure the quality herbal formulation ...

Cosmetics made from either natural or synthetic components are almost in regular use universally many different forms for enhancing the beauty. Azadirachta indica and Nyctanthes arbor-tristis medicinal plants; these plants used traditionally ancient years various herbal systems such as Ayurvedic, Homeopathic Siddha. The dried leaves of have antibacterial, anti-inflammatory analgesic activity. p...

Skin disease is a persistent inflammatory skin disorder that affects around 70% of teenage females throughout puberty. To counteract this problem, antibiotics are being administered more often, which has resulted in variety undesirable side effects. As result, as first-line topical therapy, it must target on the herbal formulation. In study, medicinal plant extracts and oils with high antibacte...

Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a multifactorial disease and has close correlations with other metabolic disorders. This makes its treatment difficult using a single pharmacological drug. Use of plant extract/decoction or polyherbal formulation to treat various liver diseases is very well mentioned in various traditional systems of medicine (Ayurveda, Japanese or traditional Chinese Medi...

Background and objectives: Traditional polyherbal oils are still in use in Persian Traditional Medicine (PTM). Most of these formulations are prepared via traditional procedures such as maceration of herbs in oils or evaporating aqueous herbal extracts in boiling or heating oils as the vehicle. Thus, their quality control, standardization and authentication are real challenges ...