Category: Unani & Ayurvedic Medicine (A-Z)

Carbo vegetabilis is a remedy that is often used in debilitated or collapsed states, with systems primarily on the physical level A homeopathic remedy used for fatigue following an illness, shock or surgery, as well as for suboptimal oxygenation; it has Read More …

Berberis is particularly important in traditional medicine and the food basket of Iranians. Given various plants from genus Berberis and their economic, nutritional, and medicinal status in Iran, this study seeks to investigate the findings of recent studies on the phytochemical characteristics, specifications, Read More …

Robinia is a nonindigenous species currently invading the central part of Japanese grasslands. Several allelochemicals were identified and characterized from the leaf tissue. The growth of both radicle and hypocotyl in the tested species (barnyard grass, white clover, lettuce, and Read More …

Nux vomica (family Loganiaceae) is commonly known as kuchla. It is a major source of the highly poisonous, intensely bitter alkaloids strychnine and brucine derived from the seeds inside the tree’s round, green to orange fruit.[1] The seeds contain approximately 1.5% strychnine, and the dried blossoms contain 1.0%.[2] However, Read More …

Kali bichromicum is a homeopathic remedy that is suitable to treat people with periodic arthritis and arthritis alternating with other complaints such as sinusitis, asthma and digestive disorders. The periodicity of the disease is often fixed, for example, every spring Read More …

Verbascum thapsus is used in tribal medicine as an antispasmodic, anti-tubercular agent and wormicide. In this study, we investigated the antispasmodic and anthelmintic activities of a crude aqueous methanolic extract of the plant. Verbascum species have numerous medicinal properties. For example, the Read More …

Sarsaparilla also is known as Smilax Glabra Rhizome (SGR) was shown to modulate immunity, protect against liver injury, lower blood glucose and suppress cancer. However, its effects on cancer cell adhesion, migration and invasion were unclear. In the present study, we found Read More …

Spigelia anthelmia is an herbaceous species of the Loganiaceae family. Commonly known as “erva-lombrigueira”, it is popular as a human medicine in Brazil based on its various properties, including action against gastrointestinal nematodes. In vitro and in vivo studies have confirmed the efficacy of S. anthelmia in controlling H. contortus however, Read More …

Pulsatilla nigricans is used in the treatment of anxiety-related disorders. Though in clinical use for many years, the anxiolytic activity of Pulsatilla nigricans (Puls) has not been evaluated experimentally. Hence the present study was conducted in Swiss albino mice to Read More …

Citrullus colocynthis is a commonly used medicinal plant, especially as a hypoglycemic agent. Case Presentation. Four patients with colocynth intoxication are presented. The main clinical feature was acute rectorrhagia preceded by mucosal diarrhea with tenesmus, which gradually progressed to bloody diarrhea and Read More …