Review Article
    Pharmacognosy Reviews
    Vol. 1
    Issue 2
    2007
    pp. 261-264
    Open Access

    Medicinal Herbs: Myths and Facts are they all safe?

    G. K. Dash1,M. R. Sahu1
    1Indira Gandhi Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Bhubaneswar – 751 015, Orissa, INDIA.
    Correspondence:

    *M. R. Sahu

    Indira Gandhi Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Bhubaneswar – 751 015, Orissa, INDIA.

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    2007 Author(s)

    Published:25/07/2007

    Abstract

    There has been a virtual explosion of interest in all kinds of alternative therapies, in particular those, which have been around for thousands of years. Naturally, in an illness where there is no "cure" and in which pharmaceutical drugs typically produce side effects, people look for other remedies. The use of herbal heritage has become a part of general health care by the tribes since time immemorial. The use of modern medicines of synthetic origin is believed to impart dramatic results in a short span in the therapeutic field has a hidden drawback of serious afterward consequences on the health on prolonged treatment due to various pathological, pharmacological and chrono-pathological parameters of the mankind.

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    Keywords

    Herbal medicine
    Alternative therapies
    Traditional health care
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