Herbs are staging a comeback and herbal ‘renaissance’ is happening all over the globe. The herbal products today symbolise safety in contrast to the synthetics that are regarded as unsafe to human and environment. Although herbs had been priced for their medicinal, flavouring and aromatic qualities for centuries, the synthetic products of the modern age surpassed their importance, for a while. Of the 2,50,000 higher plant species on earth, more than 80,000 are medicinal. India is one of the world’s 12 biodiversity centers with the presence of over 45,000 different plant species. Herbal drug technology is widely used as an alternative or traditional medicine where quality control and standardization by authentic scientific methods is important. One such ayurvedic medicinal preparation- ‘Dasamula’ consisting of roots of ten different plants is used for various ailments in the form of decoction, oil or powder in combination with other plant....
‘Dasamulam’, the ten plants with medicinal roots of Ayurvedic importance
Herbs are staging a comeback and herbal ‘renaissance’ is happening all over the globe. The herbal products today symbolise safety in contrast to the synthetics that are regarded as unsafe to human and environment.
