SOME TRADITIONALLY USED ANTI-ARTHRITIC HERBS A REVIEW
Journal Title: International Research Journal of Pharmacy (IRJP) - Year 2011, Vol 2, Issue 11
Abstract
Arthritis is one of the major problems in older age. There are about as many herbal remedies for arthritis as there are arthritis sufferers. Most work by improving the circulation, and encourage fluid elimination. Inflammation due arthritis is mediated through many primary and secondary mediators. Interleukins and TNF-α are one of these mediators. Anti-inflammatory agents are used in arthritis widely. In this concern use of many herbal medicines also explored. Now a day’s world population moves towards herbal remedies for treatment of such ailments. The numbers of plants have been screened for their anti-inflammatory and anti-arthritic activity, but only few of them reached up to the clinical level. Traditional healers have much type of remedies for treatment of arthritis.
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Vishwabhan Singh , Harsh Patel , Vishal Suvagiya , Kailash Singh
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