Biochemistry & Pharmacology: Open Access
Open Access
ISSN: 2167-0501
ISSN: 2167-0501
L. N. Gvazava
Accepted Abstracts: Biochem & Pharmacol
We know that modern medicines are magic bullets. They are useful in the treatment of various types of infectious diseases as well as disease related to heart, gastrointestinal tract, nervous system, pain, etc. Life span of the human beings is increased but long usage of these medicines cause toxicities which may injure liver, kidney, eyes, GIT, etc. Many of these modern medicines like codeine, aspirin, paracetamol, ephedrine, reserpine, quinine, emetine, etc. are derived from the plants. They are either pure plant constituents or their derivatives or synthetic analogues. Instead of searching and isolating the plant constituents as new drug molecules, if the herbal drugs are used as medicine, there is no side effect as compared to modern medicines. Antibiotics are very widely used nowadays for various types of infections, and diseases but the microbes become resistant to these antibiotics within few years. Therefore, newer and newer antibiotics are required to be searched out, on long usage. These are also toxic. If the ayurvedic drugs are used in the way in which they are prescribed in ayurveda, there is minimum toxicity. They can be used in case of Alzheimer?s disease, heart disease, anxiety, insomnia, kidney stone, asthma, anal fistula, diabetes, liver toxicity, weakness, etc. Many of these drugs balance the imbalanced humours in the body. The only thing we have to do is administer the particular standardized Ayurvedic drug to the patients. Determine the biological markers of the patient with modern instruments on zero days, at different proper time interval and at the end of the treatment, this is a simple job. If all of us do this job honestly sufferings of human kind will be drastically reduced and the environment will also be protected.
K. N. Patel has completed his B. Pharm, M. Pharm & Ph.D. from L. M. College of Pharmacy Ahmedabad. His area of specialization is pharmacognosy/ herbal drugs. He has teaching experience of 35 years. He has guided 28 students for M. Pharm & 8 students for Ph.D., has published 50 research papers and authored five books. At present, he is principal at SAL Institute of Pharmacy, Ahmedabad. He is president, Society of Pharmacognosy, Gujarat Chapter, active member of Akhil Bhartiya Vananshadhi Abhyas Mandal, Gujaarat State Pharmacy Teacher?s Association, International Association for Studies on Traditional Asian Medicine. His areas of interest are quality control of herbal drugs, isolation and identification of phytoconstitents, verification of medicinal claims of the ayurvedic medicine reverse pharmacology of the herbal drugs, development of immunity in human beings.