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ArticleJournal of evidence-based complementary & alternative medicine2017

The Significance of Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants.

Syal Kumar, Gustav J Dobos, Thomas Rampp

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Article in Journal of evidence-based complementary & alternative medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers.

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3 authors.

Syal Kumar1 University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Gustav J Dobos1 University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Thomas Rampp1 University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Traditional Indian medicine (ayurveda) is becoming increasingly popular, with many chronic conditions responding to it well. Most patients begin to take conventional medications as soon as their diagnoses are made, so ayurvedic treatments are usually undergone alongside and/or after conventional medical approaches. A detailed knowledge of the action of food, spices, and medicinal plants is needed in order to understand their potential influence fully. While societal use of ayurvedic plants and Indian spices is commonplace, without ill effect, the use of more concentrated products made from single plants, often in the form of teas or tablets, is of more concern. The mechanisms by which polyherbal drugs and their extracts act differ in many respects from the actions of single substances or synthetic drugs. Despite the fact that ayurvedic medicines are based on natural herbal materials, their safety depends on their method of administration, taking into account individuals' needs and their specific disease conditions.

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Medicine, AyurvedicPlants, MedicinalHumansPlant ExtractsSelf MedicationPlant Extractsaction of ayurvedic plantsayurvedic pharmacologyayurvedic polyherbal medicineimportance of ayurvedic plants

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PMID27707902
PMCPMC5871155

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