Medicinal Plants Used in Household Remedies: A Comprehensive Review
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Medicinal plants, traditional medicine, remediesAbstract
Medicinal plants have been used for thousands of years to flavors and conserve food to treat health disorders and to prevent disease including epidemics. Medicinal plants, also called medicinal herbs, have been discovered and used in traditional medicine practices since prehistoric times. Plants synthesize hundreds of chemical compounds for various functions, including defence and protection against insects, fungi, disease, against parasites and herbivores mammals. Products derived from plants may potentially controls microbial growth in diverse situation and in the specific case of disease treatments medicinal plants have been used virtually all cultures as a source of medicine the widespread use of herbal remedies and healthcare preparation is described in Vedas and bible.
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