Abstract

AN ARTICLE ON ANALGESIC ACTIVITY OF VARIOUS HERBAL PLANTS

Pooja Kalchha*, Namrata Gupta and Lalit Verma

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Abstract

Pain is a localized or general unpleasant sensation that cause minor or major body discomfort. This can be caused by hurt in any body parts or by disease. Pain can be reduced or treated by analgesics. An Analgesic A drug that give relieve from pain by acting on CNS or on peripheral pain mechanisms without any changes or alteration in consciousness. There are many synthetic drugs which are used as analgesic but they have some side effects, therefore we can use herbal plants or their parts which possesses analgesic activities. There are some pain reliving drugs example - Opoid analgesics, Aloevera Curcuma alismatifolia, Phoenix sylvestris, Stachys schtscheglee, Cissus quadrangularis, menthol, Bunts longifolia, Burns sempervirens, Fumaira vaillantii, Rumex crispus, Urtica dioica, Barbedensis, Andrographis Paniculata, Elettaria cardamomum, Punica granatum, Eugenia caryophyllus, mimosa, Morinda Citrifolia etc. They does not have any side effects. In this review the analgesic activity of various herbal plants discussed.

Keywords: Pain, Epidemiology, Etiology, Ananlgesic, Herbal plant.