Abstract

EFFECT OF MEDICINAL PLANTS ON VARIOUS SKIN DISEASES: A REVIEW

Basanti Majhi, Dr. Kunja Bihari Satapathy*, Dr. Sagar Kumar Mishra

Abstract

At present many thousand peoples are suffering from various type of skin disease, skin disease are spreading day by day not only in India but also all over the world reason of radiation effects, climates changes and a lot of side effects of synthetic drugs. Skin diseases are classified in acute and chronic conditions. Generally chronic skin diseases typically aren’t curable, but they can be managed using drugs. But in herbal medicine so many medicinal plants are using to manage and also treat for skin diseases. Different parts of medicinal plants such as leaf, flower, seed, bark, fruit and roots are taken in different forms. Medicines prepared from medicinal plants are either taken orally, or in direct forms, such as paste, powder, decoction etc. In majority areas of the world, people still rely on herbal medicines for treatment of various skin diseases such as eczema, rash, scabies, cuts, wounds, boils, blisters, itching, leucoderma, leprosy, impetigo, swelling, ringworm, septic abscess, psoriasis, dandruff, skin allergy, burns, chicken pox, warts etc. Results show the persistence of herbal medicine practices to alleviate different kinds of skin ailments and this medication play vital role in life of people.

Keywords: Medicinal plants, Herbal medicine, Skin diseases.