Abstract

A REVIEW: SOME CASSIA AND FICUS SPECIES USED IN DERMATOLOGICAL DISEASES

Varalakshmi Lattupally*, Dr. Kaveti Balaji, Adla Sangeetha, Rodda Naganjaneyulu, Mir Sajid Ali Zuberi

Abstract

Skin diseases are common ailments and affects all ages from the neonate to the elderly and cause harm in number of ways. Medicinal plants have great demand for primary health care due to safety, efficacy, less side effects. Medicinal plants are used to treat skin diseases Like boils, cuts, eczema, leprosy, pimples, scabies, leucoderma, ring warm, psoriasis, herps, scabies, and itching, wounds, vitiligo. genus cassia species belongs to family fabaceae include cassia absus , cassia alata, cassia auriculata, cassia fistula, cassia obtusifolia cassia occidentalis, cassia sohera, cassia tora, genus ficus species belongs to the family moraceae include ficus altissima, ficus arnottiana, ficus benghalensis, ficus carica, ficus cunia, ficus dalhousiae, ficus hispida, ficus lacor, ficus microcarpa, ficus religiosa, ficus racemosa ficus semicordata. The present review is on some cassia and ficus plant species are used to treat different type of dermatological diseases.

Keywords: Cassia, Ficus, Medicinal plants, Skin Problems.