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Indian traditional medicinal plants in ophthalmic diseases

OBJECTIVE: Traditional herbal plants have been in use since ancient times to treat ophthalmic conditions; so, the aim of this study is to evaluate some potent Indian traditional medicinal plants used in ophthalmic diseases in order to summarize their potential effect in ophthalmology along with thei...

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Autores principales: Nafees, Sana, Akhtar, Jamal, Kaur, Jasbir
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9768859/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36583172
http://dx.doi.org/10.22038/AJP.2022.20345
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description OBJECTIVE: Traditional herbal plants have been in use since ancient times to treat ophthalmic conditions; so, the aim of this study is to evaluate some potent Indian traditional medicinal plants used in ophthalmic diseases in order to summarize their potential effect in ophthalmology along with their mechanism of action. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Databases PubMed, Google Scholar, and Embase were extensively explored. Additionally, relevant textbooks and literatures were consulted to summarize most of the considerable scientific literature for the review. Search term included ophthalmology, glaucoma, cataract, trachoma, conjunctivitis, traditional medicines, Unani drugs, and ayurvedic drugs were used. Around 80 review articles were consulted from the year 1982 to 2021. RESULTS: The traditional medicinal plants are easily available, cost-effective and have no associated side effects in comparison to current conventional treatments. Moreover, these drugs in oppose to modern medicine, have an inherent potential to accelerate the body’s own immunity to fight against any infection. A large volume of scientific studies has reported the beneficial effects of traditional drugs in ophthalmology. CONCLUSION: This review, therefore, describes the potential benefits and uses of some traditional medicinal plants used in ophthalmic diseases.
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spelling pubmed-97688592022-12-28 Indian traditional medicinal plants in ophthalmic diseases Nafees, Sana Akhtar, Jamal Kaur, Jasbir Avicenna J Phytomed Mini Review OBJECTIVE: Traditional herbal plants have been in use since ancient times to treat ophthalmic conditions; so, the aim of this study is to evaluate some potent Indian traditional medicinal plants used in ophthalmic diseases in order to summarize their potential effect in ophthalmology along with their mechanism of action. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Databases PubMed, Google Scholar, and Embase were extensively explored. Additionally, relevant textbooks and literatures were consulted to summarize most of the considerable scientific literature for the review. Search term included ophthalmology, glaucoma, cataract, trachoma, conjunctivitis, traditional medicines, Unani drugs, and ayurvedic drugs were used. Around 80 review articles were consulted from the year 1982 to 2021. RESULTS: The traditional medicinal plants are easily available, cost-effective and have no associated side effects in comparison to current conventional treatments. Moreover, these drugs in oppose to modern medicine, have an inherent potential to accelerate the body’s own immunity to fight against any infection. A large volume of scientific studies has reported the beneficial effects of traditional drugs in ophthalmology. CONCLUSION: This review, therefore, describes the potential benefits and uses of some traditional medicinal plants used in ophthalmic diseases. Mashhad University of Medical Sciences 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC9768859/ /pubmed/36583172 http://dx.doi.org/10.22038/AJP.2022.20345 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) ) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Indian traditional medicinal plants in ophthalmic diseases
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title_short Indian traditional medicinal plants in ophthalmic diseases
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9768859/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36583172
http://dx.doi.org/10.22038/AJP.2022.20345
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