Current Traditional Medicine - Volume 8, Issue 1, 2022

Garlic, Allium sativum L., is a culinary herb that has been employed medicinally since ancient times. Garlic has been regarded as the oldest of all cultivated plants. Various experimental as well as human studies have demonstrated that garlic is used in preventing the initiation and evolution of several ailments such as hypertension, atherosclerosis, diabetes mellitus, cancer, microbial infections, arthritis, thrombosis, and Alzheim Read More

Orientin is a flavonoid C-glycoside found in many plants, and studies investigating its neuropharmacological benefits have received significant attention in recent years. Orientin has modulating effects on various neuropathological pathways such as Nrf2-ARE, PI3K/Akt, JNKERK1/ 2, and TLR4/NF-kB. Orientin, therefore, is evaluated for its benefits in various neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Huntington's Read More

Background: Plants contributed numerous novel compounds for prophylactic and curative medicine to modern science. They are an important source of natural agents used in various pharmaceutical industries. Himalayan plants are abundant in various secondary metabolites, such as anthraquinones, flavonoids, tannins, alkaloids, and terpenes. The Himalayan plants are grown in high altitudes and have around 6500 ye Read More

The COVID-19 virus has become the most threatening infectious disease all over the world. From the beginning of the pandemic till today, a large number of researches have been conducted and are still going on to develop appropriate therapeutics that can prevent and cure this viral infection successfully. But unfortunately, modern western medicine could not find any effective drug that has no toxic effects on the host cell. TC Read More

Background: Anxiety, a familiar form of psychiatric disorder, influences numerous persons throughout the world. These psychological disorders frequently need an enduring regime of recommended medicines and impose huge costs on human societies. For the last few decenniums, discovery in the field of natural neurophysiology garnered a lot of recognition because of its least side effects. Objective: Many people fi Read More

Background: Scars can be a cosmetic disfigurement and can tremendously impact psychological, emotional, and social well-being. Some medicinal plants exert anti-scar properties via various mechanisms of action, many of which have not been clearly defined. Objective: This study will evaluate the effects of these medicinal plants with anti-scar properties and review the known underlying mechanisms related to the treatment an Read More

Introduction: It is important to find tools to help patients and prevent viral diffusion of pneumonia caused by the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV or SARS-CoV-2). Recent articles have reported site-specific SARS-CoV-2 infection on a patient's body, specifically a very active replication in the throat and upper respiratory tract, even at the mild stage of the disease, which shows its efficient viral transmission in sputum. Materials Read More