Indian herbs are best known all across the world for their medicinal properties and in fact, this nation is the second highest producer of medicinal herbs in the world after China. The Greatest reserves of Indian medicinal herbs are Himalayas, Aravalis, and Nilgiri mountains. The traditional Indian form of medicine is Ayurveda that has been incorporating herbs for thousand of years. These Ayurvedic herbs have proved to be very effective in increasing the body resistance and are used in the treatment of various diseases.
From prehistoric days, plants are extensively used for shelter, food and medicine. The use of Indian herbs for medicinal purposes is as ancient as our civilization. The first known written record of healing plants was of Sumerian herbal of 2200 BC. However, Indian herbs have been used for various purposes like healing the sick. Most of the people still continue to use Indian herbs to benefit their bodies. Several scientific studies still continue doing modern research on Ayurveda. The herbalists today, believe to help people build their good health with the aid of natural sources.
Indian herbs are considered to be food rather than medicine because they provide complete, all-natural and pure nourishment. When herbs are taken, the body starts to get cleansed, unlike chemically synthesized, highly concentrated drugs. Indian herbs usually do not produce instant cures, but rather offers a way to put the body in proper tune with nature. Today, herbs are used in cooking for flavoring foods, as perfumes, as disinfectants, as medicines to heal and others too. Indian herbs like Babul, Chicory, Dandelion , Datura -, Ephedra , Henna-Mehendi - , Hog Weed ,Gooseberry . Indian Pennywort, Indian Sorrel, Indian Spikenard, Ispaghula, Kantakari, Vasaka, Jal-kumbhi etc with their rich medicinal value has benefited the medical science to a great extent.
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