Online ISSN: 2515-8260

Wonders of Phytomedicine in the management of neurological disorders

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Gurria1 , Iqbaljit Kaur1 *, Srijana Sharma1 , Keerti Bhardwaj1

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Abstract: Neurological disorders exhibit its impact on global health. The term neurological disorders mean any condition that occurs due to dysfunction in nervous system or brain as a result shows plethora of symptoms such as sensation loss, pain, muscle weakness, etc. Utilization of synthetic drugs to treat neurological disorder is quite challenging as it has some drawbacks like not cost effective, unavoidable and serious side effects as well as less patient compliance. Therefore, phytomedicines has been preferred as an alternative treatment of neurological disorders due to its variety of merits like cheap, exert negligible side effects, etc. Herbs can be prescribed as a single entity or mixture of different plants against such disorders. This review describes the phytomedicines used to treat CNS specific pharmacologic effects (like anxiolytic, anti-convulsant, analgesic, etc.), ranging from entire plant, bark, flowers, roots, fruit, stem and seeds.

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