Abstract

MEDICINAL PLANTS PROFILE AND SOME SCREENING METHOD USED IN THE TREATMENT OF DIARRHEA: A REVIEW

D. S. Patil and S. V. Kotwal*

Abstract

There are two system of healthcare in developing world, one being traditional and other is western in derivation as we know diarrhea is leading cause of child and adult mortality in India. This paper deals with medicinal plant reported for significant anti-diarrheal activity. In past years’ herbal medicine has gained an exponential growth in the field of medicine in all over world. In comparison to other countries India is the largest producer of medicines. The current review focuses on herbal preparation and plants recently evaluated in the treatment of diarrhea disease in the world. This paper will focus on different beneficial aspects of herbal medicine as anti- diarrheal.

Keywords: Anti-diarrheal, Herbal medicine.