Abstract

MEDICINAL PLANTS WITH ANXIOYTIC, ANTIDEPRESSANT, ANTICONNVULSANT AND NOOTROPIC EFFECT

Parikshit V. Choudhari*, Dr. Vanita G. Kanse, Dr. A. Venkatachalam and Punam R. Pal

Abstract

Anxiety concern is normal human emotions. When these emotions last for long time, they have effect on both physical and mental health. It is widely recognised as leading cause of disability around world. Generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, panic attacks, phobias, and depression are also included in this category. Anxiety is treated with anti-anxiety medications. They work by lowering brain activation, which helps with anxiety, nervousness, mood stabilisation, and sleep. Anti-anxiety medication usage over time can lead to psychological and physiological dependency. Most medicinal plants were found to have antidepressant effects by controlling serotonin, noradrenaline, and dopamine synaptically, regulating hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis function, strengthening anti-oxidant defences, and lowering inflammatory mediators, according to study. Modern drugs can be found in abundance here. In herbal medicine, various plants are used to cure epilepsy, and various plants have yet to be scientifically studied. Phytoconstituents have been used to cure variety of disorders in humans, including epilepsy. Herbal products are widely used for treatment of variety of diseases around world, particularly where allopathic medicine fails or has serious side effects. Physical dependency, resistance, loss of cognitive ability, and effects on gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, and immune systems are all significant side effects of psycho neural medications.

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