POLYPODIUM VULGARE LINN. A VERSATILE HERBAL MEDICINE: A REVIEW
AbstractPolypodium vulgare Linn. also called as Bisfaij in Unani system of medicine is a perineal fern growing to a height of 30cm. Polypodium vulgare Linn. rhizome is used in European, American, Chinese, and Unani and Ayurveda traditions. It is claimed to be efficacious in jaundice, dropsy, scurvy and combined with mallows it removes hardness of the spleen. The distilled water of the roots and leaves is considered good for ague (malarial fever), and the fresh or dried roots, mixed with honey and applied to the nose, were used in the treatment of polypus The fresh root is used in the form of decoction, or powder for melancholia and also for rheumatic swelling of the joints. The rhizome extract was found to possess anti-epileptic activity. The ecdysones present in the rhizome (0.07%-1% dry weight)was seen to act topically on a wide variety of arthropods and caused abnormal molting and death, so ecdysone analogues may be useful not only as insecticides but also miticides. The aqueous extract of Polypodium vulgare Linn. was found to possess analgesic activity, protective effect in various neurological and neurodegenerative disorders, stimulatory effect on the adrenoceptors, and antioxidant properties.
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9
1616-1620
506KB
2011
English
IJPSR
Pervaiz Ahmad Dar*, G. Sofi and M. A. Jafri
Department of Ilmul Advia (Pharmacology), National Institute of Unani Medicine, Bangalore- 560 091, Karnataka, India
02 February, 2012
18 May, 2012
22 May, 2012
http://dx.doi.org/10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.3(6).1616-20
01 June, 2012
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