Significance of some medicinal plants in Bhimtal region: Introduction, importance and their market formulations

Abstract

The plants are indispensable to man in his life. Apart from being an excellent source of food, clothing and shelter the plant kingdom has provided us with enormous plants with healing and curing properties to treat various diseases.Plants have been used since ancient times to heal and cure diseases and to improve health and wellbeing. Medicinal plants are chiefly used for curing stomach pain, fever, cold and cough, bleeding and wounds, fungal infection, burns, rheumatic pain, insect bite, influenza, diarrhoea, jaundice and cirrhosis. Medicinal plant provides herbal medicines to the peoples. Herbal medicines are also referred to as herbal remedies, herbal products, herbal medicinal products, phytomedicines, phytotherapeutic agents and phytopharmaceuticals. These medicinal plants are of great importance in various drug dosage forms. For the purpose of this study to collect sixteen medicinal plants from Bhimtal region. The collection of drug was done in the month of April and May 2014. The detailed study of these medicinal plants along with their marketed formulations was done from various sources.