Herbal medicines are referred as Herbalism or Botanical Medicine or Phytomedicines. With the increasing use of Herbal Medicines, its marketing and safety has become a major concern for health authorities. The WHO estimates that 4 billion people about 80 % of world population use Herbal Medicines for some kind of primary healthcare The WHO developed a strategy on traditional medicines for the period 2002-2005. One of the major objectives was to promote safety, efficacy and quality of Traditional Medicine. The safety and efficacy of Ayurvedic herbal medicine can be achieved by proper Storage and Handling of herbs for various Ayurvedic Dosage Forms. The storage and handling of raw Ayurvedic Herbal drugs can be improved by emphasizing on good storage house for storage of herbs, packaging of raw herbs, testing of raw herbs as per API format, removal of microbes from raw herbs, processes of sterilization and tips for good storage of herbs etc. The assessment of quality, safety and efficacy of medicinal plants can be established and improved by regulating the storage, packaging and handling of raw herbs for various Ayurvedic herbal drugs which is the most important aspect in this direction. The standardization of storage, packaging and handling of raw herbal drug results in highly safe, effective and quality herbal products which would accelerate the global acceptance of Indian system of Medicine.
The traditional system of medicine has developed faith and pronounced as effective and safe method of treatment. Mucuna pruriens use to treat impotence, diabetes mellitus and has anti-ulcer activity. On the other side NSAID's (Non-Steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs) is popular group of medicament use to treat inflammation and pain. Aspirin is the most common NASID in the practice which is well known to cause gastrointestinal ulcers. To evaluate the antiulcer activity of aqueous extract of Mucuna pruriens in aspirin induced ulcers. Preparation of extracts separately with Petroleum ether, alcohol and water. A total of thirty adult albino wistar rats were divided into four groups to evaluate the anti-ulcer effect. Group 1 Aspirin control (150 mg/kg) Group 2 Aspirin + Standard drug (Pantoprazole 40 mg/kg/per oral) Group 3 Aspirin + Mucuna pruriens aqueous extract (200mg/kg body weight) Group 4: Aspirin + Mucuna pruriens aqueous extract (400mg/kg body weight). The aqueous extract of Mucuna pruriens showed a dosedependent protection against Aspirin induced gastric ulceration. The extract protected the rat stomach from ulceration by 58.3% at a dose of 200 mg/kg body wt. (P≤0.001) and this increased to 86.8 (P≤0.001) at 400 mg/kg body wt. as compared to solvent treated rats, respectively. This was the same percentage protection as 40 mg/kg body wt. of the proton pump inhibitor like pantoprazole. Mucuna pruriens showed significant antiulcer activity in experimentally induced ulcer in rat model by decreasing the gastric secretions and by enhancing glycoprotein levels.
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