Revista de farmacognosia y productos naturales

A Brief Review of Indigenous Plants as Sources of Pharmaceutical Interests

Abstract

Mohiuddin AK

The knowledge base of pharmacy medicine is changing. Even five decades ago rural people used to visit kobiraj doctors for traditional medication mostly obtained from the roots and leaves of the remote plants (As seen in old dramas and movies). During 1970 to 1980, a modern allopathy system taken over most of it and plant medicines were completely became obsolete. Even talking about those medicines means people are looking at you saying “what old age are you living?”. Interestingly the same concept is back in the name of modern herbal medicine, anybody will be surprised to know that the sales volume of herbal medicines jumped to take over 10 billion in 2010 against take over 10 million in 1980 in Bangladesh. In the language of the philosophers it is “the Circle of Life”. Of course, there's no denying the effectiveness of modern medicine. The drugs used in modern medicine are powerful but quite often; the risks with these drugs are also high.