Ethnobotanical Survey on Antiurolithiatic Activity of Some Medicinal Plants

Supriya D Waghmare

doi:10.47392/irjash.2020.131

Abstract

Now a day’s 80% of world population depends on herbal drugs. Apart from the synthetic drugs, Herbs has a medicinal properties as they have active constituents which are found to be more beneficial with less or no side effects. On the other hand overuse of synthetic drugs has create an interest to return to natural remedies. Prevalence of kidney stones or calculi is most common and painful disorder in population these days. Urinary stones are found in all parts of the urinary tract, the kidney, the Ureter and urinary bladder. Different causes of renal calculi are deposits of minerals, infections, hereditary factors. This may result into uremia, pyelonephritis , kidney failure etc. In the present study has been made to prominence and potential of herbal option for urinary stone or renal stone.

Highlights

Since, evolution, humans race is constantly being challenged by many dreadful diseases and it is a difficult task to combat each one of them in the present scenario
Evolution, humans race is constantly being challenged by many dreadful diseases and it is a difficult task to combat each one of them in the present scenario. This situation has brought about an alarming situations with sporadic increase in the incidences of life style diseases such as diabetes mellitus, heart diseases, arthritis, cancer and urolithiasis, all over the world and India is not an exception
It is estimated that 12 % of world population experiences renal stone disease with a recurrence rate 70-80% in male and 47-60% in female (Orson, 2006 [6], Soundararajan et al.,2006)[12]

Summary

Introduction

Evolution , humans race is constantly being challenged by many dreadful diseases and it is a difficult task to combat each one of them in the present scenario. This situation has brought about an alarming situations with sporadic increase in the incidences of life style diseases such as diabetes mellitus, heart diseases, arthritis, cancer and urolithiasis, all over the world and India is not an exception. WHO (World Health Organization) estimated that 80% of people worldwide rely on herbal medicine for some aspects of their primary health care needs.[3] From the ethanobotanical survey number of plants used for anti-urolithiatic activities.

Flowering plant Roots bark leaves

Finger millet

Aerial part of plant

Ginger Maize

Findings

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