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SIRAS (ALBIZIA LEBBECK (L.) BENTH.) AND ITS MEDICINAL USES IN UNANI MEDICINE- A REVIEW

  • CELLMED
  • Abbr : CellMed
  • 2020, 10(2), pp.12-12
  • DOI : 10.5667/CellMed.2020.0012
  • Publisher : Cellmed Orthocellular Medicine and Pharmaceutical Association
  • Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > General Medicine
  • Received : January 29, 2020
  • Accepted : March 20, 2020
  • Published : May 29, 2020

Azma Waseem 1 Anwar Jamal 2 Waseem Ahmad 3 Mohammad Fazil 1

1HAK Institute of Literary and Historical Research in Unani Medicine
2Scientist-III, HAK Institute of Literary and Historical Research in Unani Medicine
3CCRUM

Candidate

ABSTRACT

Higher incidences of adverse reaction associated with the prolonged use of synthetic drugs has once again increased the faith of humans in the traditional systems of medicine and motivated them to return back towards the clinical proven remedies for the treatment. It is also true that number of modern medications used in the present scenario, were developed from various plants. In Unani System of medicine, numerous herbal drugs are mentioned for medicinal purpose. Siras (Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth.) is one of them. It is found all over India. Almost all parts of this plant are used for the treatment of ailments such as migraine, conjunctivitis, diarrhea, jaundice, skin problems, asthma etc. Many chemical constituents have been isolated from Albizia lebbeck such as lebbekannin, echinocystic acid, flavonoids, Linoleic acid, saponins etc. This review highlights the medicinal properties and therapeutic uses of Albizia lebbeck and scientific studies conducted on the drug in human and animal models that will provide the further research direction.

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