Introduction: Oral lichen planus (OLP) is a chronic autoimmune condition requiring prompt treatment to alleviate the signs and symptoms. There is weak evidence emphasizing the efficacy of any one therapy. Steroids, of all the therapies, have proved to be effective and hence considered as the standard care for OLP. However, the complications associated with it further worsen the patient's condition. Alternative safe approaches such as herbal interventions (HIs) have been tried in OLP. Their efficacies could only be evaluated from properly designed research protocols such as randomized controlled trials (RCTs). The present systematic review aims to assess the efficacy of HIs compared to steroids in RCTs involving OLP. Materials and Methods: An extensive search for HIs in OLP was conducted in PubMed, MEDLINE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Scopus, and gray literature. Eight studies fulfilled the eligibility criteria. Results: In all the studies, clinical severity was significantly reduced in within-group comparisons, whereas between-group comparisons showed nonsignificant results, except for total glucosides of paeony capsules. Conclusion: Efficacy of herbal therapy in OLP should be weighed against the high bias in the studies.

Selaginella Bryopteris is widely known medicinal plant in India. It has many medicinal use such as anti-bacterial, antifungal and anti-cancer activity. The present study is performed to determine the activity of Selaginella Bryopteris belongs to family Selaginellaceae against Salmonella Typhi (Non-pathogenic strain). The activity is done by using methanolic extract of Selaginella Bryopteris against standard strain, Salmonella Typhi (Non-pathogenic strain). The testing is done by agar cup plate method. The zone of inhibition of methanolic extract of Selaginella Bryopteris is compared with methanol blank as a standard. The 50mg/ml methanolic extract of Selaginella Bryopteris shows maximum inhibition (7mm) whereas the blank methanol does not show any kind of inhibition.