“…5 Herbal drugs offer an alternative to the synthetic compounds and are considered either nontoxic or less toxic than their synthetic counterparts. Natural products with free radical scavenging, antioxidant, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, wound healing, radioprotective, and immunostimulatory properties could be of possible use in the prevention of radiation mucositis and previous studies have shown that honey, 2,6 Isatis indigotica, 7 Leptospermum scoparium, 8 Glycyrrhiza glabra, 9 and Kunzea ericoides, 8 possess beneficial effects. The rhizome of Curcuma longa Linn, commonly known as turmeric and belonging to the ginger family, Zingaberaceae is an important spice and a medicinal agent in the various traditional and folk systems of medicine in India, and through different routes of administration, including topically, orally, and by inhalation.…”