Recent updates on the role of herbal medicine for Alzheimer's disease (Dementia)

Abstract

This review paper highlights the use of medicinal plants in the management of Alzheimer's disease and memory deficit. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia, a serious brain disorder that impacts daily living through memory loss and cognitive changes. Alzheimer's disease is also age-related neurodegenerative disorders caused by progressive loss of structure or function of neurons, resulting in neuronal cell death. Alzheimer's patients have an acetylcholine deficiency. Stressful conditions, free radicle scavanging and oxidation are often associated with loss of memory and cognitive functions, which may lead to threats of schizophrenia and Alzheimer's disease. However, the use of allopathic drugs has resulted in the adverse side effects on the human body and thus limits the use of such drugs. Herbal cognitive enhancer drugs have shown their potent effect in Alzheimer’s disease due to their antioxidant and neuropharmacological actions. The use of natural cognitive enhancers evidenced to improve mental functions such as cognition, memory, intelligence, motivation, attention and concentration. Traditional Ayurvedic herbal system of medicine is fundamentally preventive, protective, nutritive, curative and less expensive. Therefore, the use of herbal medicine for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease is a novel approach without any side effects.

Non surgical homepathic treatment of kidney stones: A review of north western India

“…Medicines made from plants have been crucial in the treatment of kidney stone disease (Nagpal and Sharma, 2020;Gauri and Sanjay, 2020;Akram and Idrees, 2019;Amarasiri et al, 2020;Sundaram et al, 2019;Shirani et al, 2020;Khan et al, 2019). Many of these natural products have pharmacological or biological properties that can be used to discover and create new pharmaceutical drugs (Malabadi et al, 2021;Malabadi and Chalannavar, 2020). Patients with kidney stones have the option of utilising herbal treatment as well (Nagpal and Sharma, 2020;Gauri and Sanjay, 2020;Akram and Idrees, 2019).…”

Cannabis sativa: Release of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) Affecting Air Quality

“…are native to the Indian sub-continent and required warm temperatures and high light intensity to achieve good yields . Humans have a long history with Cannabis sativa, with evidence of cultivation dating back as far as 10,000 years (12,82). The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that Cannabis is the most widely cultivated, trafficked and abused illicit drug, and it constitutes over half of worldwide drug seizures (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12).…”

“…Cannabis sativa and Cannabis indica were native of Indian origin found as wild noxious weed in the Indian Himalayan Region and other parts of India (3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9). Since then, hemp consumption has been spurred on by its wide range of properties and uses from Indian Himalayan civilization to another civilization through consecutive millennia (3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(82)(83)(84)(85)(86)(87)(88)(89)(90)(91)(92)(93). Cannabis research work remains years behind than other crops because of the long legacy of prohibition and stigmatization (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15).…”

“…Cannabis research work remains years behind than other crops because of the long legacy of prohibition and stigmatization (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15). Hemp has historically been attractive for its top-quality fibre and edible oil (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(82)(83)(84)(85)(86)(87)(88)(89)(90)(91)(92)(93). The uses of Cannabis are economically significant, owing to the various food industry applications and the development of therapeutic and pharmacological applications of phytocannabinoids (80)(81)…”

“…Hemp has historically been attractive for its top-quality fibre and edible oil (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(82)(83)(84)(85)(86)(87)(88)(89)(90)(91)(92)(93). The uses of Cannabis are economically significant, owing to the various food industry applications and the development of therapeutic and pharmacological applications of phytocannabinoids (80)(81)(82)(83)(84)(85)(86)(87)(88)(89)(90)(91)(92)(93).…”