Medicinal plants are plants that have various
medicinal properties and are used as herbal remedies for treating many diseases.
Since ancient time’s medicinal plant were very popular and still now they are
widely used in Ayurvedic preparations to cure diseases. Herbal remedies
were popular from the ancient times and are widely used in Ayurveda for
treating many disorders. Many of the herbs that we use in our daily life also
provide curative health benefits such as ginger, garlic, turmeric, peppermint,
spearmint, rosemary, onion, garcinia, ginkgo biloba etc have therapeutic properties.
Most of the herbs are used for treating common cold, flu, fever, asthma,
bronchitis etc and help people to get relief from mental and physical stress.
An essential oil is extracted from most of the herbs which is then used for
curing many diseases and skin conditions. Most of these medicinal plants have
antibacterial and antifungal properties besides having antioxidant properties.
Antioxidants help to protect the body from damage causing free radicals and
prevent cancer and inflammations. Herbal
teas made by the infusion or decoction of medicinal plants or parts of the
plants are highly curative and are readily available in the market in the form
tea bags. Ginseng tea bag, ginger tea, ginkgo biloba tea, peppermint tea,
spearmint tea etc are very popular.
