The Indian Magical Herb: '˜Sanjeevni' (Selaginella Bryopteris)

India is the largest producer of medicinal herbs and is called the botanical garden of the world. Ayurveda and herbal medicine are two important forms of alternative medicine that is widely available in India. In rural India, 70 per cent of the population depends on the traditional type of medicine. In India the herbal remedy is so popular that the government of India has created a separate department'”AYUSH'”under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. In Indian mythology sanjeevani also known as miracle herb due to its alleged potentiality for '˜resurrecting' life. Literally sanjeevani means something that offers life; jeeva = life. Out of preliminary listing of about 17 plant species which could be Sanjeevani only three final species were shortlisted which were Cressa cretica, Selaginella bryopteris, and Desmotrichum fimbriatum. Out of which currently Selaginella bryopteris is considered as Sanjeevani. Sanjeevani is distributed widely in India and Nepal. This herbs have lots of medicinal values such as Relief from heat stroke and the burning sensation during urination, Restoring menstrual irregularities to normal, Helping in easy delivery of pregnant women in minimizing the labor pain, In the treatment of Jaundice, Antiprotozoal activity, In the treatment of HIV infection, Growth promoting and protective activity, Activity against rediation, In improvement of learning and memory, In dehydration, etc. Rohit Kumar | Rajan Kothari | Jayesh Gadhiya"The Indian Magical Herb: '˜Sanjeevni' (Selaginella Bryopteris)" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-2 | Issue-4 , June 2018, URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd12924.pdf http://www.ijtsrd.com/medicine/other/12924/the-indian-magical-herb-'˜sanjeevni'-selaginella-bryopteris/rohit-kumar