Medicinal Plants Used for the Treatment of Skin Ailments

Skin diseases are numerous and a frequently occurring health problem affecting all ages from the neonates to the elderly and cause harm in number of ways. Maintaining healthy skin is important for a healthy body. Many people may develop skin diseases that affect the skin, including cancer, herpes and cellulitis. Some wild plants and their parts are frequently used to treat these diseases. The use of plants is as old as the mankind. Natural treatment is cheap and claimed to be safe. It is also suitable raw material for production of new synthetic agents. Natural drugs from the plants are gaining popularity because of several advantages such as often having fewer side effects, better patient tolerance, being relatively less expensive and acceptable due to a long history of use. Besides herbal medicines provide rational means for the treatment of many diseases that are obstinate and incurable in other systems of medicine. For these reasons several plants have been investigated for treatment of skin diseases ranging from itching to skin cancer. Dr. Tripti Yadav "Medicinal Plants Used for the Treatment of Skin Ailments" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-6 | Issue-4 , June 2022, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd50332.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/biological-science/botany/50332/medicinal-plants-used-for-the-treatment-of-skin-ailments/dr-tripti-yadav