Herbal Medicine - A Review Article

Narinder Kumar, Pankaj Chibber, Surjeet Singh, Sumer Singh, GD Singh

Abstract: Herbal and dietary supplements are generally used all over the World. There is a tendency or act for under reporting their intake by patients and the dimension or extent of their use is acknowledged by Physicians. Herbal hepatotoxicity is not uncommonly encountered, but the precise incidence and characteristic sign or symptoms of an illness have not been well characterized.

Keywords: Phytomedicines, Hepatotoxicity, Ayurveda, Flavonoids, Phenols, Alkaloids and Tannins