Medicinal plants: sources for potent futuristic medicines

Ayurveda is considered to be the science of life and this makes it an earlier medical science having a positive concept of health to be achieved through a balanced blend of physical, social, moral, mental and spiritual welfare. In Ayurveda, Homoeopathy, Unani, Siddha and several other systems of traditional medication the plants constitute the major resources. The potency of different medicinal plants in controlling diseases has been reviewed together with the status of popular chemically assembled drugs that exhibit several side-effects and after-effects. The present day shift of peoples’ inclination towards tribal medicines, ayurvedic, homoeopathic and unani system of medicines is an indication that these constitute the futuristic medications.