ETHNOMEDICINE

LOCAL TO GLOBAL
 WHAT IS
GLOBALISATION ???
 MEDICAL TOURISM

JOB OPPORTUNITIES
BENEFITS OF
GLOBALISATION NEW MARKETS FOR AYURVEDIC
TO AYURVEDA MEDICINES.

UPDATION OF KNOWLEDGE

UNIVERSAL ACCEPTANCE
 GLOBALISATION
GENUINE OR FAKE

PRACTICE
COMMERIA
BASED
LIZATION
AYURVEDA
Need of the hour……… VALID

RESEARCH RELIABLE

To Scientifically validate efficacy of Ayurvedic

treatment keeping
FUNDAMENTALS OF AYURVEDA INTACT, with
PROPER DOCUMENTATION OF DATA & RESULTS
 RESEARCH = TO FIND

TYPES

LITERARY FUNDAMENTAL DRUG CLINICAL

DRUG RESERACH
DRUG RESEARCH
Drug development and Pharmaceutical Research(Dravyaguna,
Rasa Shastra and Bhaishajya Kalpana etc.)
Fundamental and Applied aspects of Drug Research in
Ayurveda
Phytochemistry, Quality Control and Drug Standardization
including Pharmacognosy

Experimental Pharmacology/Toxicology Research

Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

Medicinal Plant Research (Medico-Ethno Botanical Survey and
Cultivation of Medicinal Plants)

Local Health Traditions (LHTs/ Folk Medicine/ Ethno-Medicine)

CHALLENGE  Absence Of A Standard Protocol.
S FACED :  Controversies In The Identity Of Raw Herb,
 Quality Control And Standardization
 Accepting Modern Research And
Methodology for Ayurvedic drugs.
 Toxicity Studies.
 Plagarism.
 Unexplored Medicinal Pants.
 Lack Of Publication Awareness
Global to Local…
PAPAVER SOMNIFERA, AHIPHEN
NATIVE OF EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN,
TURKEY

ALOE VERA
NATIVE OF ARABIAN PENINSULA, EYGPT

AZADIRACHTA EXCELSA
NATIVE OF SOUTHERN THAILAND, PENINSULAR
MALAYSIA, AND PALAWAN ISLAND OF THE PHILIPPINES
Current Focus…… Unexplored Medicinal Plants
in Ayurveda
1. •SURVEY (Ethno botany & ethnomedicine)

2. •IDENTIFICATION & AUTHENTIFICATION

3. •PHARMACOGNOSTICAL EVALUATION

4. • PHARMACOLOGICAL STUDY

5. • CLINICAL TRIALS

6. • SAFETY & EFFICACY

Mutingia calubra (Family – Mutingiaceae)

NATIVE : Southern Mexico,

tropical South America,
Central America
COMMAN NAME : Jamaica
cherry, strawberry tree,
cotton candy berry.
 Friuts are eaten raw- cooked in tarts & made into jam.

The leaves, either boiled or steeped in water, are

used to reduce gastric ulcer and swelling of the
prostate gland, and to alleviate headache and cold
in Peru.

In Peruvian folklore medicine, the flowers and bark

are used as an antiseptic and to reduce swelling in
lower extremities.
In Colombia, the infusion of the flowers is used as a
tranquillizer and tonic
In the Philippines, the flowers are also used to treat
headache and incipient cold or as tranquillizers,
antispasmodics, and antidyspeptics.
The roots have been used as an emmenogogue in Vietnam and as an
abortifacient in Malaysia.
In Mexico, the plant is used to treat measles, mouth pimples, and
stomachache
Ref : N.D. Mahamood, Journal of Pharmaceutical Biology Volume 52, 2014 - Issue 12, Pages 1598-1623
Pimento diocia (Family : Myrtaceae)

NATIVE :
Southern Mexico,
Central America,
West Indies
COMMAN NAME : All
spice
 ❖ Jamaicans also drink hot tea with Allspice
for colds, dysmenorrhea (menstrual cramps)
and dyspepsia (upset stomach).
❖ Costa Ricans are known to use Allspice to
treat dyspepsia and diabetes.
❖ Guatemalans are known to apply crushed
Allspice berries to bruises, sore joints and
for myalgia (muscle ache).
❖ In Cuban medicine, Allspice along with other
herbal mixtures is used to relieve
indigestion.
❖ Leaves used in bath for varicose veins, gout
& edema on legs.
❖ Warm tea + inhalation of warm vapours of
leaves useful in pyrexia, respiratory
infections.
Ref: Lei Zhang, National Institute of Health, Current Drug Targets. 2012
December ; 13(14): 1900–1906.
Mussenda philipica (Family : Rubiaceae)

NATIVE : African and

Asian tropics and
subtropics
COMMAN NAME : Donna
auroa
 Premature ejaculation. 1 tola (local measure, 1 tola = philippica A. Rich
11.4 g) root is crushed with 1 and ¼th black pepper seed and taken in
Bangladesh.

 For influenza, the tambalan healers of Samar use the scrapping of the
bark of M. philippica . Mixed and pounded, the expressed juice strained
and mixed with lemon extract; taken three times daily.

 Plant is used for dysentery and snake bites.

 Decoction of roots and leaves used for affections of the chest and lung.

 Root and the while, full-grown sepals are used in jaundice.

 Bark used for stomach ache.

 Externally, decoction of leaves used as emollient.

Ref : Mohammed Rahmatullah, American-Eurasian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture,
4(1): 70-85, 2010 ISSN 1995-0748.
Ipomoea obscura (Family : Convolvulaceae)

NATIVE : Africa, Asia, and certain

Pacific Islands.
COMMAN NAME : Morning glory
  Leaf sap is used to treat fits of insanity.

 Dried & powdered leaves + ghee – treats

aphthae.

 Root decoction is used in dysentery

 Seeds contains a hallucinogen called LSD –

used to treat mental disorders.

 Seed is anthelmintic, diuretic & laxative,

used to treat oedema, oliguria, ascariasis &
constipation.
Ref : A. Mungole, Indian Journal of Science and Technology Vol.2 No. 8 (Aug 2009)
ISSN: 0974- 6846 .
Broaden our horizons !!!!