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Different Medicinal Plants of Bangladesh and Their Medicinal Uses: A Review Study

Tajmina Rahman, Md. Shahidul Islam

Abstract


From very beginning, plants are used to treat different kinds of diseases. The prevalence of various diseases is increased from recent years; therefore, various researches are going on to discover better medicine to treat those diseases. This study has focused on five plants which are traditionally used in Bangladesh for the treatment of various diseases like inflammation, skin diseases, small pox, anti-diarrhoeal, anti-diabetic, CNS depressant, uterine bleeding, menstrual bleeding, bleeding of haemorrhoids, gastrointestinal bleeding, rheumatic pain, diuretic, for bladder and kidney disease, snake bite, headache, insomnia etc. The studied five plants are Enhydra fluctuans Lour (Family: Asteracae), Persicaria hydropiper L. Delabre (Family: polygonaceae), Jasminum sambac L. Aiton (Familly: Oleaceae), Terminalia catappa L. (Familly: Combretaceae), Avicennia officinalis L. (Familly: Avicenniaceae). The pharmacological activities of these plants has been explored through literature search. Traditional medicine is more acceptable in the world and also Bangladesh because of their availability and reasonable prices. Traditional medicines are more popular in the developing countries including Bangladesh where 60 to 80 percent people depends on these medicines.

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