INTERCROPPING OF AYURVEDIC HERBS USEFUL IN THE MANAGEMENT OF DIABETES- A LIFESTYLE DISEASE
Journal Title: Asian J of Pharm Sci & Tech - Year 2015, Vol 5, Issue 1
Abstract
ABSTRACT A vibrant trade in herbal sector has resulted to consider issues related to conservation and cultivation of medicinal plants which are having high demand among patient population and pharma industry. The medical heritage of India is claimed to use raw drugs pertaining to some 7,500 medicinal plant species. FRLHT’s database brings out that the codified Indian medical traditions put to use raw drugs pertaining to only 2400 plant species. The number of raw drugs in trade is still less as only 1200 raw drugs pertaining to 880 species has been earlier reported to be in India. Most of the medicinal plants are collected from wild source by adopting destructive harvesting method leading to expansion of the list of endangered species. A need of the hour is to take up cultivation of medicinal plants by adopting intercropping practice. Intercropping of compatible plants also encourages biodiversity, by providing a habitat for a variety of insects and soil organisms that would not be present in a single crop environment. It is suggested to grow disease wise medicinal plant gardens in the place of Nakshatra vatikas (Gardens developed according to different stars and zodiacs). In the present paper, an attempt has been made to review certain medicinal plants with proven anti-diabetic activity like Enicostemma littorale, Salacia prinoides, Tinospora cordifolia, Gymnema sylvestre which can be used as intercropping species. Key words: Intercropping, Ayurvedic herbs, Anti-diabetic activity.
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K Nishteswar*
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