Herbal Medicines in Livestock Disease Control: A Boon for Livestock Industry

摘要

India has well-recorded and well practiced knowledge of traditional herbal medicine. The indigenous knowledge on medicinal plants is gaining worldwide recognition. The World Health Organization has estimated that more than 80% of the world's population in developing countries depends primarily on herbal medicine for basic healthcare needs. Medicinal herbs contain a vast spread of pharmacologically-active ingredients and each herb has its own unique combination and properties. They are classified in modern herbal medicine or phytotherapy according to their spheres of action. Recognized actions include alterative, anodyne, anthelmintic, anti-catarrhal, anti-emetic, anti-inflammatory, antilithic, antibacterial, antifungal, antispasmodic, aperient/laxative, cardiac, carminative and cathartic/purgatives among others.