Pharmacological Investigation on Aegle marmelos for treating stress-related disorders as depression on Experimental Animals

Abstract

Traditional herbal medicines are defined by the World Health Organisation as naturally occurring, plant-derived compounds that have undergone little to no industrial processing and have been utilised in local or regional healing practices to treat sickness. Because of its natural origin and low risk of side effects, traditional herbal medicine and its preparations have been used extensively for thousands of years in both developed and developing nations. Originally, these treatments were made up of unrefined substances such tinctures, teas, poultices. In China, there are over 5000 traditional cures that make up about 25% of the country's total pharmaceutical market. Research on the clinical, pharmacological, and chemical properties of these ancient medicines—which were primarily made from plants—formed the foundation for the majority of early medications, including digitoxin, aspirin, morphine, quinine (from the bark of cinchona), and pilocarpine (Jaborandi).