An Overview on Ethnomedicinal Uses of Aloe vera Plant

By : Ushashee Mandal, Swagat Kumar Mallick, Binod Kumar Mohapatra, Gyanranjan Mahalik

Page No: 213-217

Abstract
Plants are utilized as nutrition, medicine, livestock farming, and construction material. A medicinal plant contains unique bioactive substances that provides a unique set of characteristics and purpose. Aloe vera is a succulent plant that thrives in desert and subtropical areas. It is utilized in Ayurveda, Homoeopathic, and Allopathic systems of medicine for its therapeutic benefits. People from many different cultures have used since a very long time, and among of its traditional uses include applications to lessen sweating, oral doses for diabetes, and treatment of a variety of gastrointestinal disorders. Moreover, it is employed to treat oral herpes, small injuries, burn wounds, and seborrhea dermatitis. Aloe vera appears to treat a number of diseases because of its abilities to heal wounds, boost immunity, fight against diabetes and other diseases, serve as a laxative, and have antibacterial, antiviral, and antifungal activities. Utilization of Aloe vera in dietary, drug and corrective arrangements draw consideration for age of logical data. Focusing on the significance of organically dynamic parts moved by the leaves of the Aloe vera plant and its broad use, it has become basic that, the leaf ought to be handled determined to hold fundamental bioactive parts. Hence, therapeutic uses of the plant have explicitly utilized for medicine and skin care product.

Authors :
Swagat Kumar Mallick and Gyanranjan Mahalik : Department of Botany, School of Applied Sciences, Centurion University of Technology and Management, Odisha, India.
Ushashee Mandal and Binod Kumar Mohapatra : Department of Botany, Prananath Autonomous College, Odisha, India.
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/JPSR.2023.39.02.22