What is a Polyherbal mixture?

One of the commonly prescribed ‘anti-diabetic’ polyherbal mixtures by European herbalists is made of Rubus fruticosus and Vaccinium myrtillus leaves, Potentilla erecta roots, Geum urbanum aerial parts and Phaseolus vulgaris pods.

How do you prepare Polyherbal formulation?

Preparation of the formulation Powdered drugs were sterilized using UV radiation at 60°C. Powdered drugs were homogenized using mortar and pestle. The powdered drugs were mixed in a geometrical ratio.

What is herbal formulation?

Herbal formulations means a dosage form consisting of one or more herbs or processed herbs in specified quantities to provide specific nutritional, cosmetic benefits meant for use to diagnose, treat, mitigate diseases of human beings or animals, alter the structure or physiology of human beings or animals.

What is Ayurvedic formulation?

Ayurvedic medicines are based on plants, animals extract and minerals both in single ingredient drugs and compound formulations, however, Ayurveda does not rule out any substances from being used as a potential source of medicine.

What is Polyherbal formulation (PHF)?

Polyherbal formulation (PHF) is the use of more than one herb in a medicinal preparation. The concept is found in Ayurvedic and other traditional medicinal systems where multiple herbs in a particular ratio may be used in the treatment of illness. It is used in these systems for the treatment of many diseases, including diabetes.

Do polyherbal formulations work synergistically?

Interest in polyherbal formulations has increased due to higher therapeutic efficacy and minimal side effects, presuming that polyherbal formulations work synergistically in different pathways (Karole et al., 2019).

Which country has the highest number of publications on Polyherbal formulation?

The authors have focused last six years of Publications on Polyherbal formulation in different countries and found that India have topped among the number of publications on polyherbal formulation followed by Nigeria, South Korea, Pakistan and Bangladesh. List of other countries also mentioned on scientific contribution of polyherbal therapy.

What is meant by Poly-herbalism?

Due to the synergistic effect of different extracts, the poly-herbalism confers certain benefits that are not available in a single herbal extract or formulation [7, 8]. The mixture of different bioactive constituents from plant extracts and several other natural products produces synergistic effects.