EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF
PHARMACEUTICAL AND MEDICAL RESEARCH

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Abstract

MEDICINAL PLANTS USED IN THE TREATMENT OF PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE: A REVIEW

*Asra Shaheen and Anil Kumar

ABSTRACT

The uses of medicinal plants in holding numerous diseases is as old as human beings. Peptic Ulcer is a common gastrointestinal disorder whose formation depends on the presence of acid and peptic activity in gastric juice and decrease in mucosal defenses. Main causes of ulcer are emotional disturbanc, stressful lifestyl, alcohol consumption, irregular food habits, H.pylori infection etc. It can be treated by lowering the amount of acid in stomach. For this a number of synthetic drugs are given which have several side effects and less affordable. India still depends on medicinal plants. The aim of this article is to summarize about peptic ulcer, its causes, symptoms, treatment and study of ethnomedicinal plants used by ethnic people for treatment of ulcer.

Keywords: Ulcer, Alcohol, H.Pylori, Drugs, Stress.

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