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Traditional Herbal Medicines and their Fertility Potential: A Review

Ashwani Kumar, Nisha Gadhwal

Journal of Complementary and Alternative Medical Research · pp. 24–32 · Published 9 Nov 2020

10.9734/jocamr/2020/v11i430193

Abstract

Rapid increase in population growth is causing strain on medical resources world  wide. Traditional folk medicines are region-specific, local resources based indigenous herb based, village based, and in many cases, community-specific. Different systems of medicine developed accordingly, which have been termed as Ayurvedic, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Malaysian, Yunani and more recently Homoeopathic. Aim of the present review is to study and review role of traditional herbal medicines in regulation of fertility problems including impotency   and female gynaecological problems. The method used was results of our own studies, existing literature, traditional knowledge from gunis vaidyas etc. It has been found that   Chlorophytum borivilianum Santapau & Fernandes (Liliaceae), Asparagus adscendens Roxb and Mucuna  pruriens L (DC) is being used in the indigenous systems of medicine as a galactogogue and aphrodisiac. It can be concluded that traditional medicines have an important role in improving fertility potential in humans.

Ayruvedic aphrodiasic safed musli mucuna male infertility.

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