INHERENT MEDICINAL USES OF PLANTS.

Plants have been used for medicinal purposes long before recorded history, for example ancient Chinese and Egyptian papyrus writings describe medicinal plant uses. Indigenous cultures such as India, used herbs in their healing rituals and also developed traditional medical systems such as Ayurveda. Others also developed Traditional Chinese Medicine in which herbal therapies were used systematically. HERBAL medicine, also called botanical medicine or phytomedicine refers to the use of plant seeds, berries, roots, leaves, bark or flowers for medicinal purposes. It is the oldest and most widely used system of medicine in the world today. It is used in all societies and is common to all cultures. KeyWords -Plants, Medicine, Ayurveda.