Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth. : A Short Review

Purendra Singh¹ , Teena Agrawal²

1. Department of Chemistry, Banasthaly Vidyapith , Newai, Rajasthan, India.
2. Department of Chemistry, Banasthaly Vidyapith , Newai, Rajasthan, India.

Section:Review Paper, Product Type: Isroset-Journal
Vol.5 , Issue.5 , pp.8-11, Oct-2018

Online published on Oct 31, 2018

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Abstract :
Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth. (Family- Fabacrae) are commonly known as shirisha, siris and shris in hindi [1]. It is a significant medicinal tree found in India and other countries [2] Folk medicine of the natures is the medicines of the local peoples. They are the resultant of the human close observation of the nature as well as their natural organisms. In this case they watch the plants and their products and the ultiseses them for the cure of the diseases. Magic and the witchcraft play a great role in it. In these days the diseases was supposes to be the factor for the resultant of the environment as well as the external factors are different from the chemical medicines; they are the part of their cultures. This information passes from the generation to the generation by the talking and by the other means. The main difference between modern chemical medicine and traditional folk medicine is the causal factors of the disease. While modern chemical medicine tries to explain the causes of disease by germ theory, traditional medicine, which also accepts the existence of germs, explains disease by magical and supernatural event. Here in this review articles we are presenting the general aspects of the A. lebbeck as well as the there some applications which are used by the peoples .The plant is very valuable from the ethnobtanical point of view and there parts extracts are used in the Indian Ayuerveda as well as in the homeopathy and the Arabic medicines.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth., germ theory, traditional medicine, the Indian Ayuerveda, Folk medicines’, homeopathy and the Arabic medicines

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