Nafees Sana, Akhtar Jamal, Kaur Jasbir
Department of Ocular Biochemistry, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine, Ministry of AYUSH, Govt. of India, New Delhi, India.
Avicenna J Phytomed. 2022 Nov-Dec;12(6):566-575. doi: 10.22038/AJP.2022.20345.
Traditional herbal plants have been in use since ancient times to treat ophthalmic conditions; so, the aim of this study is to evaluate some potent Indian traditional medicinal plants used in ophthalmic diseases in order to summarize their potential effect in ophthalmology along with their mechanism of action.
Databases PubMed, Google Scholar, and Embase were extensively explored. Additionally, relevant textbooks and literatures were consulted to summarize most of the considerable scientific literature for the review. Search term included ophthalmology, glaucoma, cataract, trachoma, conjunctivitis, traditional medicines, Unani drugs, and ayurvedic drugs were used. Around 80 review articles were consulted from the year 1982 to 2021.
The traditional medicinal plants are easily available, cost-effective and have no associated side effects in comparison to current conventional treatments. Moreover, these drugs in oppose to modern medicine, have an inherent potential to accelerate the body's own immunity to fight against any infection. A large volume of scientific studies has reported the beneficial effects of traditional drugs in ophthalmology.
This review, therefore, describes the potential benefits and uses of some traditional medicinal plants used in ophthalmic diseases.
传统草药自古以来就被用于治疗眼科疾病；因此，本研究的目的是评估一些用于眼科疾病的强效印度传统药用植物，以便总结它们在眼科的潜在作用及其作用机制。
广泛检索了PubMed、谷歌学术和Embase数据库。此外，还查阅了相关教科书和文献，以总结本次综述的大部分重要科学文献。检索词包括眼科、青光眼、白内障、沙眼、结膜炎、传统药物、尤纳尼药物和阿育吠陀药物。查阅了1982年至2021年期间约80篇综述文章。
与目前的传统治疗方法相比，传统药用植物容易获得、成本效益高且无相关副作用。此外，与现代医学不同，这些药物具有加速人体自身免疫力以抵抗任何感染的内在潜力。大量科学研究报道了传统药物在眼科的有益作用。
因此，本综述描述了一些用于眼科疾病的传统药用植物的潜在益处和用途。
