Mohammed Tabarak Hussain

Herbal medicine has occupied special place in the world of pharmaceuticals. Lavendula stoechus Linn, known as Ustukhuddoos is such a plant origin drug documented in Unani literature, which possesses many pharmacological actions, few are scientifically evaluated and many are yet to be evaluated.  The present review attempts to encompass the up to date comprehensive literature analysis on Lavendula stoechus Linn with respect to its phytochemistry, pharmacognostic characters and its various pharmacological activities.

Nature is a treasure of many medicinal plants. Some of them are been explored for their medicinal properties and many are yet to be explored. Few plant and plant products possessing nutritional values also possess medicinal values. Zizyphus jujuba Mill commonly known as Jujuba Fruit, Unnab, Ber etc is one of such plant origin drug which is used as edible fruit for its nutritional values and simultaneously as a herbal medicine, since it also possesses medicinal properties as mentioned in the Unani literature.