Decoction and Their Biological Activities

Abstract

Modern procedures and unique approaches to therapeutic modification get a boost from ethnic expertise. Ayurvedic medicine is a specialized form of traditional medicine that developed in India and the surrounding subcontinents. Decoction is a basic Ayurvedic dose form that is one of the most commonly used and thought to be one of the most effective in traditional medicine. Plant ingredients are chopped into small pieces and soaked in a certain amount of water in an earthenware pot and other vessels to make decoctions. Polyherbal formulations, such as decoctions, have long been used in Ayurveda to treat a variety of ailments. It has been discovered that decoction can aid in the treatment and prevention of a variety of diseases, including neurodegenerative diseases, nasal diseases, allergic rhinitis, cancer, jaundice, liver disorders and metabolic diseases, cold pathogenic diseases, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and so on. This chapter delves into one of the oldest types of extractions utilized by our forefathers to treat a variety of ailments.