Prospects for phytopreparations (botanicals) use in modern pharmacology

Abstract

Relevance. In recent years, the popularity of phytotherapy, despite the great success in the development of chemical medicines, is increasing. Interest in the natural healing substances and preparations created on their basis has increased due to both the unique properties of phytopreparations and the rapidly developing technologies of research in biology, medicine and the production of medicines. Methodology. The analysis and structuring of the content of literature sources containing information on herbal medicines was carried out. Results. Herbal preparations (botanicals) have the following advantages: low toxicity at a sufficiently high efficiency; wide range of therapeutic effects; integrated organoprotective effect; harmonizing effect on all organs and systems of the body; minimal side effects; the relative cheapness compared with synthetic drugs; the possibility of cooking in the home. Herbal medicine has been applied as a primary and secondary prevention of various diseases, recovery and rehabilitation of the general population under the impact of negative environmental factors as a means of improving the health of adaptive reserves of the organism, in sports medicine. (For citation: Sambukova TV, Ovchinnikov BV, Ganapolskii VP. Prospects for phytopreparations (botanicals) use in modern pharmacology. Reviews on Clinical Pharmacology and Drug Therapy. 2017;15(2):56-63. doi: 10.17816/RCF15256-63).