Traditional Medicine for Maintaining Skin HealthShow others and affiliations
2025 (English)In: Phytochemical Potentials for Dermatological Applications / [ed] Florina Miere (Groza); Simona Ioana Vicas; Amit Kumar Mandal, CRC Press , 2025, p. 1-17Chapter in book (Other academic)
Abstract [en]
Traditional medicines are the collection of basic theories, medical practices, indigenous experiences, folk beliefs, pre-historical knowledge, and fundamental approaches by using natural ingredients from plants, animals, minerals, etc., in the maintenance of health as well as in the diagnosis, prevention and/or treatment of ailments by applying either in single or in combinations. Different beneficial experiences of traditional medicines have drawn the attention of medical practitioners and healthcare advisors, because of their easy availability, sustainability and intrinsic acceptability with fewer side effects. Having ethnopharmacological importance, this milieu of diverse medicinal products is the root of many developed dominant medical systems like Ayurveda and Unani in India. In traditional practices, there have been quite a substantial number of alternative treatment strategies that have significant roles in skin health. Various components of indigenous medicine have been used for the prevention of different dermatological concerns like eczema, psoriasis, skin rashes, acne, etc., and have promising roles on cutaneous circulation, moisturization and reduction of microbial loading due to anti-microbial, anti-inflammatory, anticancer activities including cell stimulating properties. This chapter will depict frequently used indigenous medicinal practices in Indian settings for nurturing skin health.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
CRC Press , 2025. p. 1-17
National Category
Dermatology and Venereal Diseases
Research subject
Chemistry of Interfaces
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-112114DOI: 10.1201/9781003394846-1Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-86000503728OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-112114DiVA, id: diva2:1947607
Note
ISBN for host publication: 978-1-032-49113-4, 978-1-032-49657-3, 978-1-003-39484-6
2025-03-262025-03-262025-10-21Bibliographically approved