A Comprehensive Review on Calotropis Gigantea Plant Extract

Plants used by peoples for medical treatments from ancient time and are still in used as traditional medicine and also practiced today. There are several plants having pharmacological action. The modern allopathic medicine having serious complication at therapeutic dose. Traditional herbal medicines play a significant role in management and treatment of diseases and are getting more visible attention in worldwide health debates. Traditional systems of medicine are practiced in many countries around the globe. There is a lot of reason that the people used herbal based medicine. Background: Calotropis gigantea, belonging to the Asclepiadaceae family, is a perennial herb and used in the field of traditional medicine for a long duration. [1][2] Objective: Calotropis gigantea is a perennial herb known for its applications in traditional medicine. It has been efficiently used in Ayurveda, Unani, and Siddha medicinal systems for years. All the plant parts have been used as medicine owing to its analgesic, anthelmintic, astringent, anti-inflammatory, wound healing, sedative, anti-asthmatic, antimicrobial, antioxidant, procoagulant, hepatoprotective, hypoglycemic, and pregnancy interceptive properties. For instance, leaves, latex, flowers, stem bark, root of the plant are used as expectorant, depilatory, in leprosy scabies of the scalp, eruptions on the body, piles, asthma, liver and spleen enlargement, and painful joint swellings.[2][3]