Akbar Waheed, Munir A Khan, Malik Shah Zaman Latif, Miana G A.
A variety of Medicinal remedies and Nutraceuticals of Pakistan
J Pak Inst Med Sci Dec 2003;14(2):816-22.
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Dietary items or natural food products e.g., vegetables, fruits, milk etc which are used to treat or to control the severity of the disease or to keep human beings healthy are called nutraceuticals. Health plays an important role in the development of nations and health education plays an important role in the development of a health society. Almighty has blessed the mankind with many types of foods to keep them healthy. The mankind must know their properties and where and how these should be used. This is important especially now a days where most of the drugs are expensive and beyond the reach of a common man. Even in those who can afford these drugs, the prognosis for various diseases e.g., hypertension, diabetes mellitus, autoimmune diseases etc is not plausible. Sometime these drugs are not even available in the hospitals/ dispensaries; especially in the rural areas. In such areas, a patient can take the benefit at least for the time being by using these household medicines e.g., herbs, vegetables, fruits and dry fruits etc. This is a review article.

Category: Alternative Medicine
Keywords: Herbal Medicine. Nutrition. Nutraceuticals.

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