MEDICINAL IMPORTANCE OF VARIOUS VEGETABLE CROPS

MANOJ KUMAR¹*, NARENDER KUMAR^2
1Department of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare, Haryana India
²Department of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare, Haryana India
* Corresponding Author : drvermamanoj@gmail.com

Received : 02-06-2018     Accepted : 12-06-2018     Published : 15-06-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 11       Pages : 6330 - 6332
Int J Agr Sci 10.11 (2018):6330-6332

Keywords : Vegetable, Medicines, Nyctalopia, Antioxidants, Laxative, Healing, anthelmintic, haemorrhoids, haemoptysis and splenitis
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author thankful to Department of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare, Haryana India.
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

All of us know the role of different vegetables in human life. They have natural healing power. From the ancient times, India was far-advanced in health knowledge then other country of the worlds. From the time immemorial the medicinal importance of vegetables is known by the peoples. Numbers of books were written which describe the medicinal value of vegetables viz., Rig Veda one of them that describe the medicinal importance of vegetables. The main advantage of these vegetable medicines is accurate and have no side effects of after effect like antibiotics of modern medicines. Vegetables are used as a medicine and cooking purpose for centuries. Vegetables are a rich source of carbohydrates, protein, vitamins, amino acids and minerals like. Iron, Potassium and Magnesium etc., they are directly involved in the metabolism of human body. The Vegetable crop acts as medicines for many diseases like. Nyctalopia (night-blindness), Edema, anthelmintic, gonorrhea, peptic ulcer, haemoptysis, respiratory problems, haemorrhoids, leprosy, splenitis and heart disease etc. Vegetables indirectly act as an alternative source of medicinal drugs, which are easily available in natural habitat and also in wild forms. In the several dicates there has been incredibly increase in the use of vegetables-based health products in different countries especially in developed countries because of their advances techniques. Now days, use of plant-based health products are increasing in all countries, resulting in an exponential growth of vegetable products in the world. Hence, during upcoming time by analyzing these plants for available bioactive contents they may be introduced as future Vegetable medicine.

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