World Journal of
Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences

THE IMPACT OF HERBAL IMMUNOMODULATORS ON HEALTH AMONG VILLAGE PEOPLE OF KERALA

Marva Ashraf*, Sreelakshmi K. P., Archana S., Saranya S. P. and Manikkan Ruby

ABSTRACT

Immunity is the body's ability to defend against infections. Our body come into contact with many pathogens on a daily basis yet only a number of them cause illness. Thus, immunity is a defence mechanism that our body can produce antibodies to fight these pathogens and shield the body from illness. Immunomodulators are certain medications alter the immune system in order to cure a condition. Many herbal immunomodulators are available such as Ashwagandha, Tulsi, Turmeric, ginger, Shankupushpi, Amla enhances our body’s immunity or cures disease condition. Now a days people are more preferring natural herbs due to their fewer side effect. Aim of our study is to conduct an online survey on “The impact of herbal immunomodulators on health among village people of kerala” and to find out most commonly used medicinal herbs and their effectiveness to enhance body’s immunity. From this study, we concluded that the large number of populations depends on natural medicine as herbal immunomodulator to prevent body from illness or to cure disease condition in which Tulsi, Turmeric, Moringa leaves and neem were the most commonly used one.

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