Adulteration & Substitution: An Interrupted and Noninterrupted Practices in Medicinal Plants in Ambiguous Herbal World

Abstract

In India approximately 80% tribal population depends on herbal medicines for their health and proper care to cure disease at first primary level. Generally, these herbal medicines are classified into five different classes. Now a days people are not more worried about Ayurvedic medicines therefore Ayurvedic practitioners become busy professionals like other modern practitioners because preparation of their own medicines requires so much time and its processing is hard enough for patients as well as their family members also. Substitution of Ayurvedic medicines is carried out therefore is carried out Ayurvedic medicines are facings number of problems for different purposes. Ambiguous medicinal plants are those plants which are described very well in classes of Ayurvedic ancient medicines in a well manner but their identification is not yet clear. Based on book related survey these plants are identified and defined by many names. Sometimes one common name is given to two or more than two medicinalplants.Substitution and aduteration are activities that are most often seen in herbal businesses. Aim of th ese practices is mainly found in many large or small commercial firms include Worst mixing with other plant raw m aterials, substitution,addition with great skill, loss of medicinal properties of main drug. Now a day's substitution a nd adulteration is extremely important step in herbal businesses. Therefore there is need for proper methods for their right medicinal plants and herbal medicines.