Artemisia afra, named after the Greek goddess Artemis, is the one of the most employed herbs for medicine in Southern Africa. It is known for healing coughs, colds, headaches, chills, dyspepsia, loss of appetite, gastric derangements, colic, croup, whooping-cough, gout, asthma, malaria, diabetes, bladder and kidney disorders, influenza, convulsions, fever, heart inflammation, and rheumatism (Liu et al., 2008).
Capsicum annuum or cayenne pepper has been administered for pain relief, blood circulation and getting rid of colds and fevers.
weight-loss, sexual dysfunction, and recreational herbal supplements market is blossoming. Unfortunately, herbs remain to be inadequately monitored while the demand for these supplements continues to grow.
All drugs have side effects including over-the-counter medicine (Morelli, 2022). Around 100,00 people die yearly in the U.S. from side effects from pharmaceutical drugs (Karimi et al., 2015). 8% of all hospitalizations in the country result from medications.
One benefit of animal studies is that it researches concerns that may not be ethical to test in people. However, because of the differences in biology along with clinical conditions, animal testing may not provide an accurate picture of how an herb may react in a person.
Currently, about 115 million animals are being experimented on even though there are physiological and genetic differences between animals and humans, which lowers the accuracy of animal testing
It has been found to alleviate diarrhea, fevers, diabetes, and hypertension. Southeast Asian tropical tree related to the coffee plant whose leaves were traditionally employed to make tea or chewed and smoked to provide energy for long working hours.
Peppermint and Spearmint are aromatherapeutic, anti-spasmodic, sedative, and carminative herbs. However, Peppermint has a stronger effect…
Adulteration poses a great health risk to the public and can cause adverse effects such as the case with Sudan dyes, a group 3 carcinogen.
African Potato earns its nickname as the Miracle Multi treating prostate hypertrophy, HIV/AIDS/ STDs, and infertility.
