Open AccessREVIEW ON AZADIRACHTA INDICA LEAVES RELATED TO ITS ACTION AGAINST ACNE VULGARIS
Author(s) -
Samreen Gul Khan,
Yasmeen Shamsi,
Umar Jahangir,
Mukesh Manjhi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indian journal of unani medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0974-6056
DOI - 10.53390/ijum.v14i1.2
Subject(s) - azadirachta , acne , medicine , traditional medicine , disease , biology , dermatology , pathology
Acne vulgaris is a common dermatological disease with huge psychological burden. The pathophysiology of acne include various factors among them bacterial colonisation and inflammation are supreme culprit in the causation of disease. The leaves of Azadirachta indica possesses both antibacterial and anti-inflammatory actions against the causative micro-organism which supports the use of Azadirachta indica leaves in traditional system of medicine.