A Potential Role of Ayurvedic Treatment in Tuberculosis

Surbhi Gupta; Savita Kumari

doi:10.37591/(rrjops).v10i1.254

Abstract

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top tencauses of death worldwide and verified as a global health problem. The main reason of globalhealth problem is generally the tremendous burden of disease. In the estimated survey of TB in2016, 10.4 million people suffered with TB and 1.7 million died with this disease. After a longperiod of neglect some new interventions are developed by various studies which targets thetransmission process i.e., interrupts the transmission of TB among the population. Nowadays,various synthetic drug regimens are followed but the drugs which are scheduled in this regimenhave some side effects. However, to avoid these side effects some natural herbs such asAyurvedic treatment are used for beneficial treatment. The choice of beneficial treatment mainlydepends on the severity, age and extent of disease. In this review, we are discussing about therecent natural and synthetic drug regimen used to treat active disease conditions.Keywords: Tuberculosis (TB), Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), etiopathogenesis,resistance, synthetic drug regimenCite this ArticleGupta S, Kumari S. A Potential Role ofAyurvedic Treatment in Tuberculosis.Research & Reviews: A Journal ofPharmaceutical Science. 2019; 10(1): 1–10p.