Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, inflammatory, autoimmune disease characterized by pain, swelling and stiffness. Natural products from plants and animals have been the basis of the treatment of various human diseases. Today, according to world health organization (WHO) as many as 80% of the world’s population depend on the traditional medicine for their primary healthcare needs. The uses of herbal medicine are becoming popular due to toxicity and side effects of available allopathic medicines. Medicinal plants play pivotal role in the development of potent therapeutic agents in treatment of arthritis. Various conventional treatments for arthritis including non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID’s), disease modifying anti-rheumatoid drugs (DMARD’s) and corticosteroids are available in the market but no-one can forget the valuable role of herbal sources to cure the arthritis. This study is aimed to provide information to the community for herbal sources of the anti-arthritic property.
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