One of the most critical problems of developing country like India is its geometrical increase in human population. Approximately 48.2% of couples practice family planning methods in India. Herbal contraceptives were used even by the primitive people of ancient civilizations to control fertility and prevent pregnancy. Modern medicine has provided several preventive and corrective methods of contraceptives, none of which is very safe and without any serious side effects. The development of new fertility regulating drug from medicinal plants is an attractive proposition, because from times immemorial humans have relied on plants and their products agents. Other advantages of herbal contraceptive would include the familiarity with rural people, the fewer side effects associated with herbal preparations, their ready availability from local sources and protection of privacy. A large number of scientists are searching for a relatively cheap, widely available, easily accepted and effective contraceptive of plant origin that is equally non-invasive, non-hormonal in action, non-toxic and relatively long acting.
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