Abstract
Herbal medicines is still the spine of about 80% of the ecosphere’s people, for key health care because of healthier cultural suitability, better compatibility with human frame and lesser side effects. Herbal medicines consist of plant or its part to treat wounds, sickness or infections and are used to prevent and treat sicknesses and diseases or to promote health and curing. It is a drug or preparation made from a plant and used for any to such purpose. Herbal medicines are the oldest form of health care known to mankind. Gel formulations prepared with HPMC K 100 M, Xanthan gum and Carbopol 934 presented decent homogeneity, no skin irritation, good stability and anti-inflammatory activity. However, the Xanthan gum-based gel demonstrated to the formula of choice, since it showed the highest ratio of extrudability, good spreadability and rheological properties. 1% root extract of Clerodendrum serratum showed the best anti-inflammatory activity. Herbal gel by using Terminalia chebula. The plant is commonly mentioned as ‘King of Medicine’ in Tibet. It chiefly contains active constituents like steroids, flavonoids, tannins, reducing sugar, belleric acid, bellericoside, chebulinic acid, gallic acid, ethyl gallate,punicalagin, terflavin A, terchebin, luteolin, and tannic acid . It is mainly used as antibacterial and antifungal, analgesic, anti-inflammatoy, sun burns and wound healing. Pothos scandens Linn leaf extract gel illustrates their burn wound healing activity. Coccinia indica aqueous extract have valuable impact on the various phases of wound healing like wound contraction and resulting in faster healing than aqueous extract. ethanolic extracts of as Aloe barbedensis, Ocimum tenuiflorum and Azadirachta indica very capable antifungal and antimicrobial activity comparable with a marketed gel.