Medicinal Plants - List of Trees Used as Medicine That Might Save Your Health

Plants synthesize hundreds of chemical compounds for functions including defense against insects, fungi, disease and herbivorous mammals. Meanwhile the majority of new drugs at least 70% introduced in US are derived from natural products primarily plants and World Health Organization (WHO) estimates 80% of world still  use remedies traditional including plants as medicine to cure diseases.

Although plants available everywhere worldwide the use of medicinal plants in developed countries is not large. Medicinal plants are widely used in non-industrialized societies, mainly because they are readily available and cheaper than modern medicines. The annual global export value of 50,000 to 70,000 plants with suspected medicinal properties was estimated to be US$2.2 billion in 2012.

Now these who prefer to use alternative medicines that is plants medicine, here is the list of trees which are used as plants medicine. These plants can be available at home environment or anywhere in this world.

List of Plant Medicines With Diseases Cured using plant Medicines

• Konjac - significant dietary source of glucommannan  which is always used to treat obesity, constipation and reducing cholesterol. Someone who faces such problems the tree is good to cure such kind of problems.
• Black Cohosh -  Historically used for arthritis and muscle pain, used more recently for conditions related to menopause and menstruation. 
• Turmeric - Spice that lends its distinctive yellow color to Indian curries, has long been in Chinese medicine to helps digestion and liver function, relieve arthritis pain, and regulate menstruation.
• Yellow Red's slipper - The Cypripedium species have been used in native remedies for dermatitis, tooth aches, anxiety, headaches, as an antispasmodic, stimulant and sedative. However, the preferred species for use are Cyp. parviflorum and Cyp.acaule, used as topical applications or tea.
• Sea buckthorn -  The leaves are used as herbal medicine to alleviate cough and fever, pain, and general gastrointestinal disorders as well as to cure dermatologic disorders. Similarly, the fruit juice and oils can be used in the treatment of liver disease, gastrointestinal disorders, chronic wounds or other dermatological disorders