The biological effects of herbal medicine, Falcaria vulgaris: An article review

Abstract

In traditional Chinese human medicine, herbs have been used as immunostimulants for thousands of years. Herbal medicines enhance the immunity level to resist more against the diseases. Among these herbs, Falcaria vulgaris a member of Apiaceae family, which is domestically known “Paghazou” and Ghaziaghi in farsi is traditionally has been used as dry powder in west and south-west of Iran, to accelerate skin wound healing for centuries. The major components of volatile oil Paghazeh were Spathulenol and carvacrol, which respectively belong to Sesquiterpene and Monoterpene and have antimicrobial activities. sickleweed (F. vulgaris) with 10% enriched diet feed has good effect to decrease the area of epidermis injuries experimentally formed in Cyprinus carpio. These herbs can be used as alternatives to common medicines, which have been confirmed to carry side effects.