A COMPREHNSIVE REVIEW ON MEDICINAL HERB: LEUCAS ZEYLANICA

Many human diseases have been treated with traditional medicines in the past. Plant-based medicines are widely available, inexpensive, safe, and rarely have negative side effects. Peoples and animals can greatly benefit from highly beneficial compounds found in plants, which were the primary sources of food and medicine. A review of Leucas zeylanica, also known as Ceylon slirwort, was presented here. It was a perennial, herbaceous, often aromatic, hispid, and tufted plant of the Lamiaceae subfamily Lamioideae. The ancient practices were resembling many modern practices, such as treating pains, inflammation, gout-associated pains, thrombosis, and damage caused by sunlight. Phytochemicals from this plant have been studied for their anti-fungal, anti-oxidant, anti-bacterial, anti-diabetic, larvicidal and anti-helminthic properties, among others. A variety of disease in humans can be treated using these phytochemicals, which require extensive scientific research and commercial in the future. This article provides a comprehensive review of the complete profile of a vital plant, Leucas zeylanica