Egbuna, ChukwuebukaGupta, EnaEzzat, Shahira MJeevanandam, JaisonMishra, NehaAkram, MuhammadSudharani, N.Adetunji, Charles OluwaseunSingh, PriyankaIfemeje, Jonathan ChinenyeDeepak, MWalag, Angelo MarkAnsari, RumaisaAdetunji, Juliana BunmiLaila, UmmeOlisah, Michael ChineduOnyekere, Peculiar Feenna2020-09-162020-09-162020-06https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42319-3_18http://repository.msa.edu.eg:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/3781Herbal medicines occupy distinct position right from the primitive period to present day. In every ethnic group, there exists a traditional health care system, which is culturally patterned. In rural communities, health care seems to be the first and fore- most line of defence. The WHO has already recognized the contribution of tradi- tional health care in tribal communities. These medicines have fewer side effects and are easily accessible to mankind in the nature. It has been a source of medicinalen-USPhytochemistryBotanyBook chapterhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42319-3_18