About the Course

Introduction

Plants are the curator of the vault of treasure medicines that save the human civilization from various diseases. The medicinal values of the extract  of our surrounding  living but immovable creatures are now the basis of research using modern biological techniques, proteomics, genomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics etc. Since the inception of the civilization man rely on plants for curing diseases and in our country the sole ground ancient intelligence nurtured the benefits of the plant in several aspect of our daily life not only as medicine but as nutraceuticals, food, cosmetics etc. Incidentally Indian subcontinent is the breeding house of so many exotic and endemic plants of medicinal importance which were recorded by our ancestors as well as used  by the tribals now-a-days also.

The concept of beauty and cosmetics is as ancient as mankind and civilization. Indian herbs and its significance are popular worldwide. An herbal cosmetic have growing demand in the world market and is an invaluable gift of nature. Herbal formulations always have attracted considerable attention because of their good activity and comparatively lesser or nil side effects with synthetic drugs. Herbs and spices have been used in maintaining and enhancing human beauty. Indian women have long used herbs such as Sandalwood and Turmeric for skin care, Henna to color the hair, palms and soles; and natural oils to perfume their bodies. Considering this a portion of the course includes cosmetic herbology.