Cashew Nuts and Pennyroyal, the Natural Medicine

Traditional medicines are considered as food items and medicine that have been used for thousands of years. They have contained active ingredients in aerial, and underground parts of plants and they contain a variety of pharmacologically active plant constituents. The most important pharmacological benefits of Anacardium occidentale are anti-bacterial activities, anti-diabetic activities, anti-diarrheal activities, anti-fungal activities, anti-hyperglycemic activities, anti-inflammatory activities, anti-microbial activities, anti-oxidant activities, anti-tumor activities, insecticidal activities and wound healing. Cashew nut is a high-potential natural functional food because of its high pharmacological activities and efficacious natural drug. Nutrition therapy on the basis of traditional medicinal science is definitely useful for treating common diseases. Pennyroyal has notable promising health benefits, and its phytochemical and pharmacological benefits indicate its importance in being utilized in modern medicinal studies.