Procedia Chemistry

Volume 14, 2015, Pages 270–276

2nd Humboldt Kolleg in conjunction with International Conference on Natural Sciences 2014, HK-ICONS 2014

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Indigenous Herbal Recipes for Treatment of Liver Cirrhosis ^☆

• Missaka Priyadarsana Bandara Wijayagunawardane^{a, ,} ,
• Charith Udara Bandara Wijerathne^a,
• Chandana Bandara Herath^b

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doi:10.1016/j.proche.2015.03.038

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Abstract

Hepatic fibrosis and its end-stage sequelae of cirrhosis and liver cancer are major causes of morbidity and mortality throughout the world and their prevalence is rising, largely due to the increasing impact of chronic viral hepatitis and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Therapies currently available are only to manage patients suffering from or progressing to liver cirrhosis. In Western medicine the lack of treatments to target the arrest or reverse the progression of disease hampered the clinicians to successfully treat these patients with established cirrhosis. This review focused on the Hepatic fibrosis and importance herbal medicines for prevention and treatment of chronic liver diseases.

Keywords

• Hepatic fibrosis;
• herbal medicines;
• Sri Lanka;
• treatment strategies