Medicinal Study of Indigenous Plants of Family Leguminosae on Bronchial Asthma

Abstract

Tephrosia purpurea has been used in ayurvedic system of medicine for
asthma and various other diseases. The crude powdered material in  two
different doses of 250 mg/day for a months period, given orally, has cured
persons belonging to different age-groups suffering from chronic bronchial
asthma without any side effect. An effort has been made to give a scientific
view to the folk medicine used in villages and tribal pockets of India. As
such 70% ethanolic extract prepared by soxhleting the dried powdered
material of the whole herb showed a 'saponin' like compound based on
preliminary screening tests. The complete chemical structure of the compound
is yet to be determined.