Herbal Contraceptives: Anti-fertility Activity of Herbal Plants

Abstract

The Nature is providing us with a lots of source medicine in the form of herbal plants since from the existence of human on the earth and now many of the modern drugs have been isolated from natural sources. Herbal plants became a common word which came in everyone mouth while thinking for the treatment of diseases which sometimes cann’t be treated by allopathic medicine. Plants showing activity as contraceptives were well known by the ancient physicians. Various herbal medicinal plants have shown its activity during modern scientific research test for their antifertility activity in both male and female. Herbal contraceptives are not as much effective as pills but can be used as an alternative with lower side effect. People who are interested in family planning or not interested in getting pregnant are usually not interested in mixed result as any method of contraception there is risk of pregnancy. Modern form of birth control or contraceptive or antifertility are 70%-99% effective depending on the method chosen. For women or men who doesn’t want to use modern method can prefer herbal contraceptives and reducing fertility would be better than no birth control. Some herbal contraceptives show cumulative effect in body and need to be taken at regular time intervals or during a period of time. Herbal contraceptive or antifertility also overcome some side effect that are caused by the modern method of contraceptive.