Abstract:
Today, more than 80% of the world’s population uses herbal medicines.
Having a complex effect on the body, they realize several therapeutic effects.
Phytopreparations, phytotherapeutic preparations are any extracts or active
substances obtained from medicinal plant raw materials, or their combination
in a certain medicinal form, which determines the finished consumer product
and is used for the treatment or prevention of diseases. The main difference
between herbal preparations is that they contain several groups of substances,
which are conditionally divided into active, accompanying and ballast.
Extracts from plant raw materials are obtained using various technological
processes: extraction, distillation, pressing, fractionation, purification, concentration or fermentation. According to the method of production, herbal
preparations are divided into those produced by the pharmaceutical industry
and extemporaneous (pharmacy or home) preparation.
