MEDICINAL AND ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF PLANTS

From the past to the present, people have used plants for nutrition, shelter, warmth, healing their wounds, and treating their diseases. Plants provide the oxygen and nutrients necessary to sustain human life and protect health. The use of plants in treatment began in the history of humanity. Thousands of years ago, humans discovered the therapeutic potential of plants and used them to maintain a healthy life. Many types of medicines used in modern medical science are also obtained from plants as well. Substances obtained from various parts of plants are used outside and within in the treatment of diseases, these plants are called medicinal plants. Today, these plants are used in areas such as phytotherapy, pharmacy, food, spices, cosmetics, dyes and also used as food and spices due to their aromatic properties.