The life-threatening ability of certain diseases including cancer, diabetes,
asthma, stroke, heart disease, and others received more attention in modern medicinal
advancement. To enhance the solubility, bioavailability, controlled release, and dose
reduction of medications, greater attention is given to creating innovative formulations
for drug delivery. However, resistance toward conventional synthetic drugs with their
toxicity and side effects has sparked demand for herbal medicine. Therefore, herbal
medicines are more prone to integrate into nanocarriers as compared to synthetic
medicines because of their fewer adverse effects and better therapeutic efficacy. Herbal
nano therapy includes nanocarriers containing herbal drug extract, phytoconstituents,
and bioactive or biomarker constituents. The phytoconstituent-loaded nanocarrier
proposed novel formulations with controlled and targeted drug delivery of herbal
components and instantaneously increased their therapeutic efficacy. Herbal
nanomedicine is safe concerning diagnostic and therapeutic aspects. The synthesis of
herbal nanomedicine, its mechanism, and characterization by various analytical
techniques have significant advances in the future impact of nanotechnology on smart
herbal medicine.
Keywords: Ayush, Ayurveda, Bhasma, Characterization, Coacervation method, Ethosomes, Functionalized nanocarriers, Green synthesis, Herbal nanomedicines, Herbal therapy, High-pressure homogenization, Metallic nanoparticles.
