Systemic review on anti-sciatica plant “Night Jasmine” (Nyctanthes arbortristis Linn.)

Ayurveda is one of the oldest systems of medicine that uses plants and their extracts for treatment and managing of various diseased states. Nyctanthes arbortristis Linn (Oleaceae) is an important large flowering shrub of tropical and subtropical regions of the world that has been conventionally used to provoke menstruation, for treatment of scabies and other skin infections, as hair tonic, chalogogue, laxative, diaphoretic, diuretic, in treatment of arthritis, malaria, bronchitis and as anthelmintic. Nyctanthes arbortristis is one of the most useful conventional plants in India.