International Research Journal of Education and Technology

Nature has been good source of medical agent for thousands of year and an impressive number of modern drugs have been isolated from natural source, many based on their use in traditional medicine. Various medicinal plant has been used for years in daily life to treat disease all over world.

The present study reveals the medicinal values of cressa cretica. The objective this work is to formulate and evaluate a polyherbal mouth ulcer gel purpose for oral care from herbal ingredients. Cressa cretica extract, Gelling agent(carbomer), Humectant (glycerin, honey), Preservative (sodium benzoate), Essential oil (paper mint oil), Soothing agent (aloe gel), pH adjuster (citric acid) then passed through Soxhlet apparatus for extraction of hole dried plant of cressa cretica. And evaluated for its organoleptic and physico-chemical, microscopical characters and chemical evaluation. Then extract is combined with noted herbal ingredient. Thes formulation stimulate Wound healing, antimicrobial activity, Anti-inflammatory effect, and also stimulate synthesis of collagen. The advantage of herbal mouth ulcer gel is their nontoxic nature, reduce the allergic reactions and time-tested usefulness of many ingredients. Thus, in the present work, we found good properties for the oral care and further optimization studies are required on this study to find the useful benefits of oral care on human use as cosmetic product.

Key word:

Cressa cretica, Ulcer gel, Herbal gel, Wound healing.