Table 2.

Selected Indian medicinal plants used for treatment of skin diseases.

Plant species (Family);	Common name	Part Used	Traditional uses	Previous reports on antimicrobial activities
Acalypha indica Linn. (Euphorbiaceae)	kuppaimeni or kucing galak	Leaves, root	Emetic, ophthalmic, vermifuge, asthma, stomach-ache bronchitis, intestinal worms	Ethanolic, water and chloroform extract of leaves (Somchit et al., 2010).
Lawsonia inermis Linn (Lythraceae)	Marudani or Henna	Leaves, bark, root, flower, seeds	skin diseases, leprosy, wounds, ulcers, herpes hair coloring, cosmetics, liver problems, nervous symptoms, toothache.	Ethanol and petroleum ether extract of leaves (Suleiman and Mohamed, 2014)
Citrus limon Linn (Rutaceae).	Elumicchai, or Lemon	Leaves, bud, Fruit (Juice, Pericap, powder, peel), seed, stem	Loss of weigh, diabetic, inflammation, allergic, menstrual disorders, skin disease, cough, abdominal pain,	Acetone and ethanol extract of fruit peel (Otang and Afolayan, 2016)
Allium sativum (Alliaceae)	Poondu or garlic	Garlic cloves	Hemorrhoids, rheumatism, dermatitis, abdominal pain, cough, loss of appetite, loss of weigh, liver disorders, bronchitis, colic, flatulence, dysentery, intestinal worms	Ethanol extract of garlic gloves (Karuppiah and Rajaram, 2012)