The ethnic and rural population of India depends on medicinal plants for their health care as well as for their livestock. This attracted the interest of several botanists that lead to an array of reports on ethnomedicine. Analgesics are the substances that are used in pain, without losing consciousness. Drugs which are used at present for the management of pain and inflammatory conditions are either steroidal like corticosteroids or non-steroidal like aspirin. All of these drugs possess more or less side and toxic effects like renal failure, allergic reactions, hearing loss or
they may increase the risk of hemorrhage by affecting platelet function.
Various sources of analgesic drugs synthetic analgesic and natural analgesic, natural analgesics like Sterculia foetida, Opioid Analgesics, Aloe Vera, Manilkara Zapota, Glycyrrhiza Glabra, Zingiber Officinale, Eugenia Caryophyllata, Cinnamomum camphora. Studies have shown that opiates because of physical dependency, tolerance, and addiction while NSAID’s usually cause gastrointestinal disorders. For that, the discovery of other alternatives to treat pain is crucial. Herbal therapy could be an interesting option for the treatment of opioid dependence and withdrawal. This review gives information regarding different analgesic obtained from natural sources. This article reviews such medicinal plants with antiinflammatory and analgesic properties that have been used by our ancestors to heal many of their ailments.

Keywords: NSAIDs; Natural Analgesics; Aloe Vera; Eugenia Caryophyllata; Cinnamomum camphora; Bougainvillea.