1. An herbal antimicrobial bandage comprising: a) bamboo fibres; b) cotton fibre, to form a bandage; and c) an antimicrobial extract coated on the bandage.

2. The herbal antimicrobial bandage as claimed in claim 1, wherein the percentage of bamboo ranges 50-30% and cotton ranges 50 to 70%.

3. The herbal antimicrobial bandage as claimed in claim 1, wherein the antimicrobial extract is menthol, mullein, Chinese chaste tree, quick weed, yarrow.

4. The herbal antimicrobial bandage as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bamboo fiber is in the warp and cotton fiber is in the weft.

5. A process for the preparation of herbal antimicrobial bandage comprising the steps of: a. obtaining cotton fiber; b. obtaining bamboo fiber; c. weaving the cotton fiber and bamboo fiber to obtain a bandage; d. microencapsulating an antimicrobial extract; and e. coating the extract over the bandage, to obtain the herbal antimicrobial bandage.

6. The process as claimed in claim 5, wherein microcapsules of the extract are coated on the compression bandage fabric surface by dip-dry method using acetic acid as binder and Sodium alginate as a wall material.

7. The process as claimed in claim 5, wherein the microbial extracts are selected from menthol, Verbascumthapsus (mullein),Vitex negundo (Chinese chaste tree), Galinsoga parviflora (Quick Weed), Achillea millefolium(yarrow).

8. The process as claimed in claim 5, wherein the consistency of sodium alginate is 1% weight/volume.

9. The process as claimed in claim 5, wherein the coating is done by dip-dry method.

FIELD OF INVENTION:
[0001] The present invention relates to herbal antimicrobial cotton and bamboo bandage. Particularly, the present invention relates to a process for the preparation of herbal antimicrobial cotton and bamboo bandage.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION:
[0002] Bio Medical Textiles is a rising innovation pursued all through the world. Bio Textile does not debase nature. This is ordinarily an eco-friendly innovation. The most regular employments of biomaterials are to make aseptic conditions for insurance of orthopedic bandages. An important area of medical tech is protective and healthcare textiles which include doctor’s lab coat, surgical gowns, patient dress, Bandages, cap, masks, etc. All the protective and healthcare textiles require special antimicrobial properties combined with the wearer’s comfort. Some of the medicines being utilized to deliver antimicrobial materials are unsafe to the client as the synthetic compounds utilized in the treatment of materials will in general reason skin hypersensitivity, and so on. Plant determined medications have fundamentally added to the improvement of hostile to irresistible specialists and leads the pack in clinical preliminaries. The World Health Organization gauges that 80% of the individuals in the creating nations depend on Traditional medicine. Many tropical medications utilized for assortment of diseases are of plant root. A report demonstrates 60% of Indian populace depends on plant-based medications. In India, various networks have widely been utilizing medicinal plants to treat different diseases for long time. Such plants, be that as it may, should be researched for better comprehension of their properties, wellbeing, and proficiency.

[0003] Antibacterial action of chosen herbal leaf extracts for the development of eco- friendly anti-bacterial orthopedic bandages for their application in the medical textiles is well known in the medical filed. Medical Textiles is one of the most quickly developing divisions in the specialized material market. The enormous improvement of medicinal materials applications occurred in the course of the most recent 12 years. "Biomedical Textiles" is a subcategory of medicinal materials that limits the field down to those applications that are planned for dynamic tissue contact, careful implantation or different applications. "Bio materials" term incorporate structures made out of material filaments intended for use in organic situations. Therapeutic material field is using various materials, material procedures and structures to give new medicinal items high usefulness in the business sectors. Medicinal materials comprise one of the most powerful research fields of specialized materials and its range of applications. They represent structures designed and accomplished for medical application (intra body / extra body, implantable and non-implantable) textiles used in biological systems to estimate, treat, increase or regenerate a tissue, organ or function of the body. Non-implantable materials are utilized in outer applications, which could conceivably be in contact with the skin. The materials utilized ought to be non-allergenic, hostile to malignancy, against bacterial, biocompatible, penetrable to air, non-lethal, have a decent capacity to retain fluids, high capillarity and wet capacity, empower dampness transport and can be cleaned. The primary utilizations of these materials are for wound consideration and bandages. The biomaterials are most normally used to make aseptic conditions for security, general social insurance, and cleanliness including bedding and garments, careful outfits, face veils, head and shoe covers, sanitization wraps, suture stays, fiber cast and props/orthotics. Biomaterials are additionally utilized for arrangement of wipes, swabs, wound dressings, swathes, bandages, mortars, weight articles of clothing, and orthopedic belts and for new applications, for example, heart valves, vascular unions, counterfeit veins, fake tendons, fake joints, fake skin, and fake ligament. Biomedical materials are generally produced using cotton, nylon, silk, polyethylene, polyester, and polypropylene. Bamboo is getting to be mainstream now days on the grounds that the bamboo fiber has different favorable circumstances, for example, it is sustainable, biodegradable; it utilizes less water during development, it is natural in nature and its productive space utilization. The bamboo texture whenever fabricated synthetically feels exceptionally delicate and whenever produced precisely, feels ramie-like. Other than texture have antimicrobial properties, dampness wicking capacities and hostile to static nature. (Federal Trade Commission, 2010).
[0004] Orthopedic bandages offer help (for a harmed appendage or an injury) to keep a dressing clean, help assimilate exudates, shield the injury from self-mutilation, improve the earth of the injury site to improve recuperating, diminish swelling and discharge, give relief from discomfort, confine development of the injury edges, keep intravenous cannulae set up. At the point when an individual experiences wound, disease, change in appearance of skin and smell of blood seeping from the injury happens. As microbial infection poses danger to both living and non-living organisms, an antimicrobial finish to improve antibacterial activity, an antimicrobial completion to improve antibacterial action, which aides in decreasing scars, extend stamps and acquaint aroma with mass the scent is given to the gauze fabric. Bandages can be dealt with the counter microbial completion can be given by different natural leaves. The leaves which have high antimicrobial and wound mending properties are chosen. Prior to the beginning of present-day drugs, a customary Ayurveda treatment only source of cost-effective treatment for various diseases. As per WHO, customary medicine is utilized by 80% of the individuals in the creating nations. Numerous tropical medicines utilized for assortment contaminations are of plant inception. Plant determined medications have fundamentally added to the improvement of against irresistible specialists and leads the pack in clinical preliminaries. A report indicates 60% of Indian populace depends on plant-based medications. Numerous therapeutic plants are unexplored and still have stayed as a riddle. In India, various networks have widely been utilizing restorative plants to treat various ailments for a long time. Such plants, in any case, should be examined for better comprehension of their properties, wellbeing, and productivity. Solvent extraction is one of the most broadly utilized strategies for extracting phytochemicals. In this procedure, the plant material is immersed in solvents such as hydro alcohol until the essence is dissolved in the solvent. The solvent is then evaporated off to give the absolute extract. The concentrate is dried and ground into powder structure. In this exploration work, four restorative plants Verbascum Thapsus (mullein), Vitex negundo (Chinese chaste tree), Galinsoga parviflora (Quick Weed), Achillea millefolium (yarrow) have been chosen for this examination work. The plants will be separated utilizing dissolvable extraction procedure. Present investigation investigates four of the full matured leaves for their antimicrobial action. The screening for the utilitarian gatherings and the distinguishing proof of the phytochemicals present in the plant concentrates will be finished utilizing Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). The fine extricates from solvent extraction technique will be coated on the bandages. The extensibility being the vital characteristic of the bandage, trials will be done to optimize the pick-up percentage without affecting the extensibility. An antibacterial assessment of the coated bandages will be done by measuring the zone of inhibition.

[0005] Banupriya et.al, (2015) conducted a studythat textile materials promote growth of various types of micro-organisms and can cause health related problems to the wearer. From antiquated occasions common antimicrobial specialists were connected on material. The antiquated Egyptian utilized used herbs to prevent microbial growth on materials." "The interest for antibacterial material items keep on expanding as there is expanding necessity for fresh smelling, skin benevolent and elite textures. Present day execution textures are required in numerous authority applications like games material, therapeutic material." Sakthivel and Kathiresan et.al, (2012). Organic cotton refers to normally developed cotton without the utilization of any synthetic agricultural chemicals, for example, manures or pesticides or transgenic innovation. It was first planted during the 1980s as an endeavor to verify economical, biological, and biodynamic agribusiness. Natural cotton advances and improves biodiversity and organic cycles as is helpful to human wellbeing and the earth. Along these lines, despite the fact that the properties of natural cotton fiber are not comparable to ordinary cotton fiber, overall creation of Organic cotton is developing quickly reported by Shanthi Radhakrishnan (2017). Screening of antimicrobial movement of alcoholic and watery concentrate of some indigenous plants was finished by Johnson et al. (2011). Concentrates were surveyed for antimicrobial movement against Staphylococcus aureus, Escheria coli and Aspergillus Niger species utilizing turbidity strategy. A few examinations have been led on antimicrobial movement of explicit types of herbs. Moses and Ammayppam (2008) contemplated the antimicrobial property of Aloe vera treated cotton and protein filaments utilizing chosen added substances. Purwar and Pant (2012) evaluated antimicrobial action of cotton treated with neem, turmeric, sadabahar and aloevera. Neem demonstrated best protection from bacterial development Pant and Khandal (2012) treated cotton texture with concentrate of aloevera, marigold bloom, turmeric root and clove at different focuses for the treatment of acne. Chantaranothai, (2011) explained that the word Vitex is derived from the Latin 'vieo' (which means to tie) due to the flexible idea of its stems and twigs. Of the 270 known types of the sort, around 18 are in development and are alluded to as 'pure tree', or basically Vitex V. negundo has a place with Verbenaceae family and is a therapeutically significant plant. Verbenaceae plant species have numerous advantages in recuperating a wide range of wellbeing and skin issue. Subsequently it is utilized as a viable bio-control operator in the treatment of muscles agony and antibacterial impact. V. negundo is utilized in Ayurveda, society, Siddha, Tibetan, and Unani frameworks of drug" said by Udayan and Indira Balachandran, (2009); Vishwanathan and Basavaraju, (2010). "It is intriguing that it is additionally dispensed in homeopathy and allopathic frameworks of medication. Bunch therapeutic properties have been attributed to Vitex and the plant has additionally been broadly utilized in the treatment of muscle torment. The Plant likewise contains numerous fundamental compound constituents that give the impact of soothing the torment. The constituents like Taxa sterol, vitexin are the primary constituents. It additionally contains numerous other substance constituents of various classes like glycosides, alkaloids, etc. They act by repressing the fiery go between in the body". Kirtikar and Basu, (2000); Wealth of India, (1999). It has got cancer prevention agent, antibacterial, mitigating and immunomodulatory hypolipidaemic, and anticonvulsant exercises. As the leaves of Vitexnegundo L. have calming and cell reinforcement properties, antibacterial, hepato-defensive, estrogenic, anticonvulsant, antiarthritic, diuretic, antimicrobial, hostile to parkinsonian, antipsychotic, energizer, antihistamine discharging action, mosquito repellent movement, juvenomimetic, against androgenic. The leaves are sweet-smelling, tonic, vermifuge and valuable in rheumatism, joint inflammation, catarrhal fever, cephalagia, sprains, orchitis, syphilis, aggravations and ulcers. "Mullein is a biennial plant, implying that it takes two years for it to arrive at development. The blossoms and leaves in the plants are collected in the second year of development. Over the hundreds of years, individuals have utilized mullein as bathroom tissue, gauzes and lights and to cushion in the soles of their shoes. It ought to be a staple herb in each home-grown prescription bureau." (Moore, 2010). "Mullein is a moderately protected herb to devour; its essential reaction being it can cause contact dermatitis or bother the throat when expended, because of the fine smooth hairs that spread its leaves. It additionally has been known to interface with hostile to diabetic medications and solution diuretics in a negative manner. The seeds of the mullein plant ought to never be devoured under any circumstance."(Gregory, 2013). Galinsoga parviflora is herb which has got antibacterial character which is liberally accessible in Asian nations. Yarrow has been utilized to initiate perspiring and to stop wound dying. It likewise has been accounted for to decrease overwhelming menstrual draining and torment. It has bigger use as a circulatory framework cure that the two quits draining and moves dormant blood, forestalling and clearing blood clumps. It conditions the veins and brings down hypertension. "It has been utilized to mitigate illnesses, for cerebral and coronary thromboses, to bring down hypertension, to improve dissemination, and to tone varicose veins." Drugs.com (2019). "Bandaging serves many purposes aside wound administration. A few properties of dressing that identify with orthopedics incorporate balancing out orthopedic wounds, giving help with discomfort, giving strain to lessen swelling, and keeping impedance from the patient." Swaim, et.al, (2011). Slatter, (2003) explained. The type of bandage used is determined by patient and natural elements including persistent/customer consistence, delicate tissue damage, and essential adjustment versus auxiliary help, and measure of joint versatility or appendage utilize required. Frequently, desires for how the customer or patient may consent may change suggestions for treatment.

[0006] The significance of restorative material for the more beneficial life and advancement of person is extraordinary. The advancement of new advances and new thing will assist the patients with overcoming their enduring in earlier days. In these conditions, materials are assuming significant job through its expanded applications and without a doubt the eventual fate of such materials seems, by all accounts, to be splendid. This exploration can use the regular plants of our nation to give antimicrobial completion to the gauzes and can improve the conventional social insurance framework.

[0007] Given the above, there arises a need to develop an improved natural composition that eliminates the problems associated with earlier drugs in the treatment of cancer. The present invention provides a better solution for the treatment of cancer.

OBJECTIVE OF THE INVENTION:
[0008] An objective of the present invention is to provide a herbal antimicrobial cotton and bamboo bandage.
[0009] An objective of the present invention is to provide a process for the preparation of herbal antimicrobial cotton and bamboo bandage.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION:
[0010] Accordingly, the present invention provides a herbal antimicrobial bandage comprising:
a) bamboo fibres;
b) cotton fibre, to form a bandage; and
c) an antimicrobial herbal extract coated on the bandage.
[0011] In an embodiment, the present invention provides that the percentage of bamboo will range 50-30% and cotton will range 50 to 70%.
In another embodiment, the present invention provides that the antimicrobial extract is menthol, mullein, chinese chaste tree, quick weed, yarrow.
[0012] In still another embodiment, the present invention provides that the bamboo fiber is in the warp and cotton fiber is in the weft.
[0013] In yet another embodiment, the present invention provides a process for the preparation of herbal antimicrobial bandage comprising the steps of:
a) obtaining cotton fiber;
b) obtaining bamboo fiber;
c) weaving the cotton fiber and bamboo fiber to prepare a bandage;
d) preparing herbal antimicrobial etract
e) microencapsulating an antimicrobial extract; and
f) coating of microcapsules on the bandage, to obtain the herbal antimicrobial bandage.
[0014] In one another embodiment, the present invention provides that microcapsules of the extract are coated on the compression bandage fabric surface by dip-dry method using acetic acid as binder and sodium alginate as a wall material.
[0015] In yet another embodiment, the present invention provides that the microbial extracts are selected from menthol, Verbascumthapsus (mullein),Vitex negundo (Chinese chaste tree), Galinsoga parviflora (Quick Weed), Achillea millefolium(yarrow).
[0016] In still another embodiment, the present invention provides that the consistency of sodium alginate is 1% weight/volume.
[0017] In yet another embodiment, the present invention provides that the coating is done by dip-dry method.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION:
[0018] To promote an understanding of the principles of the invention, reference will now be made to the embodiment illustrated in the drawings and specific language will be used to describe the same. It will nevertheless be understood that no limitation of the scope of the invention is thereby intended, such alterations and further modifications in the illustrated system, and such further applications of the principles of the invention as illustrated therein being contemplated as would normally occur to one skilled in the art to which the invention relates.

[0019] It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory of the invention and are not intended to be restrictive thereof.

[0020] Reference throughout this specification to “an aspect”, “another aspect” or similar language means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment of the present invention. Thus, appearances of the phrase “in an embodiment”, “in another embodiment”, and similar language throughout this specification may, but do not necessarily, all refer to the same embodiment.

[0021] The terms "comprises", "comprising", or any other variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process or method that comprises a list of steps does not include only those steps but may include other steps not expressly listed or inherent to such process or method. Similarly, one or more devices or sub-systems or elements or structures or components proceeded by "comprises...a" does not, without more constraints, preclude the existence of other devices or other sub-systems or other elements or other structures or other components or additional devices or additional sub-systems or additional elements or additional structures or additional components.

[0022] Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The system, methods, and examples provided herein are illustrative only and not intended to be limiting.
[0023] Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail concerning the accompanying drawings.

The present invention discloses restorative bandages made of mix of bamboo and natural cotton strands. The present invention relates to antibacterial herbal extracts from selected herbal leaves on bamboo, cotton orthopedic bandages.
[0024] Different materials utilized in this exploration work are examined in this area. The materials incorporate yarn, bandage fabric and medicinal plants.
[0025] Two types of yarns will be used to prepare blended bandages; bamboo and organic cotton. Bamboo and cotton fiber has good absorbency and moreover, bamboo has anti-bacterial nature.
[0026] Bandages is prepared in three ratios: 50% -70% of bamboo and 30-50% of cotton. 100% cotton bandage is also be used for comparative analysis. For the construction of bandages, bamboo is used in the warp and cotton is used in the weft. Bandages will be prepared by woven technology according to the blend ratios of bamboo and cotton. Fabric count, bandage weight and width will be kept constant in all the bandages.

[0027] Various plants like Verbascumthapsus (mullein),Vitex negundo (Chinese chaste tree), Galinsoga parviflora (Quick Weed), Achillea millefolium(yarrow) which have been widely used by local healers in different areas of south India, will be collected from different agro ecological zones to evaluate their in vitro antibacterial effects. Plants will be chosen based on their suitability for the curative purposes and their successful traditional usage. Leaves will be gathered from different plants (mullein, Chinese chaste tree, Quick Weed, yarrow) and used for preparing the plant extricates.

METHOD
[0028] Preparation of herbal extract:
The methanol extracts of plants will be prepared. Plant leaves and roots will be washed with tap water to remove unnecessary particles and dried under shade at room temperature for about a month. The procedure used for the preparation of the plant materials will be adapted from Eloff.

[0029] Identification and characterization of Extract
Leaves extracts from mullein, Chinese chaste tree, Quick Weed, yarrow will be evaluated for their phytochemicals. All the four extracts will be analyzed for their functional groups using Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). Visual examination of concentrates will be likewise done by enabling them to make due with 24 hours.

[0030] Preparatory Process for Coating
Microencapsulation system of the concentrate and resulting covering will be picked for this examination work.

[0031] Microencapsulation Technique
The plant concentrate will be used as the core material. Sodium alginate will be taken as the wall material as it is a natural and commonly used wall material. Microcapsules containing plant concentrate will be set up by utilizing 1% weight/volume low consistency sodium alginate

[0032] Coating Methods
Microcapsules of extracts are coated on the compression bandage fabric surface using dip-dry method using acetic acid as binder.

[0033] Properties of the bandage:
Stiffness (IS: 6490-1971), tensile strength and elongation (IS: moisture absorption (Booth, 1986), dimensional stability (IS: 648-1979), abrasion resistance (IS: 12947-2-1999), antistatic resistance, air permeability (IS: 11056-1984), weight (IS: 1964-1970) and thickness of fabric (IS: 7702-1975), bursting strength (BS: 4768).

[0034] The performance of the bandages is evaluated in comparison with the control bandages by conducting a field trial in a hospital. Random sampling is used to select patients for the application of the bandages for the trial. The finished samples are investigated on patients with wounds to assess their effectiveness. The coated bandages are applied externally by the doctor on an open and random group of patients with indications of muscular-skeletal disorders, arthritis, rheumatism, pain, and inflammation. Fifty patients, aged 22 to 40 years, is investigated with the finished bandages for treatment of wound. Bandages treated with herbal extracts is given to be applied over wounds. The field trial is spread over 60 days. Questionnaires is prepared and distributed to patients and investigation will be done. Besides, observation technique is used.

[0035] The herbs finished material has extended activity in anti-bacterial, muscle sprains and anti-allergic or not and additionally to substantiate whether the effect of herbal extract of selected herb on orthopedic bandages can be used for controlling explosion of microbes and antimicrobial finishing on woven orthopedic bandages. Investigation of the higher than healthful plant compounds is predicted to allow extended output towards achieving newer targets to beat downside and dominant production of microbes within the wound because of totally different infectious diseases and muscle sprains, strains inflicting. This is one amongst the bases for future analysis of extract of leaves that can be probably used for dominant proliferation of microbes and finishing of non-woven materials with antimicrobial finishing.
[0036] The following examples define the invention by way of illustration which does not limit the scope of the invention.

Example 1:
[0037] Manufacturing of bandages:
Bandages are prepared in three ratios: 50% bamboo and 50%cotton, 30% cotton: 70% bamboo, 70% bamboo and 30% cotton. For the construction of bandages, bamboo is used in the warp and cotton is used in the weft. Bandages are prepared by woven technology according to the blend ratios of bamboo and cotton. Fabric count, bandage weight and width is kept constant in all the bandages.

Example 2:
[0038] Patch test (contact allergy testing-in house method):
The finished orthopedic bandages patched on the ordinary skin is watched for the predefined time frame for the improvement of the manifestations identified with contact dermatitis hypersensitivity, for example, skin rashes, redness and disturbances. Non furry piece of the skin of the subjects is chosen. The outside of the skin is cleaned with soaked sterile cotton swabs. The patches of the completed orthopedic wraps test is put on the outside of the cleaned skin.

Example 3:
[0039] Identification and characterization of Extract:
Leaves extracts from mullein, Chinese chaste tree, quick weed, yarrow are evaluated for their phytochemicals. All the four extracts are analyzed for their functional groups using Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). Visual examination of concentrates are likewise done .

Example 4:
[0040] Assessment of antimicrobial activity of plant extract:
Antimicrobial action is assessed by subjective test technique. Standard disc diffusion method will be employed to screen antimicrobial activity of the plant extracts. Firstly, sensitivity disc is prepared. Muller-Hinton agar is used as a microbiological growth medium that is commonly used for antibiotic susceptibility testing. The diameter in millimeter of the visible zone of hindrance of the microbial development delivered by the dispersion of the concentrates is estimated to decide level of affectability.

We Claim:

1. An herbal antimicrobial bandage comprising:
a) bamboo fibres;
b) cotton fibre, to form a bandage; and
c) an antimicrobial extract coated on the bandage.
2. The herbal antimicrobial bandage as claimed in claim 1, wherein the percentage of bamboo ranges 50-30% and cotton ranges 50 to 70%.
3. The herbal antimicrobial bandage as claimed in claim 1, wherein the antimicrobial extract is menthol, mullein, Chinese chaste tree, quick weed, yarrow.
4. The herbal antimicrobial bandage as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bamboo fiber is in the warp and cotton fiber is in the weft.
5. A process for the preparation of herbal antimicrobial bandage comprising the steps of:
a. obtaining cotton fiber;
b. obtaining bamboo fiber;
c. weaving the cotton fiber and bamboo fiber to obtain a bandage;
d. microencapsulating an antimicrobial extract; and
e. coating the extract over the bandage, to obtain the herbal antimicrobial bandage.
6. The process as claimed in claim 5, wherein microcapsules of the extract are coated on the compression bandage fabric surface by dip-dry method using acetic acid as binder and Sodium alginate as a wall material.
7. The process as claimed in claim 5, wherein the microbial extracts are selected from menthol, Verbascumthapsus (mullein),Vitex negundo (Chinese chaste tree), Galinsoga parviflora (Quick Weed), Achillea millefolium(yarrow).
8. The process as claimed in claim 5, wherein the consistency of sodium alginate is 1% weight/volume.
9. The process as claimed in claim 5, wherein the coating is done by dip-dry method.