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| Title: | Ethnomedicine used by Mishings tribes of Dibrugarh district, Assam |
| Authors: | Baruah, Madhumita
Kalita, Dilip |
| Keywords: | Ethnomedicine
Mishings
Kinne
Kusere |
| Issue Date: | Oct-2007 |
| Publisher: | CSIR |
| IPC Code: | Int. Cl.⁸: A61K36/00, A61P1/16, A61P5/00, A61P5/50, A61P9/14, A61P17/00, A61P17/14, A61P19/00, A61P19/02, A61P27/14, A61P27/16, A61P29/00, A61P35/00 |
| Abstract: | Ethnobotanical folklore of Mishings of Dibrugarh district of Assam is very rich. An attempt has been made to study ethnomedicine used by Mishings for the treatment of diseases like allergy, backache, cough, constipation, cut injury, diabetes, dysentery, eczema, epilepsy, indigestion, lice control, piles and ringworm infection. A total number of
22 medicinally important plant species are described. |
| Page(s): | 595-598 |
| ISSN: | 0972-5938 |
| Source: | IJTK Vol.06(4) [October 2007]
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