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| Title: | Ethno-medico-botanical aspects of Hmar tribe of Cachar district, Assam (Part I) |
| Authors: | Nath, Mautushi
Choudhury, M Dutta |
| Keywords: | Ethnomedicine
Hmar tribe
Medicinal plants
Assam |
| Issue Date: | Oct-2010 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| IPC Code: | Int. Cl.8: A61K36/00, A61P1/02, A61P1/08, A61P1/14, A61P1/16, A61P9/14, A61P13/00, A61P15/00, A61P19/00, A61P29/00, A61P35/00, A61P39/02 |
| Abstract: | The paper deals with medicinal plants used by Hmar tribes of Cachar district for the treatment of various
diseases. During investigation, 60 species of medicinal plants belonging to
Rutaceae, Liliaceae, Meliaceae, Apocynaceae, Leguminosae, Solanaceae, Acanthaceae
families have been collected. Collected plants are mostly used for the
treatment of skin disease, toothache, cuts, wounds, stool problem,
gastro-intestinal problem, high blood pressure, diabetes, menstrual problem,
dysentery, jaundice, asthma, rheumatism, etc. Collected plants are enumerated
providing correct nomenclature, vernacular name, and part(s) used. Of 60 plants,
medicinal utility of only one plant is reported as new and for 46 plants
additional medicinal utility have been recorded. |
| Page(s): | 760-764 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print) |
| Source: | IJTK Vol.09(4) [October 2010]
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