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| Title: | Ethno-medico-botanical survey in the Malligainatham village, Kandarvakottai Taluk, Pudukottai district, Tamil Nadu |
| Authors: | Natarajan, D
Balaguru, B
Nagamurugan, N
Soosairaj, S
Natarajan, E |
| Keywords: | Ethnomedicine
Medicinal plants
Tamil Nadu |
| Issue Date: | Oct-2010 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| IPC Code: | Int. Cl.8: A61K36/00, A61P1/02, A61P1/04, A61P1/08, A61P1/10, A61P1/14, A61P5/00, A61P9/14, A61P11/00, A61P35/00, A61P39/02 |
| Abstract: | The knowledge and usage of herbal medicine for the treatment of
various ailments among the rural peoples is still a major part of their life
and culture in Malligainatham village, Kandarvakottai taluk, Pudukottai district, Tamil Nadu. About 60 plant species were
traditionally used against various diseases in human beings. The collected data
showed majority of the remedies are taken orally. Most of the reported preparations
are drawn from single plant and rare in mixture of plants. Generally, the
people of the study area still have a strong belief in the efficacy and success
of herbal medicine. The use of selected medicinal plants by the rural/local
people is expected to open new avenues to scrutinize such a rich natural
resource for further analysis in order to develop the potential of herbal
medicine. |
| Page(s): | 768-774 |
| 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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