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| Title: | Traditional phytotherapy of Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh, India |
| Authors: | Jain, SP
Srivastava, Sarika
Singh, J
Singh, SC |
| Keywords: | Phytotherapy
Balaghat
Madhya pradesh
Tribals
Ayurveda |
| Issue Date: | Apr-2011 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| IPC Code: | Int. Cl.8: A01D 4/04, A01D 4/34, A01D 4/50, A01D 20/46, A01D 9/01, A01D 7/31, A01D 20/16, A01D 11/00 |
| Abstract: | Madhya pradesh, the largest state of India,
is the home of many tribals and harbour a number of plants species in their
forest areas. Nearly one fourth of the total population of the state is
inhabited by tribals such as Baigas,
Gonds, Korku, etc. tribes. An ethno-medico-botanical survey among different
tribal pockets of Balaghat district, viz. Gangulapara, Lamta, Laugur, Langi,
Baihar, Bithali, Lalbarra, etc. was carried out during the year 2007-2008 and
folklore information was collected on 50 medicinal plants species belonging to
50 genera and 31 families with the help of tribal medicine men. Out of 50
plants, 15 predominant plants used in refractory diseases such as cancer,
malaria, rheumatism, liver disorders and respiratory diseases, etc. These uses
are not reported in earlier published literatures. |
| Page(s): | 334-338 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print) |
| Source: | IJTK Vol.10(2) [April 2011]
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