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| Title: | Indigenous traditional knowledge recorded on some medicinal plants in Narendra Nagar Block (Tehri Garhwal), Uttarakhand |
| Authors: | Dangwal, L R
Sharma, Antima |
| Keywords: | Medicinal plants
Narendra Nagar block
Natural resources
Traditional Health Care System
Traditional knowledge
Vaidyas |
| Issue Date: | Mar-2011 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| IPC Code: | Int. cl. (2011.01) --A61K 36/00 |
| Abstract: | Garhwal Himalaya has been the reservoir of
enormous natural resources including vegetational wealth. Local natives and
tribes who live in the vicinity of forest, being close to the nature, possess a
deep practical knowledge on indigenous flora, pertaining to curatives, culture,
customs, ethos, cults, religion, belief, legends, myths as well as other
miscellaneous uses. The people in remote villages and tribal areas depend upon
the folk medicines and household remedies to a great extent. The prevalent
practice of herbal remedies has descended down from generation to generation
and includes the cure from simple ailments to the most complicated one. The
present communication pertains to the traditional knowledge on some medicinal
plants used for the treatment of various diseases i.e. dysentery, dysmenorrhea, obstetrical problem, piles,
leucorrhoea, nasal bleeding, ophthalmic disorder, alopecia, scabies, urinary
disorder, bronchitis, lumbago, epilepsy, sleeplessness, splenomegaly,
galactagogue, etc. |
| Page(s): | 110-115 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print) |
| Source: | IJNPR Vol.2(1) [March 2011]
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