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| Title: | Shuktani – a new ethno-medico recipe among the Sylheti Bengali Community of Barak valley, Southern Assam, India |
| Authors: | Nath, Ashish
Maiti, G G |
| Keywords: | Shuktani–Ethno–medico botanical recipe
Sylheti-Bengali
Barak Valley
Assam |
| Issue Date: | Jan-2012 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| IPC Code: | Int. Cl.8: A01D 7/00, A01D 7/13, A01D 7/35, A01D 7/06, A01D 12/00, A01D 12/01, A01D 12/14 |
| Abstract: | During the survey of last 10 yrs on
ethnobotanical study of Barak valley
of Southern Assam may new
traditional prescriptions and recipes were known. Shuktani is one of some familiar recipes which is still in regular
practice amongst the Sylheti Bengali
community of Barak Valley of Southern Assam which is used for several
treatments as stomach disorders like diarrhoea, dysentery, indigestions, etc.
and as a recipe for women as post parturition treatment, weakness and
lactation, etc. Shuktani, a new
ethno-medico-botanical recipe prepared with the uses of 35 species of
Angiosperms consisting of the leaves of 23, vegetative buds, fruits and seeds
of 4 each, stems and flowers of 2 each of the plants in either liquid form or
in powdered form. The formulation, preparation along with uses, duration and
doses are discussed for the remedy of the different diseases. |
| Page(s): | 156-160 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print) |
| Source: | IJTK Vol.11(1) [January 2012]
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