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| Title: | Judiveera - An excellent remedy for malaria |
| Authors: | Pandey, Hari Prakash |
| Keywords: | Ethnomedicine
Traditional remedy
Judiveera
Malaria
Terai region
Uttar Pradesh |
| Issue Date: | Oct-2008 |
| Publisher: | CSIR |
| IPC Code: | Int. Cl. ⁸ : A61K36/00, A61P29/00, A61P36/06 |
| Abstract: | India is one of the richest countries in traditional knowledge, because of its ambient biodiversity, variety of habitats and rich ethnic divergence. This age old wisdom originated in close association with nature and validated in the laboratory of life, even before the advent of formal scientific era. Thus we have had well-established local health tradition still relevant in indigenous healthcare system. Judiveera is a herbomineral preparation of Datura leaf, pieces of arecanut, catechu and lime wrapped with betel leaf, used for the treatment of malaria by rural and tribal medicine men of the districts Balrampur, Gonda and adjoining regions of Uttar Pradesh, The communication embodies method of Judiveera preparation, doses, mode of administration, result, discussion and conclusion on various aspects of the formulation. |
| Page(s): | 566-567 |
| ISSN: | 0972-5938 |
| Source: | IJTK Vol.07(4) [October 2008]
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