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| Title: | Ethnomedicinal knowledge among Tharu tribe of Devipatan division |
| Authors: | Kumar, Akhilesh
Tewari, D D
Tewari, J P |
| Keywords: | Ethnomedicine
Folk medicine
Medicinal plants
Terai region
Tharu tribe
Uttar Pradesh |
| Issue Date: | Jul-2006 |
| Publisher: | CSIR |
| IPC Code: | Int. Cl.8: A61K36/00, A61P1/02, A61P1/16, A61P11/00, A61P15/00, A61P15/06,A61P17/02, A61P27/00, A61P27/02, A61P29/00, A61P29/02, A61P31/00, A61P33/02, A61P33/06, A61P39/02 |
| Abstract: | Rich phytogenic diversity and Tharu tribal population characterize Devipatan division situated in
Terai belt of Uttar Pradesh. Tharu
tribe endowed with vast knowledge of medicinal plants have strong believes in
supernatural powers (magicotherapeutic properties) of plants in the treatment
or prevention of various ailments. An attempt has been made to document the ethnophytotherapeutics
and folk claims. |
| Page(s): | 310-313 |
| ISSN: | 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print) |
| Source: | IJTK Vol.05(3) [July 2006]
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